[jboss-as7-dev] How to verify a patches for non-public AS

[Jason Greene]

This is another example of an internal Red Hat process discussion that has no business on a list thats supposed to be about technical design and community releases.

On Apr 17, 2013, at 5:16 AM, Thomas Diesler <thomas.diesler at jboss.com> wrote:

> Hi Darran,
> 
> this does not work. There is no living soul in QA that could verify my patch and guarantee that it works for the reporter. For good reason, we distinguish between Resolved/Closed - only the reporter of an issue can make the transition from Resolved to Closed. 
> 
> I'd say this process is broken.
> 
> I suggest we do all work in jboss-as until an issue is not only Resolved but also Closed. Closed issues can be picked up by QA and the associated commits cherry-picked and whatever other voodoo they do in their non-public systems. 
> 
> As it stands now the reporter has to wait until the next EAP release before he can know whether his issue is truly fixed. That is obviously broken, isn't it?
> 
> cheers
> --thomas
> 
> On Apr 17, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Darran Lofthouse <darran.lofthouse at jboss.com> wrote:
> 
>> Thomas - to get it into EAP it must have also had a BZ which means it 
>> would be verified by QE.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Darran Lofthouse.
>> 
>> 
>> On 17/04/13 09:12, Thomas Diesler wrote:
>>> Folks,
>>> 
>>> when I resolve a bug for EAP, how can the reporter verify that the patch is working so that the issue can be closed?
>>> 
>>> cheers
>>> --thomas
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Jason T. Greene
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