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Re: [Minios-devel] automation: Creating a patchwork instance to improve pre-commit build testing



>>> On 23.07.18 at 18:40, <lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> # How does this impact me?
> The contribution workflow is *not* impacted by this change, but once up and 
> running the following will happen once you post a patch or patch series to 
> xen-devel:
> * Patchwork will take patch series from the mailing list and applies it
> * CI/DC testing is triggered
> * A test report will be sent as a mail to the patch or the series (aka the 00 
> patch of the series)
> 
> This does mean though that series which do not build or show other issues, 
> will likely not be reviewed until the tests pass. This would lessen the 
> burden on reviewers, as they will know whether the code submitted builds on a 
> wide array of environments. 

So how are dependencies between series intended to be dealt with? It
is not uncommon for someone to say "applies only on top of xyz". The
implication of "will likely not be reviewed until the tests pass" seems
unsuitable to me in such a case.

Jan



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