<div dir="ltr"><div>i guess sheriffs list (sheriffs @ m.o ) and newsgroup dev.platform, fx -dev but i'm also open for suggetions from others :) <br></div><div><br></div><div>- tomcat<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 4:12 PM, Kartikaya Gupta <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kgupta@mozilla.com" target="_blank">kgupta@mozilla.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">This sounds good to me. What mailing lists should the intent email be<br>
sent to? It might help to have a template somewhere as well.<br>
<br>
On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 4:58 AM, Carsten Book <<a href="mailto:cbook@mozilla.com">cbook@mozilla.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> we had the case that a new testsuite was enabled and one test of that suite<br>
> resulted in a new perma orange failure. Its a tier-2 testsuite but of<br>
> course also tier 2 cause additional work for sheriffs.<br>
><br>
> The Problem on new Testsuite is that Sheriffs are in a lot of cases not<br>
> informed about that new testsuite (so we need to find out who to contact<br>
> etc) and also it affects Developers because they might be confused why<br>
> their try run is showing a orange result they don't even know of (and waste<br>
> time in finding out if that test is red/orange because of their change).<br>
><br>
> So i propose:<br>
><br>
> People should email with an intent to implement when adding a new<br>
> platform/suite, and that email should contain links to docs/wiki/... and<br>
> the persons (in a super optimal case more than one just for timezone<br>
> coverage if sheriffs have question) we can contact in case of questions.<br>
><br>
> this would benefit in :<br>
><br>
> 1) sheriffs will know who to speak to if it's failing or needs to be hidden<br>
> - so we can assign bugs or even ping people directly on irc<br>
> 2) developers know what this new test is when they break it on their try<br>
> push and so save time and resources if the failure is known and sheriffs or<br>
> others can point to a bug/newsgroup mail<br>
> 3) discussions can be had about any overlap the new tests have with other<br>
> suites or say deciding what platforms it should run on etc<br>
><br>
> I guess this would help Sheriffs and Developers. I initially was thinking<br>
> about about a changelog on treeherder for such changes but that have the<br>
> disadvantage that this would not include all the information we need to<br>
> contact someone etc<br>
><br>
> I hope that this proposal make sense.<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> - Tomcat<br>
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