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Klaus Kämpf edited this page Feb 29, 2016 · 44 revisions

openSUSE Salt Packaging

This repository tracks upstream salt and the patches for the openSUSE salt package.

See here for working with remote git repositories.

Branches

  • develop - upstream development
  • 2015.8 - upstream branch for 2015.8.X bugfixes
  • openSUSE-2015.8.3 - openSUSE branch for the openSUSE salt package

The openSUSE-2015.8.3 branch is based on the v2015.8.3 upstream tag. Commits on the openSUSE-2015.8.3 branch apply cleanly on the salt-2015.8.3.tar.gz release tarball.

Workflow

Policies

  • ⚠️ Always try to keep patches merged to the upstream, if your patch is related to the source. If upstream does not likes the fix, try to find a compromise and try having no patches that aren't upstream.
  • Keep patches local as long as they do not need to be posted upstream and are package-related, outside of the source code tarball.
  • Pick only the changes from the upstream that are verified and/or are really needed (e.g. required fix won't get in without related changes).
  • Preferably add patches only after they were already accepted upstream and passed all the checks they run themselves separately. This is not always the case, but keeps you at the safe side.

Submitting to build.opensuse.org

  • Only submit to systemsmanagement:saltstack:testing/salt
  • ⚠️ Check systemsmanagement:saltstack/salt for changes introduced by openSUSE:Factory (Yes, the openSUSE:Factory maintainers can introduce changes by themselves just to keep Factory working)

Request push access

Adding a new patch to the 2015.8.3 package

  • Checkout the openSUSE-2015.8.3 branch
  • Add the fix
  • Commit the fix
  • Run git format-patch v2015.8.3
  • Add the latest .patch file to the package
  • Build the package
  • Test the package
  • git push if tests pass

Changing an existing patch

  • Checkout the openSUSE-2015.8.3 branch
  • git rebase -i v2015.8.3 - this will open your $EDITOR
  • Change pick to edit of the patch you want to change - save and exit your editor
  • Change the file(s)
  • git add, git commit, git rebase --continue
  • Run git format-patch v2015.8.3
  • Move all .patch files to the package
  • Build the package
  • Test the package
  • git push -f if tests pass

Upgrade to a new upstream release

Example: New 2015.8.x release

Assumptions:

  • Old openSUSE branch: openSUSE-2015.8.3, based on v2015.8.3

  • New release v2015.8.4

  • New openSUSE branch: openSUSE-2015.8.4 based on v2015.8.4

  • git fetch upstream to get your repo up-to-date compared to upstream

  • git fetch opensuse to get your repo up-to-date compared to openSUSE

  • git checkout openSUSE-2015.8.3 to go to the openSUSE-2015.8.3 branch

  • git pull opensuse openSUSE-2015.8.3 to get up-to-date with the openSUSE patches

  • git checkout 2015.8 to go to the 2015.8 branch

  • git pull upstream 2015.8 to get the latest branch state from upstream

  • git checkout v2015.8.4 to place git HEAD to the upstream release tag

  • git checkout -b openSUSE-2015.8.4 to create the new openSUSE release branch

  • git cherry-pick v2015.8.3..openSUSE-2015.8.3 to move all patches from the old openSUSE release branch to the new one. This will automagically detect patches that were merge upstream. You might run into conflicts if a openSUSE patch touches the same code area as an upstream commit. Go fix these conflicts, then git add ..., git cherry-pick --continue resp. git cherry-pick --allow-empty

  • git push opensuse openSUSE-2015.8.4 to push the new branch to opensuse

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