[Rdo-list] [Announcement] Migration to review.rdoproject.org

After releasing RDO Mitaka, we migrated our current packaging workflow from gerrithub to a brand-new platform hosted at https://review.rdoproject.org right before the Newton Summit. During the last cycle, we've worked with Software Factory folks (https://software-factory.io) to build a new packaging workflow based on the very same foundations as upstream OpenStack (using gerrit, zuul, nodepool). We're now relying on RPMFactory which is a specialization of Software Factory fitted for RPM packaging needs. The migration was planned in order to satisfy some criteria: - providing a consistent user experience to RDO contributors - simplify and streamline our workflow - consolidate resources So now, packages are maintained through https://review.rdoproject.org and packages dist-git are replicated to https://github.com/rdo-packages. The rdopkg utility has been updated to support the new workflow with new commands: clone, review-patch and review-spec. Anyone can submit changes for the review, which can be approved by the following groups: - rdo-provenpackagers: much like Fedora provenpackagers can +2 and +W changes for all projects. - PROJECT-core: package maintainers listed in rdoinfo can +2 and +W changes for their projects. We're working to refresh documentation, but here's a short howto to hack on packaging: 0. dnf copr enable jruzicka/rdopkg && dnf install -y rdopkg 1. rdopkg clone <mypackage> [-u <githubuser>] This will create the following remotes - origin: dist-git - patches: upstream sources at current package version - upstream: upstream sources - review-origin: used to interact with RPMFactory - review-patches: used to interact with RPMFactory 2. modify packaging 3. rdopkg review-spec 4. review then merge For downstream patches, the workflow is a bit different as we don't merge patches but keep reviews open in order to keep the whole patch chain history. rdopkg has been updated to behave properly in that aspect. We still have improvements coming but no major changes to this workflow, if you have any questions, feel free to ping us on irc (#rdo @freenode) or the mailing list (https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rdo-list). Regards, The RDO Eng. team