Feature #11202

Retire the experimental branch

Added by anonym 2016-03-08 19:31:49 . Updated 2016-04-22 07:02:10 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Target version:
Tails_2.3
Start date:
2016-03-08
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
Type of work:
Sysadmin
Blueprint:

Starter:
Affected tool:
Deliverable for:

Description

Now that Jenkins automatically builds and tests each feature branch it seems like the experimental branch has lost it’s purpose, and is just a (minor) pain to maintain.

Is it time to retire it?

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History

#1 Updated by anonym 2016-03-08 19:32:23

  • Assignee set to anonym
  • Target version set to Tails_2.3

I’ll try to make a discussion happen during the April monthly meeting.

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2016-03-09 09:10:51

> it seems like the experimental branch has lost it’s purpose, and is just a (minor) pain to maintain.

tl;dr: +1

I used to be a heavy user of that branch but indeed, after those changes in our infrastructure (and perhaps in my own development workflow, having learnt to create less long-lived WIP branches?), I don’t use it at all anymore. Worse: I’ve somewhat lost faith in the reliability of whatever outcome I could get from building+testing experimental, given it sometimes carries important unfinished changes that might affect the stuff I’m working on.

#3 Updated by emmapeel 2016-04-03 20:13:51

We talked about it on todays monthly meeting.

Nobody uses it anymore.

byebye branch!

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2016-04-14 21:12:03

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

Applied in changeset commit:9faed3dd7ca862c3a5f187c09022515fb8d07d08.

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2016-04-14 21:15:14

  • % Done changed from 100 to 50
  • QA Check set to Ready for QA
  • Type of work changed from Discuss to Sysadmin

Done in commit:9faed3dd7ca862c3a5f187c09022515fb8d07d08, deleted the branch, checked our Puppet stuff that didn’t need any update, dropped manual Jenkins jobs, automatically created Jenkins jobs should disappear shortly.

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2016-04-14 21:15:42

  • Status changed from Resolved to In Progress

#7 Updated by anonym 2016-04-22 07:02:10

  • Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
  • Assignee deleted (anonym)
  • % Done changed from 50 to 100
  • QA Check changed from Ready for QA to Pass

I couldn’t find any relevant left-over mentions of the experimental branch (e.g. mentions in blueprints doesn’t count) so it indeed seems to be completely retired by now. RIP!