[Nix-dev] [call for] Release manager for Hydra
Christian Theune
ct at flyingcircus.io
Tue Dec 22 08:25:48 CET 2015
Hi,
slowly … :)
As a first step I copied your draft of steps for Hydra release management to the wiki:
https://nixos.org/wiki/Hydra_release_management <https://nixos.org/wiki/Hydra_release_management>
The next step, from my perspective, would be to try to perform “a release” and probably ask Eelco along the way.
A few questions are already forming:
1. @eelco: is it fine if we start moving towards performing hydra releases?
I expect to learn more about the current content of ongoing development while I learn a few more ropes. So the first few releases might just be brown bags. :)
2. I probably need commit access - does anyone dare to give it to me?
3. @eelco: if you don’t mind then I’d go semantic versioning, starting with a series of 0.1 releases.
4. Shall this effort also aim at moving the module definition into nixpkgs? Should we maintain both modules in parallel?
I guess for that I should make a separate issue either in the hydra or the nixpkgs tracker …
Cheers,
Christian
> On 14 Dec 2015, at 22:41, Domen Kožar <domen at dev.si> wrote:
>
> Thanks Christian and Aszlig, I'll talk to you on IRC in a couple of days.
>
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 12:56 AM, Joachim Schiele <js at lastlog.de <mailto:js at lastlog.de>> wrote:
> nice to hear that you want to do this.
>
> i've added a documentation about the setup process in the wiki, it can
> be found here:
>
> https://nixos.org/wiki/Installing_hydra_as_nixos_module <https://nixos.org/wiki/Installing_hydra_as_nixos_module>
>
> On 11.12.2015 12:05, Christian Theune wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > ok. I can start with turning this into a checklist in the wiki. After
> > that I’d like walk through those things with someone.
> >
> > Things can take a while currently, as I’m on parental leave. :)
> >
> > Christian
> >
> >> On 08 Dec 2015, at 13:07, Domen Kožar <domen at dev.si <mailto:domen at dev.si>
> >> <mailto:domen at dev.si <mailto:domen at dev.si>>> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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 <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 <mailto:ct at flyingcircus.io>
> >> <mailto:ct at flyingcircus.io <mailto: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 <mailto:domen at dev.si>
> >>> <mailto:domen at dev.si <mailto: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 <mailto:mail at beyermatthias.de> <mailto:mail at beyermatthias.de <mailto: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.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
> >>> Kind regards,
> >>> Matthias Beyer
> >>>
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