[Bf-committers] BF coordination meeting notes - 2019.08.19

[Bastien Montagne]

Hey, just a note about automated processes: would be great if automated 
building could also handle API doc generation (in addition to i18n 
stuff)... Might also help catching breakages sooner (currently fighting 
'something' that during last week broke the docs building for me...).

On 19/08/2019 14:45, Nathan 'jesterKing' Letwory wrote:
> Hi all,
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>
> Here are the notes for our private weekly meeting concerning
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> the development coordination.
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> If you have any topics to discuss for next meeting please
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> be in touch with me or Dalai via mail or on blender.chat
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>
> Participants: Brecht Van Lommel, Dalai Felinto, Nathan Letwory
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> August 19th, 2019.
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> Topics
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> ----------
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> * Onboarding
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>     + regular devs should try to give possibility to update proposed patch
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>     + devs can contact Nathan if they don’t have time to manage closely
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>        patch review process for code by new devs (i.e. may require lots
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>        of going back and forth between contributor and dev)
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>     + tricky to find a good balance between guiding and being able to
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>        do own work
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> Phabricator "project" for coordination projects
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> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> * Added to "Platforms, Builds & Tests" - T66306
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> Priorities for development infrastructure
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> * Improve Phabricator ( see i.e. https://developer.blender.org/D5521 )
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>     (Nathan)
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> * Check with Campbell (and later with Sergey - bottleneckers) on what
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>     is taking their time away
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> * Buildbot management
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>     + Automate release builds and codesign
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>     + Automate run tests
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> Development priority
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> ---------------------------------
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> * Dalai & Brecht go over Modules to check
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>     roadmaps & priorities
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> * Dalai email bf-committers to remind people
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>     to work in tracker
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> Phabricator projects
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> * workboard support should list subprojects (Nathan)
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> Brecht's time
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> ---------------------
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> * things are going in the right direction, but takes time to free
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>     up even more
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> Bi-weekly meetings
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> -------------------------------
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> * strict time limit. If issues remain unsolved handle outside meeting
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>     (or extra meeting if need be)
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> * start this week, Wednesday and Thursday
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> * work with external animators: through public channels
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> * animation module owner Sybren - responsible for organizing
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>     flesh out animation module page
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> Nathan’s week
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> -----------------------
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> * contact with localisation team wrt Weblate
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> * onboarding / review policy
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> * Crashpad integration (server-side)
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> Brecht's week
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> ----------------------
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> * lots of code review
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> Dalai's week
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> -------------------
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> * code review (among others outliner gsoc branch)
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> * module/project proposal
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> * meetings with different devs and users
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> Follow-up
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> ---------------
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> * phabricator improvements (Nathan)
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>     + D5521
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>     + workboard subproject listings
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>     + automate builds and tests for patches
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> *  modules cleanup/roadmaps (Dalai) - on hold until
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>     phabricator patching complete
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>
> /Nathan
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