[Pulp-dev] github checklist as a part of the release process

[Daniel Alley]

I suggest that we re-use the pulp_packaging github repo since it has a
related purpose and already exists :)

Also, for what it's worth, HackMD supports markdown checklists as well.  I
lean more towards the github issue approach personally but it's worth
mentioning.

On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 11:03 AM David Davis <daviddavis at redhat.com> wrote:

> A separate github repo might make sense. Right now our release scripts
> live inside our .travis folders in repo. I don't know that they are project
> specific so perhaps we could move them to this new repo?
>
> David
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 5:57 AM Tatiana Tereshchenko <ttereshc at redhat.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Would a separate github repo with issues enabled make sense?
>> One place for all templates if we need many (I can think of at least Y
>> and Z releases).
>> One place for all release tracking, one can see what is released, and
>> what is not, without going from repo to repo (or from one redmine project
>> to another).
>> This repo can also have release compatibility information/table, or any
>> other release related data.
>>
>> I'm also not aware of any easy way of creating a template/checklist in
>> redmine.
>>
>> Tanya
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 4:22 PM David Davis <daviddavis at redhat.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Big +1. I really like this idea and believe it could help us organize
>>> the work for releases.
>>>
>>> How we can apply this to Pulp though? We don't use github issues and
>>> there's no way to template checklists for redmine issues AFAICT.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 9:55 AM Fabricio Aguiar <
>>> fabricio.aguiar at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I like the idea,
>>>> maybe it is possible to automate when closing the issue, triggering a
>>>> github action
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Fabricio Aguiar
>>>> Software Engineer, Pulp Project
>>>> Red Hat Brazil - Latam <https://www.redhat.com/>
>>>> +55 11 999652368
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 8:55 AM Tatiana Tereshchenko <
>>>> ttereshc at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I learned recently how Fedora CoreOS folks do their releases and I
>>>>> really like their process.
>>>>> I think something similar can be useful for Pulp. We already have ~15
>>>>> steps in our release guide
>>>>> <https://pulp.plan.io/projects/pulp/wiki/Pulp3_Release_Guide> and
>>>>> it's without some pre/post-release steps, like release announcement
>>>>> collaboration, writing blog posts, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> The idea is simple.
>>>>> Have a checklist template (for each type of release if needed).
>>>>> Create a github issue with this checklist and mark it as you perform
>>>>> the steps.
>>>>> In addition post any relevant links as comments.
>>>>> Here is the example
>>>>> https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-streams/issues/158
>>>>>
>>>>> Benefits:
>>>>>  - release progress is open and transparent to everyone, including our
>>>>> community
>>>>>  - it's easy to look at the history if needed
>>>>>  - release "guide" is always up to date
>>>>>  - if one started a release and can't finish for some reason (e.g. end
>>>>> of working day in their time zone), another one can take over
>>>>>  - keeps a release person more organized (those who released many
>>>>> times sometimes perform steps by memory and might forget some small steps;
>>>>> often people multitask and do something while waiting for the builds to be
>>>>> done. Our release guide serves the same purpose but one needs to
>>>>> consciously go back to it, here it requires you to click the checkbox.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Cons:
>>>>>   - a potential downside is that it's one more action to do and a new
>>>>> process to follow. Though it should be very close to the release guide, so
>>>>> I hope it does not add much to our processes, it should not feel like
>>>>> something new :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>
>>>>> Tanya
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