[SciPy-dev] Trac-ing backports

[Charles R Harris]

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Pauli Virtanen <pav at iki.fi> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I noticed that keeping track of bugs to backport is a bit painful. Also
> Trac isn't currently too helpful about this.
>

Welcome to the club of pain.


>
> So, how should we deal with backports within Trac:
>
> a) For each bug you think could be useful to backport, before closing the
>   ticket, file a new "Backport #xxx to 0.y.z" ticket. Easy to forget,
>   though, and a bit nasty with Numpy with its 1.0.x, 1.1.x, 1.2.x, 1.3.x,
>   branches...
>
> b) Add a custom field "Branches" that contains some custom format, such as
>   "-1.3.x" before and "+1.3.x" after backporting. Add corresponding
>   queries to Trac's roadmap.
>

c) Limit bug fix releases ;)

If there was some easy way to generate backport tickets (tasks) by simply
marking current tickets that might help.

Chuck
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