Re: [Tech Topic] Integrating GitLab into the Red Hat kernel workflow

[Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>]

On Fri, Jul 09, 2021 at 10:59:55AM -0400, ketuzsezr@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wed, 2021-07-07 at 17:19 -0400, Don Zickus wrote:
> > Submission #89:
> > 
> > The Red Hat kernel team recently converted their RHEL workflow from
> > PatchWork to GitLab. This talk will discuss what the new workflow
> > looks like
> > with integrated CI and reduced emails. New tooling had to be created
> > to
> > assist the developer and reviewer. Webhooks were utilized to autoamte
> > as
> > much of the process as possible making it easy for a maintainer to
> > track
> > progress of each submitted change. Finally using CKI, every submitted
> > change
> > has to pass CI checks before it can be merged.
> > 
> > We faced many challenges especially around reviewing changes.
> > Resolving
> > those led to a reduction of email usage and an increase in cli tools.
> > Demos
> > of those tools will be included.
> > 
> > Attendees will leave with an understanding how to convert or
> > supplement
> > their workflow with GitLab.
> > 
> 
> Hey Don!
> 
> This sounds quite interesting to not just folks who are invited to the
> kernel summit but also those who work on distro kernels day-to-day.
> 
> Would it perhaps be worth doing this on also on a venue that is more
> open to distro kernel engineers (who aren't neccesarily invited to the
> kernel summit)?

Happy to give the talk at other venues.  I already presented at devconf.cz and
CentOS's Dojo as more RH focused events.  Happy to present this at a general
Plumbers talk for my eyes and ears.  Suggestions?

Cheers,
Don