Is there a way to make the checkin-needed flag generate a template comment (like the approval-* ones do) with something like this? (Or encourage people to use the per-patch checkin? flag)
""" Has this patch been through try? [ Yes / No, I believe it's not necessary ] Does this patch contain the correct author / commit message? [ Yes (preferred) / No, but I'm providing it here: ] Are there any other dependencies that should be landed together? [ Yes, ... / No ] """ Probably just asking if the information is present will reduce the number of requests made without it On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Ryan VanderMeulen <rya...@gmail.com> wrote: > FWIW, there's also an MDN page that documents a lot of this as well: > > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mercurial/Using_Mercurial#How_can_I_generate_a_patch_for_somebody_else_to_check-in_for_me.3F > > -Ryan > > > On 7/8/2016 2:32 AM, Carsten Book wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> someone might not know that doing checkins for checkin-needed request is >> not automated yet and completely a fully human task :) (no we Sheriffs are >> not bots ;) >> >> It would help us a lot if a checkin needed request would contain complete >> Author/Patch information like: >> >> >> - Author (use the information from their Bugzilla account if needed) >> with Name *and *Emailadress. >> - Bug number >> - Commit message (keeping in mind that the commit message should be a >> brief description of what the patch is *doing*) >> - Format should be something like "Bug 123456 - Add a null check to >> XYZ to avoid a crash. r=somebody" >> >> >> And also if there is a specific sequence/dependency you want to checkin >> the >> patches it would help also a lot if you could make a short comment in the >> Bug like please checkin part x then patch y or like first bug 123 then >> this >> bug and then bug 8910. >> >> This would help us a lot :) >> >> Thanks! >> >> - Tomcat >> >> > _______________________________________________ > dev-platform mailing list > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
