Re: Update on automating testing of patches and qa.guix.gnu.org

[zimoun]

Hi Chris,

Thanks!  Really cool.

On sam., 05 nov. 2022 at 12:24, Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> wrote:

>  - The creation of the patch branches is now handled here (rather than
>    through scripts run by Laminar)

Is it possible to have access to the branch?  As discussed with Josselin
at 10 Years Days, we could have in mind the workflow:

    guix time-machine --url=https://qa.guix.gnu.org \
                      --branch=58812                \
         -- shell --symlink

for quickly testing a specific patch without going to manually clone,
apply the patch, then run ./bootstrap, ./configure and last use
./pre-inst-env.


> I'm finding this really useful to highlight simple patches which have
> had some testing done automatically. I'd encourage others who are
> interested in merging patches to try looking at the patches showing up
> as green, as hopefully they're in a good state.

Do you expose the list of these green patches?  It could be cool to have
a command line – an option of “guix weather” or a specific CLI – to
collect information of the status.  WDYT?

>                                                 If there's any which
> aren't (e.g. needs some changes or more discussion), you can mark it as
> moreinfo to push it down the list (there's a link on the right to do
> this).

Mark it as ’moreinfo’ via Debbugs?  Or something else?


Cheers,
simon