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Release Management/Uplift rules

21 bytes added, 15:41, 15 April 2014
Move the guidelines upper (it is general for Firefox and FFOS)
=Release Uplift=
* Must be a part of a known-issue respin or NPTOB (not part of the build) config changes needed to support build infra
 
= Guidelines on approval comments =
* [Bug caused by] (feature/regressing bug #): If you this is a fallout from a feature/bug, or a backout please state the reason along with the bug number
* [User impact] if declined: In addition to the STR (steps to reproduce) reported in the bug if you can explain on a deeper level aspect of how an end user would be impacted with/without your change
* [Testing completed]: What kind of testing was completed here. Manual and/or automated ? Any details about what scenarios the tests cover? If the patch landed on a master/central branch or any other branch did we get verification from reporter or QA.
* [Risk to taking this patch]: No risk/Zero risk are unacceptable here. Even a single line of code change could be damaging!, yes we've seen that
** When saying something is "low","medium", "risky" please justify
** Eg : Low risk because its a one line CSS change impacting only settings page
** Eg : Medium, given the code complexity and integration with other areas of code that might be impacted. Expect regressions in areas like..
** Eg : risky, given the complex nature the bake time we have have on master/central or other branches. High rate of fallouts/regression. Could be mitigated by more manual testing in areas or running some targeted test cases..
* [String changes made]: Please answer this as "none" if no string changes were made
=Firefox OS gaia uplifts=
* Any bug that needs to land on the 1.3 branch needs to get approval (even blockers : 1.3+)
* Once your patch has landed on master, set request approval-gaia-1.3: ? on patch attachment and fill in the approval request comment
 
= Guidelines on approval comments =
* [Bug caused by] (feature/regressing bug #): If you this is a fallout from a feature/bug, or a backout please state the reason along with the bug number
* [User impact] if declined: In addition to the STR reported in the bug if you can explain on a deeper level aspect of how an end user would be impacted with/without your change
* [Testing completed]: What kind of testing was completed here. Manual and/or automated ? Any details about what scenarios the tests cover? If the patch landed on a master/central branch or any other branch did we get verification from reporter or QA.
* [Risk to taking this patch]: No risk/Zero risk are unacceptable here. Even a single line of code change could be damaging!, yes we've seen that
** When saying something is "low","medium", "risky" please justify
** Eg : Low risk because its a one line css change impacting only settings page
** Eg : Medium, given the code complexity and integration with other areas of code that might be impacted. Expect regressions in areas like..
** Eg : risky, given the complex nature the bake time we have have on master/central or other branches. High rate of fallouts/regression. Could be mitigated by more manual testing in areas or running some targeted test cases..
* [String changes made]: Please answer this as "none" if no string changes were made
=Special cases=
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