[eclipse.org-committers] Gerrit "Cherry Pick" issue, newer version of Ge

[Denis Roy <denis.roy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings folks,

We've experienced an issue with a Gerrit repository that was configured 
with the "Cherry Pick" Submit type.  This is not the default setting, 
and projects must specifically request this be changed by webmaster.

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=472060

In short, many changes became entangled and required us to do some 
mangling with the Gerrit database.  As there are open issues with 
Gerrit's Cherry Pick and other installations have had issues with the 
type (see above bug), I recommend that projects who use it switch to either:

- Merge if Necessary (default)
- Fast Forward Only (my personal favourite)
- Rebase if Necessary

You can read about the Submit Types here, and choose which is best for 
your project.  Please don't hesitate to open a bug against 
Community/Gerrit to discuss the options with your project and your 
webmaster team.
https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/project-configuration.html#project_options


Also, I'll be upgrading to the latest Gerrit 2.11 as soon as I get 
confirmation from the Mylyn team.  2.11 introduces many new features, 
such as being able to create new patch sets from within the Gerrit UI.  
Follow the excitement in this bug:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=468845

Thanks for reading.

Denis