----- Original Message -----
> On 01/31/2012 03:03 AM, Eli Mesika wrote:
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Oved Ourfalli"<ovedo(a)redhat.com>
>>> To: engine-devel(a)ovirt.org
>>> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 9:45:47 AM
>>> Subject: [Engine-devel] Development process wiki page
>>>
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> I've wrote a wiki page on the oVirt development process.
>>> It contains mostly information on the patch review process, patch
>>> submission and some git guidelines.
>>>
>>>
http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/DevProcess
>>>
>>> I added a link to it from the main wiki page.
>>>
>>> Your comments are welcome.
>>
>> my 2 cents : (obvious , but should be in the wiki)
>>
>> 1) Regarding patch separation, still each commit should not break
>> the build
>> 2) When having more than one patch set due to comments and applied
>> fixes add to the commit message V[n] :<changes description> where
>> [n] is the patch set number
>
> I agree we need this, but the problem is we are lacking the [0/nnn]
> cover letter email you get for such commentary when using gerrit.
> and there is a concept of the commit itself should not include the
> history of the patch being reviewed.
> so we need to adapt this to gerrit.
> maybe a convention that when uploading a new patch set, contributor
> also
> adds a review comment of the changes from previous version (similar
> to
> the cover letter).
I think if the commit history already exists in gerrit, and the commit itself is pushed
through gerrit, then this will be redundant.
this is not about the patch history, it is about providing reviewers a
focus point as to what changed in this new version of the patch set.
> I wonder if the git/gerrit utility some adopted from openstack can
> help
> with such a step to allow adding a comment when pushing the patch for
> review.
> _______________________________________________
> Engine-devel mailing list
> Engine-devel(a)ovirt.org
>
http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel
>