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* Becomes a common gateway to mozilla-central (and other repos) which allows more process and security improvements (see below). | * Becomes a common gateway to mozilla-central (and other repos) which allows more process and security improvements (see below). | ||
Revision as of 19:07, 3 May 2018
Engineering Workflow Road Map
These are the improvements and new services we are currently working on and others that we are considering for the near future (1-2 years). It is subject to change.
Current
Phabricator integration
Although our Phabricator instance has been up since September 2017, there has been ongoing work to integrate it into our tools, most notably BMO. There is a tracking bug (bug 1381498) for the remaining work before we announce general availability and start encouraging people to move over.
The last remaining item of note is forking Arcanist so that it works with git-cinnabar (bug 1443375).
Impact:
- One sole tool for review allows the Engineering Workflow to concentrate its efforts, and eliminates the need for contributors to learn several tools.
- A more intuitive interface than BMO and MozReview, with a contemporary look to appeal to new contributors.
- Some integration with existing tools and processes, balancing complexity and disruption.
- Excellent support from Phabricator's developers (Phacility) and a large user community.
Lando
Lando is the new automatic code-landing tool integrated with Phabricator. It is (or at least will be) functionally similar to MozReview's Autoland but is designed to be more maintainable and extensible by being less tightly coupled to the review tool.
Impact:
- One-button landing offers an easier way to land code and minimal context switching from reviewing code.
- Queued landings due to tree closures means developers don't have to be around when they open to land their code.
- Becomes a common gateway to mozilla-central (and other repos) which allows more process and security improvements (see below).
Vendor manifests
Provide a common structure, process, and tools for managing third-party code in mozilla-central. An Intent to Require was posted to dev.platform on 2018/04/10 and finalized on 2018/10/18. Follow the tracking bug (bug 1454867) for progress.
Impact:
- Easier to identify and find third-party code in mozilla-central.
- Easier to determine metadata about third-party code, including original source and current revision.
- Easier to update third-party code.