687570 - New project branch request: WebRTC

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Release Engineering :: General, defect, P2)

Description

[Anant Narayanan [:anant]]

We're working on integrating video conferencing capability from webrtc.org into Firefox and need a project branch to start with.

Project name: webrtc

For builds:
 - No builds required. An initial clone of mozilla-central would be appreciated.

Need unittests?
 - No tests required.

Need Talos?
 - No Talos runs required.

Name of the contact person for this branch who will:
        Be doing periodic refreshes from parent
        Be contact person for misc setup questions
        Decide when to land back project branch onto parent
        Decide when to terminate the project branch 
- Randell Jesup ([e-mail])

Timeline:
When should this branch go live?
 - As soon as convenient.

Approx expected life span of project branch? 
 - ~6months-1year

Thanks!

Comment 1

[Lukas Blakk [:lsblakk] use ?needinfo]

Hi Anant,

I've added you as "next in line" to the booking schedule for alder which is one of our disposable branches.  Since your estimated lifespan is not infinite, the disposable branches are better suited and can be tweaked according to your needs - ie: no tests/talos.

See: https://wiki.mozilla.org/ReleaseEngineering/DisposableProjectBranches#BOOKING_SCHEDULE

Just spoke with philikon in #developers and they are able to hand it off now and grab a different disposable branch later when they resume work. Let me know, in this bug, when your repo is set up and I can land configs to turn off tests/talos when you're ready to start pushing.

Comment 2

[Anant Narayanan [:anant]]

Hey Lukas,

Thanks for taking a look at this - ready to push the repo (easy because we're just starting with a m-c clone) when you are!

Booking alder would make sense, I hope it's not a problem that we might be holding it for a year?

Comment 3

[Lukas Blakk [:lsblakk] use ?needinfo]

No problem taking it for as long as you need it - please just put as accurate a start and end date in the schedule.  Follow the steps here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/ReleaseEngineering/DisposableProjectBranches#Book_one_of_our_fabulous_.22disposable.22_project_branches to get started.  I'll attach a patch for alder with tests/talos disabled.

Comment 4

[Lukas Blakk [:lsblakk] use ?needinfo]

Attachment: turn off talos/tests for alder branch

Comment 5

[Lukas Blakk [:lsblakk] use ?needinfo]

Comment on attachment 561187 [details] [diff] [review]
turn off talos/tests for alder branch

landed on default: http://hg.mozilla.org/build/buildbot-configs/rev/f687e9cf4ba5

Comment 6

[Anant Narayanan [:anant]]

export REPO_PATH=mozilla-central
export TWIG=alder

cd /repo/hg/scripts/
./reset_pp_repo.sh -s /repo/hg/mozilla/$REPO_PATH -r tip -d $TWIG

Could we get a fresh clone of mozilla-central onto alder? The wiki page implied that the above script needed to be executed, but if not, can I just go ahead and check-in?

Comment 7

[Anant Narayanan [:anant]]

Filed bug #687914 for IT to clone m-c onto alder.

Comment 8

[Lukas Blakk [:lsblakk] use ?needinfo]

When bug 687914 is closed you should be able to get started, there might be tests/talos until the next reconfig but the patch to turn those off is in default branch and will get enabled soon on the next reconfig which should be at some point this week.  Resolving this bug as there is nothing else for me to do here.

Comment 9

[Anant Narayanan [:anant]]

IT has finished the import, we're all set. Thanks Lukas!