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Request for merging "core-updates" branch

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Guillaume Le Vaillant <glv <at> posteo.net>
Cc: Steve George <steve <at> futurile.net>, ludo <at> gnu.org, mail <at> cbaines.net,
 Lars-Dominik Braun <lars <at> 6xq.net>, efraim <at> flashner.co.il,
 70456 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#70456: Request for merging core-updates branch
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 08:15:45 -0400

Hi,

Guillaume Le Vaillant <glv <at> posteo.net> writes:

> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Guillaume Le Vaillant <glv <at> posteo.net> writes:
>>
>>> Lars-Dominik Braun <lars <at> 6xq.net> skribis:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> it seems the core-updates branch is first in the merge-queue. haskell-team
>>>> was successfully built by the CI and is ready to be merged. Since there
>>>> does not seem to be an ETA for core-updates, can I skip the queue and
>>>> go ahead with merging haskell-team?
>>>>
>>>> Lars
>>>
>>> Hi.
>>> The lisp-team branch is also in a good shape and ready to be merged.
>>
>> I think it's fine to merge these first; perhaps the core-updates merge
>> request should be removed if it was preposterous (usually we issue the
>> merge request when we are confident the branch is ready to me merged).
>
> Hi.
>
> It might be more logical to have two steps. First a "work started on
> xyz-team branch" message to indicate to the QA to make the stats for
> this branch, and then the "request for merging xyz-team branch" message
> to put the branch in the merge queue.

That'd be neat.  Some other flow/UI idea:

From the QA interface, have a "Request to build" button action attached
to a branch.

If the branch could be built successfully (with all checks OK), enable a
"Request to merge" button, that could send an email with the patches to
review to guix-patches.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

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