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

[Christopher Baines]

zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:

> 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.

For the Git branches, there's Gitolite+cgit+some other stuff setup here
https://git.guix-patches.cbaines.net/git/guix-patches

So yes, this command should work (obviously, disabling authentication
isn't good):

  guix time-machine \
    --url=https://git.guix-patches.cbaines.net/git/guix-patches \
    --branch=issue-58812 --disable-authentication -- shell --symlink

Eventually I'd like to move this off of a machine I'm paying for, plus
move it on to a .guix domain. Also, even though the channel instance for
some branches might have been built by the data.qa.guix.gnu.org Guix
Data Service, this isn't done in a way that substitutes are available,
so that's not ideal.

>> 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?

I'm using this list here https://qa.guix.gnu.org/patches and just
looking at the ones at the top with the green circle by them.

An API endpoint could easily be added though if that's useful.

>>                                                 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?

Yep. I'm currently trying to keep the qa-frontpage relatively stateless,
so it's just reading the tags in debbugs.

Thanks,

Chris

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