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Triage
1 - Issue triage guidelines
Purpose
Speed up issue management.
The etcd issues are listed at https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/issues
and are identified with labels. For example, an issue that is identified
as a bug will eventually be set to label area/bug . New issues will
start out without any labels, but typically etcd maintainers and active contributors
add labels based on their findings. The detailed list of labels can be found at
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/labels
Following are few predetermined searches on issues for convenience:
Scope
These guidelines serves as a primary document for triaging an incoming issues in
etcd. Everyone is welcome to help manage issues and PRs but the work and responsibilities discussed in this document are created with etcd maintainers and active contributors in mind.
Validate if an issue is a bug
Validate if the issue is indeed a bug. If not, add a comment with findings and close trivial issue. For non-trivial issue, wait to hear back from issue reporter and see if there is any objection. If issue reporter does not reply in 30 days, close the issue. If the problem can not be reproduced or require more information, leave a comment for the issue reporter.
Inactive issues
Issues that lack enough information from the issue reporter should be closed if issue reporter do not provide information in 60 days.
Duplicate issues
If an issue is a duplicate, add a comment stating so along with a reference for the original issue and close it.
Issues that don’t belong to etcd
Sometime issues are reported that actually belongs to other projects that etcd use. For example, grpc or golang issues. Such issues should be addressed by asking reporter to open issues in appropriate other project. Close the issue unless a maintainer and issue reporter see a need to keep it open for tracking purpose.
Verify important labels are in place
Make sure that issue has label on areas it belongs to, proper assignees are added and milestone is identified. If any of these labels are missing, add one. If labels can not be assigned due to limited privilege or correct label can not be decided, that’s fine, contact maintainers if needed.
Poke issue owner if needed
If an issue owned by a developer has no PR created in 30 days, contact the issue owner and ask for a PR or to release ownership if needed.
2 - PR management
Purpose
Speed up PR management.
The etcd PRs are listed at https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/pulls
A PR can have various labels, milestone, reviewer etc. The detailed list of labels can be found at
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/labels
Following are few example searches on PR for convenience:
Scope
These guidelines serves as a primary document for managing PRs in etcd. Everyone is welcome to help manage PRs but the work and responsibilities discussed in this document is created with etcd maintainers and active contributors in mind.
Handle inactive PRs
Poke PR owner if review comments are not addressed in 15 days. If PR owner does not reply in 90 days, update the PR with a new commit if possible. If not, inactive PR should be closed after 180 days.
Poke reviewer if needed
Reviewers are responsive in a timely fashion, but considering everyone is busy, give them some time after requesting review if quick response is not provided. If response is not provided in 10 days, feel free to contact them via adding a comment in the PR or sending an email or message on the Slack.
Verify important labels are in place
Make sure that appropriate reviewers are added to the PR. Also, make sure that a milestone is identified. If any of these or other important labels are missing, add them. If a correct label cannot be decided, leave a comment for the maintainers to do so as needed.