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From: Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>
To: 74950@debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>,
	"Maxim Cournoyer" <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
Subject: [bug#74950] [PATCH] doc: contributing: Add guidance on reverting commits.
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:43:32 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <105caea83cc475bd2b89acf6be9b1ad2f2daf227.1734543812.git.mail@cbaines.net> (raw)

Particularly to cover the case where things might need to happen with the
build farms if changes are reverted.

* doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Add guidance on reverting commits.

Change-Id: Iba320b76b0927b693c75054b5473a50bdd77c7ee
---
 doc/contributing.texi | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index d4784de452..c94ae940fa 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -2945,6 +2945,20 @@ Commit Access
 a consensus about the problem, learning from it and improving
 processes so that it's less likely to reoccur.
 
+@subsubsection Reverting commits
+
+Like normal commits, the commit message should state why the changes are
+being made, which in this case would be why the commits are being
+reverted.
+
+If the changes are being reverted because they led to excessive number
+of packages being affected, then a decision should be made whether to
+allow the build farms to build the changes, or whether to avoid
+this. For the bordeaux build farm, commits can be ignored by adding them
+to the @code{ignore-commits} list in the
+@code{build-from-guix-data-service} record, found in the bayfront
+machine configuration.
+
 @subsection Commit Revocation
 
 In order to reduce the possibility of mistakes, committers will have

base-commit: 2185b5ad3d252774ae633a90e03d34cc24b95c38
-- 
2.46.0





             reply	other threads:[~2024-12-18 17:44 UTC|newest]

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2024-12-18 17:43 Christopher Baines [this message]
2024-12-19  1:51 ` [bug#74950] [PATCH] doc: contributing: Add guidance on reverting commits Maxim Cournoyer

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