[Nix-dev] [call for] Release manager for Hydra

[Domen Kožar]

Hey Christian,

thanks. I had following in mind.

Before the release:

- check changelog is really up to date
- mark any backwards incompatible changes
- make sure all hydra tests pass
- make sure the upgrade procedure works from previous release
- test that setting up hydra from scratch works by following installation
guide (this could be automated with NixOS test)

At release time:

- create a git (annotated) tag
- mark the release date in changelog, etc
- post a mail to nix-dev

After release:

- bump the package in nixpkgs

I'm sure I forgot something, but we should document the process and improve
it as we go.

PS: we have a similar issue opened for NixOS:
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/4442
PS: Eelco might know if there is something else that needs to be taken care
of

Domen

Domen

On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Christian Theune <ct at flyingcircus.io>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I *might* be able to. But I’m not sure I’m qualified enough. We’re using
> it at the company and rely on it, so this would be a good place to
> contribute back.
>
> Anyone willing to detail what is expected regarding QA in a bit more
> detail?
>
> Cheers,
> Christian
>
> On 08 Dec 2015, at 12:06, Domen Kožar <domen at dev.si> wrote:
>
> So no one is willing to step up? This would benefit the whole community
> and it's not a lot of work, mostly small housekeeping.
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Matthias Beyer <mail at beyermatthias.de>
> wrote:
>
>> On 18-11-2015 12:23:30, Peter Simons wrote:
>> > Domen Kožar writes:
>> >
>> >  > We need someone to volunteer to be a release manager. They would be
>> >  > doing QA that the release works and make sure changelog, docs, etc
>> >  > are updated.
>> >
>> > Also, we need a Hydra module for NixOS so that NixOS users can set-up
>> > Hydra easily through their configuration.nix file. Hydra provides such a
>> > module, of course, but the fact that it's living in a separate
>> repository
>> > complicates matters a bit, particularly for newbies who are just getting
>> > started and who might try out NixOS mostly because of Hydra. We cannot
>> > expect them to mess with imports and fetchgit and channels and whatnot
>> on
>> > their first day.
>> >
>>
>> Big +1 on this. I'd love to run my own hydra, but the lack of a simple
>>
>>     services.hydra.enable = true;
>>
>> -ish configuration keeps me away from this.
>>
>> --
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>> Kind regards,
>> Matthias Beyer
>>
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