[Hawkular-dev] H-Services vs. src-deps

[Jiri Kremser]

Hi,
  if there is a PR against h-services with a component set to a src-dep
version, it's like a request for releasing the component, because I need to
use that new feature that is not in that released version. What about CCing
the component maintainer in that PR that you need a release and once it's
released, change the src-dep version with a normal x.y.z.Final version? And
only after that allow merging the PR.

This has the drawback that the PR may be blocked by the maintainer of the
package until he releases. If we have a git bot similar to the MiQ one, it
could spam the maintainers that there is a release request.

src-dep isn't perfect, but it's better than snapshots because of the
reproducibility, otherwise it's almost the same to me, so it doesn't solve
the releasing.

jk

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Heiko W.Rupp <hrupp at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 2 Aug 2016, at 21:34, Jay Shaughnessy wrote:
>
> We are releasing h-services weekly to
> - remove the pressure of cramming everything in, because the next
>   release is far away
> - allow to introduce new features and get them to public testing for
>   feedback.
>
> Of course one should not commit stuff that is knowingly broken.
> But having it in h-services gives the soak time we need.
>
> > PR can not be merged until commons is released.  I think it's
> > reasonable to maybe use a src-dep in this situation, let commons
> > perhaps get a few more changes during the week, and then release
> > commons on Friday or Monday.
>
> If there is a way to make sure everything is in good shape on
> Monday evening (us time), *I* could also imagine using src-deps
> for during the week.
> The question is though: what happens if on Tuesday there are still
> src-deps in h-services? Roll back to previous release? Cascade this?
>
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