X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=nmbug.mdwn;h=db2df2d09bc28e3fd77dfa8ae63de363f868d274;hb=0eb698568098800852272a7255e766de5988c7b5;hp=dd22a768b735993b214982a7c41147ae85ba7726;hpb=aef8bfbc6a07c44d905c05c6ce9c3ed7c8ecb2d1;p=notmuch-wiki diff --git a/nmbug.mdwn b/nmbug.mdwn index dd22a76..db2df2d 100644 --- a/nmbug.mdwn +++ b/nmbug.mdwn @@ -1,67 +1,156 @@ # Experimental Tag Sharing / Pseudo-Bug-Tracking for/with notmuch -## getting set up +## Web View -1. The current set of patches against notmuch master is in branch nmbug, +There is a dump of (some views of) the nmbug [[status|http://nmbug.tethera.net/status]]. - git://pivot.cs.unb.ca/notmuch.git +## Getting started - Currently you need at least the version of notmuch in master, and - the script in contrib/nmbug. - -2. The current tag repo is at +1. Install and use notmuch version notmuch 0.9+63~gebd1adc or newer. - git clone --bare git://pivot.cs.unb.ca/nmbug.git $HOME/.nmbug + The nmbug script is available in `contrib/nmbug`. +2. The current tag repo can be obtained by: -## Using nmbug + `$ git clone --bare http://nmbug.tethera.net/git/nmbug-tags.git $HOME/.nmbug` - # suck in the tags - $ nmbug checkout + Check that your git is recent enough by entering: - [ do some tagging; see below for conventions ] - + `$ git --git-dir=$HOME/.nmbug fetch` + + If you get failures then you need to update your git (as well). + +## Using nmbug, simple example + + # get the latest version of the tags + $ nmbug pull + + # do some tagging; see below for conventions + $ notmuch tag +notmuch::patch $id + + # write the tag changes from the notmuch database $ nmbug commit +## Using nmbug, doing the same thing with more steps + + # get the latest version of the tags + $ nmbug fetch + + # Optionally inspect the fetched changes -## Submitting tags. + $ nmbug status + a tags/id1/patch + d tags/id2/pushed + + # merge the fetched tags into notmuch + $ nmbug merge + + # observe status is clear now, + $ nmbug status + + # make the tag changes + $ notmuch tag +notmuch::patch id + + # double check your changes + $ nmbug status + A tags/id/patch + + # write the tag changes + $ nmbug commit - For the moment, we are using a central repo, hosted at - - git@pivot.cs.unb.ca:pub/nmbug - - To get push access, send your public key (ideally in a gpg signed - email) to David Bremner. There is a convenience command - - nmbug push - - But you will have to change your url with - - git remote origin set-url git@pivot.cs.unb.ca:pub/nmbug +## Submitting tags + +For the moment, we are using a central repo, hosted at: + + nmbug@nmbug.tethera.net:nmbug-tags + +To get push access, send your public key (ideally in a gpg signed +email) to David Bremner. There is a convenience command: + + $ nmbug push + +But you will have to change your url with: + + $ git --git-dir=$HOME/.nmbug remote set-url origin nmbug@nmbug.tethera.net:nmbug-tags ## Tagging conventions +_Note that the tag database is probably catching up to these +conventions._ + +### Main patch tracking tags + +Initially any patch should be tagged: + + notmuch::patch + +Patches that are for discussion, rather than proposed for master should be tagged: + + notmuch::wip is "work in progress", posted for review or comment. + +Most patches will be initially tagged: + + notmuch::needs-review needs some (more) review + +unless they are tagged: + + notmuch::trivial looks harmless + +Patches keep `notmuch::needs-review` until they either get enough +reviews, or one of the following resolutions is reached: + + notmuch::obsolete replaced by some other patch + notmuch::pushed is pushed to master + notmuch::wontfix for whatever reason, this patch will not + be applied + +Sometimes the process stalls, and patches get tagged: + + notmuch::moreinfo waiting for feedback from patch proposer + or others + +### Bug tracking tag + +So far we are just tagging certain messages as bug reports, meaning +things that "everyone" agrees should be fixed. + notmuch::bug is a bug report + +### Optional tags + +These patches are more comments and suggestions. + notmuch::emacs is a patch/bug for the emacs UI notmuch::feature provides a new feature notmuch::fix fixes a bug - notmuch::obsolete replaced by some other patch - notmuch::patch notmuch::portability improves portability - notmuch::pushed is pushed to master notmuch::review is a review - notmuch::reviewed has been (well) reviewed notmuch::test provides a new test/or improves testing + notmuch::$n this patch should be considered for + release $n + +## Tracking the patch queue + +I (David Bremner) use the following search (in my case as a saved +search in emacs): + + tag:notmuch::patch and not tag:notmuch::pushed and \ + not tag:notmuch::obsolete and not tag:notmuch::wip \ + and not tag:notmuch::moreinfo and not tag:notmuch::contrib + +You might or might not want as many exclusions. Another interesting +search is: + + tag:notmuch::reviewed and not tag:notmuch::pushed ## Design notes -### Disk format. +### Disk format The tags are stored in a bare-repo, which means they are not obviously visible. There is an `nmbug archive` command analogous to `git archive` Tags are represented as empty files in the tree; if you extra -them, the tree looks something like - +them, the tree looks something like: tags/878waiwi0f.wl%25james@hackervisions.org/ tags/878waiwi0f.wl%25james@hackervisions.org/emacs @@ -70,14 +159,10 @@ them, the tree looks something like tags/87aa8j7hqu.fsf@zancas.localnet/patch tags/87aa8j7hqu.fsf@zancas.localnet/pushed -The `%25` represents hex code for a character that cannut be used directly +The `%25` represents hex code for a character that cannot be used directly (in this case %, only because it is needed as an escape). ### Assumptions -- Currently the parser of nmbug (like that of notmuch restore) assumes +- Currently the parser of nmbug (like that of notmuch restore) assumes that there are no spaces in message-ids. - - - -