From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E07ADFA372A for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:09:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7233218DE for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:09:53 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1571252993; bh=PwDGsbHvUm9PucQ3fR8KKcrc/0tWUJCIb3E/VB50d7Y=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=danOyydR6jvoraE/hESZFOTC8h25b3FCCLDdsFRTNTQmGdlq8cAJVY0eajj+E3qu+ 0ReSYcyvSt43wBECalQRqSd5tDROdq41+tOUP3GMHRPwg5Kor0Ra3GbF3V2mJ5vYAr JGbrCvl9e3VoVp1BRDG9XkC4Br7xyv1exJ/MD8vg= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2403747AbfJPTJx (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:09:53 -0400 Received: from heliosphere.sirena.org.uk ([172.104.155.198]:53788 "EHLO heliosphere.sirena.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1732084AbfJPTJx (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:09:53 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sirena.org.uk; s=20170815-heliosphere; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=SX/YEr6v0qU70S2BPQWl4oZb1aQen0uSpnVkPF5EoLs=; b=A6zBoROAKJBFC1AmH8iRtftQl 3eUDgeTmUKez3VwjTrB0mK9/E0huZeAuA64/wj6cZyCrDuCdXbxQ79o7z6P81xUclIKJ68ZO9NzZi 0XSxIHaBrbOrez8Du8B2W/mE0jeLtUhwp84KIqrH58sx/Oa9mK3XjeVe4uUbtFzf7YHPA=; Received: from cpc102320-sgyl38-2-0-cust46.18-2.cable.virginm.net ([82.37.168.47] helo=ypsilon.sirena.org.uk) by heliosphere.sirena.org.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1iKofF-00064v-Bf; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:08:53 +0000 Received: by ypsilon.sirena.org.uk (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 83A412741FCE; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 20:08:52 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 20:08:52 +0100 From: Mark Brown To: Han-Wen Nienhuys Cc: Daniel Vetter , "Theodore Y. Ts'o" , Dmitry Vyukov , Konstantin Ryabitsev , Laura Abbott , Don Zickus , Steven Rostedt , Daniel Axtens , David Miller , Drew DeVault , Neil Horman , workflows@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: thoughts on a Merge Request based development workflow Message-ID: <20191016190852.GG4881@sirena.co.uk> References: <20191009215416.o2cw6cns3xx3ampl@chatter.i7.local> <20191010205733.GA16225@mit.edu> <20191015015425.GA26853@mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="f5QefDQHtn8hx44O" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Cookie: Serenity through viciousness. User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: workflows-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org --f5QefDQHtn8hx44O Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 08:56:53PM +0200, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > With the email workflow, isn't it hard to keep track of which patch > went into which tree? Something that tracks the identity of commit > (like Change-Id) as it travels across trees could help here. Once something's in git it flows into other trees via merges so the commit ID is stable, the exception is backports where the ID from mainline gets referenced in the backport. Normal development doesn't use cherry picks really. --f5QefDQHtn8hx44O Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAABCgAdFiEEreZoqmdXGLWf4p/qJNaLcl1Uh9AFAl2nasMACgkQJNaLcl1U h9A+sAf/XrlBB9yDPqW88PPQpPIzmnktcP2qaIMS1Ll4OBw1VwGLNrfllL9dRBL1 iti4ZKFSqzj4O3Aq25oHA7kuRsCo+f0uGg7HuXcPKTX1pjLd0m+CLO5mg7V+6mlo ilfTBm8Gte/NrRY8DfjSugTMYOuC83kNJWEQs2dDRhqEX7ne14yon0WrQ7JQGraD I+yVYYCktvnR+KQpqWchmdvzbS1GSt5pkkV5Zi34lTL8LUf06TkgGCKxBYPFjuxA CA1Og+Md4OLKzVIt7c+hxeQ7mKKCWGAixaZWel/D+AsyNVxIzOx7tUH/oV+TlOCX hu1C1/YdMLpQ+ZChNMbKsIymbXVd+g== =mnSZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --f5QefDQHtn8hx44O--