1868468 - Uplift automation is developer intensive for uplifts of the same patch to multiple branches at the same time

Status: NEW

(Conduit :: General, defect, P3)

Description

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

The new automation looks to be developer intensive for uplifts of the same patch to multiple branches.

Current Bugzilla workflow:

• If no bitrot is needed: go to Bugzilla, enter attachment view, select multiple uplift requests and fill in the form a maximum of twice (once for beta/release, the other for ESR).
• If bitrot is needed: upload new patch & fill in attachment view.
  • Typically I've only ever needed one different patch per bug.

New workflow:

• Regardless of if bitrot exists:
  • Run moz-phab uplift three times.
  • Do this three times: Go to phabricator page, select the request uplift, fill in form.

Whilst I realise this is not a frequent action, I can see it being repetitive work intensive especially to have to go into phab multiple times and fill in forms on different pages (especially when dealing with incidents).

Comment 1

[Connor Sheehan [:sheehan]]

This is a pain point we are aware of with the new workflow. I have plans to add the ability to submit uplift for multiple branches at once via Lando, and we will also add this capability to moz-phab.