Re: [ovirt-devel] Alternatives to automatically move bugs to MODIFIED

I also got this, especially when bugs should be back-ported +1 for option #1 On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 10:10 AM, Yedidyah Bar David <didi(a)redhat.com&gt;

> > Hi all, > > We currently have a bot that automatically moves bugs from POST to

> if all linked patches on gerrit are merged. > > It happened to me personally several times that this was a wrong thing

> either because a new patch was still needed but not pushed yet, or

> an existing patch should have been back-ported to another branch and

> yet. Since I usually pay more attention to my bug in POST, I sometimes

> this and handled the missing patches (backports, usually) later than I

> if left on POST. > > I have a feeling I am not the only one. So I suggest to stop doing this. > > I can think of several alternatives: > > 1. Do nothing. I think that's reasonable - I think most people pay more > attention to POST bugs anyway.

> > 2. Set needinfo on bug owner. > > 3. Send some alert email to relevant people (bug owner, existing patches

> perhaps others - e.g. reviewers of existing patches, perhaps those > that actually reviewed, etc.). Need to think how to make it not too > annoying for others but > still effective also if owner is on long PTO or something like that. New

> doesn't have to be very specific - can be called something like

> needed' or something like that. > > 4. Add a new flag for that and set it. This will allow easier > filtering/reporting. > > What do you think? > -- > Didi > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel(a)ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/devel