llvm dev - May 2016 - [RFC] Helping release management

Hi Joerg,
> On May 2, 2016, at 2:33 PM, Joerg Sonnenberger via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at
lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 01:35:27PM -0700, Quentin Colombet via llvm-dev
wrote:
>> 1. Use [Fix] for commit related to bug fixes.
> 
> I'm not really such a big fan of this format, adds too much noise.
What alternatives do you have in mind? 
> 
>> 2. Add a description of the problem in the commit message to help
answer the following questions:
>> - What is fixed?
>> - Which targets are impacted?
>> - What is required to trigger the bug? (I.e., how often the end users
may encounter it.)
>> - When was the bug introduced?
> 
> ...but this is how a commit message should look like anyway.
Sure, but we lack a standardized way to highlight the commits that are fixes
IMHO.
It is a pain to go through all the commit logs without a bit of guidance, even
when the commit is well documented.

Also, if this is how it is supposed to look, maybe we could write it down as a
recommendation somewhere :).
> Worst
> examples in the past are references so some internal bug report systems
> without actual description for the rest of the world.
Agreed.

Cheers,
-Quentin
> 
> Joerg
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On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 02:39:12PM -0700, Quentin Colombet
wrote:
> Hi Joerg,
> 
> > On May 2, 2016, at 2:33 PM, Joerg Sonnenberger via llvm-dev
<llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 01:35:27PM -0700, Quentin Colombet via
llvm-dev wrote:
> >> 1. Use [Fix] for commit related to bug fixes.
> > 
> > I'm not really such a big fan of this format, adds too much noise.
> 
> What alternatives do you have in mind? 
If the goal is to help with release management, handle it similar to
phabricator etc, i.e. "MT3.8: yes" or so as data.

Joerg

> On May 2, 2016, at 2:48 PM, Joerg Sonnenberger via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at
lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 02:39:12PM -0700, Quentin Colombet wrote:
>> Hi Joerg,
>> 
>>> On May 2, 2016, at 2:33 PM, Joerg Sonnenberger via llvm-dev
<llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 01:35:27PM -0700, Quentin Colombet via
llvm-dev wrote:
>>>> 1. Use [Fix] for commit related to bug fixes.
>>> 
>>> I'm not really such a big fan of this format, adds too much
noise.
>> 
>> What alternatives do you have in mind? 
> 
> If the goal is to help with release management, handle it similar to
> phabricator etc, i.e. "MT3.8: yes" or so as data.
This is a post commit thing, right?

I do not think people actively set properties (in the SVN sense) on their
commits or are you referring to something else?
> 
> Joerg
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