| Ghanshyam Mann | 96800bb | 2020-05-04 19:51:37 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | Stable Branch Testing Policy |
| 2 | ============================ |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Tempest and its plugins need to support the stable branches |
| 5 | as per :doc:`Stable Branch Support Policy </stable_branch_support_policy>`. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Because of branchless model of Tempest and plugins, all the supported |
| 8 | stable branches use the Tempest and plugins master version for their |
| 9 | testing. That is done in devstack by using the `master branch |
| 10 | <https://opendev.org/openstack/devstack/src/commit/c104afec7dd72edfd909847bee9c14eaf077a28b/stackrc#L314>`_ |
| 11 | for the Tempest installation. To make sure the master version of Tempest or |
| 12 | plugins (for any changes or adding new tests) is compatible for all |
| 13 | the supported stable branches testing, Tempest and its plugins need to |
| 14 | add the stable branches job on the master gate. That way can test the stable |
| 15 | branches against master code and can avoid breaking supported branches |
| 16 | accidentally. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Example: |
| 19 | |
| 20 | * `Stable jobs on Tempest master |
| 21 | <https://opendev.org/openstack/tempest/src/commit/e8f1876aa6772077f85f380677b30251c2454505/.zuul.yaml#L646-L651>`_. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | * `Stable job on neutron tempest plugins |
| 24 | <https://opendev.org/openstack/neutron-tempest-plugin/src/commit/4bc1b00213cf660648cad1916fe6497ac29b2e78/.zuul.yaml#L1427-L1428>`_ |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Once any stable branch is moved to the `Extended Maintenance Phases`_ |
| 27 | and devstack start using the Tempest older version for that stable |
| 28 | branch testing then we can remove that stable branch job from master |
| 29 | gate. |
| 30 | |
| 31 | Example: https://review.opendev.org/#/c/722183/ |
| 32 | |
| 33 | .. _Extended Maintenance Phases: https://docs.openstack.org/project-team-guide/stable-branches.html#extended-maintenance |