[Hadoop-common-dev] add incompatible flag to Jira

[Hadoop-common-dev] add incompatible flag to Jira

	Robert Chansler
	Mar 11, 2008 at 1:22 am

More helpful might be a ³requires release note² flag. And perhaps a
convenient way to attach the release note itself.

On 10 03 08 15:17, "Nigel Daley" wrote:

Can we add an incompatible checkbox in Jira? I think this would be
helpful in tracking incompatible changes.

Thoughts?

Nige

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Nigel Daley: Can we add an incompatible checkbox in Jira? I think this would be helpful in tracking incompatible changes. Thoughts? Nige

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Nigel Daley: Good idea Rob. I think these 2 ideas are orthogonal. So I suggest these 2 additions to Jira: 1. an incompatible checkbox 2. a release note text box For an incompatible change, the submitter sets the field if the patch is an incompatible change w/ the last major release. The committer and submitter may need to discuss whether or not to set the incompatible flag once the actual "Fix Version" field is set. Guidance on what constitutes an incompatible change should be published on wiki. For release
Mahadev Konar: +1... Regards Mahadev
Doug Cutting: This really only passes the buck, doesn't it? The real problem is correctly identifying all the incompatible changes. We already have a mechanism, a section in CHANGES.txt, but we don't always manage to correctly list all the incompatible changes there. A checkbox won't be any more reliable will it? Shouldn't folks just include CHANGES.txt message in the patch? That's what I've always encouraged, but few are ever provided. Perhaps Hudson can bounce patches that don't touch CHANGES.txt? Both

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