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Re: Proposal: List files in Xen originated from external sources
- To: Luca Fancellu <Luca.Fancellu@xxxxxxx>
- From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 13:38:14 +0100
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- Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>, Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>, Xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Delivery-date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 12:39:03 +0000
- List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>
On 06.02.2023 13:21, Luca Fancellu wrote:
>> On 6 Feb 2023, at 10:01, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 03.02.2023 10:30, Luca Fancellu wrote:
>>> origin_path: relative path in the original project, mostly linked to the
>>> original_revision field
>>>
>>> origin_revision: revision of the changes in the repository when this file
>>> was taken.
>>
>> I guess this needs clarifying: What revision is meant here? The one
>> originally
>> imported, the one last updated from, or yet something else? Keep in mind that
>> we may also be selectively importing changes, in which case any particular
>> "revision" can easily end up misleading. The format likely also wants
>> specifying, e.g. (like we do for Fixes: tags) the first 12 digits of a commit
>> hash. For said selective updating this might then allow for something like
>> <base-hash>+<cherry-pick>+...
>
> This is a good point, what would it be the best format in your opinion?
> Maybe we should have the field as an array of revisions?
>
> "origin_revision": [
> "Revision of latest backport”,
> [...]
> "originally imported revision”,
> ]
>
> What should be the best to capture the history of the file?
That would be taking the 2nd step before the 1st one. For now we need to
determine _what_ information we want to record. Then we can determine how
to best represent it.
Jan
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