Consensus: Make backports easier with reflowed list of file names, tests, and locales.

Consensus: Make backports easier with reflowed list of file names, tests, and locales.

[Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha]

I would like to request we consider the following for consensus:

* All Makefile lists of:
  - File names
  - Tests
  - Locales

* Should be broken out into one item per line and sorted in
  alphabetical order.

Note: ABI lists have automation for sorting and are considered distinct.

The goal would be to:

* Improve accuracy of automatic conflict resolution.

* Improve accuracy of manual conflict resolution.

* Avoid conflicts.

Examples:

"[PATCH] nptl: Split libpthread-routines into one routine per line"
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2020-December/120667.html
- Make libpthread-routines one file per line, sorted alphabetically.

"Adapt collation in several locales to the new iso14651_t1_common file"
commit 159738548130d5ac4fe6178977e940ed5f8cfdc4
- Make test-input one locale per file, sorted alphabetically.

Thoughts?

-- 
Cheers,
Carlos.

Re: Consensus: Make backports easier with reflowed list of file names, tests, and locales.

[DJ Delorie via Libc-alpha]

"Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha" <libc-alpha@sourceware.org> writes:
> * Should be broken out into one item per line and sorted in
>   alphabetical order.

I'm rather surprised we aren't already doing this...

Re: Consensus: Make backports easier with reflowed list of file names, tests, and locales.

[Joseph Myers]

On Mon, 14 Dec 2020, Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha wrote:

> * Should be broken out into one item per line and sorted in
>   alphabetical order.

Meaning LC_COLLATE=C order?  So test-2 comes before test1, not after as it 
does in some locales, for example.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com

Re: Consensus: Make backports easier with reflowed list of file names, tests, and locales.

[Siddhesh Poyarekar]

On 12/15/20 6:42 AM, Joseph Myers wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Dec 2020, Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha wrote:
> 
>> * Should be broken out into one item per line and sorted in
>>    alphabetical order.
> 
> Meaning LC_COLLATE=C order?  So test-2 comes before test1, not after as it
> does in some locales, for example.
> 

Maybe we should rename test1 to test-1, or test-2 to test2.  Or even 
better, have descriptive names but that would be busy work that will 
need inspecting each test.

Siddhesh

Re: Consensus: Make backports easier with reflowed list of file names, tests, and locales.

[Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha]

On 12/14/20 8:12 PM, Joseph Myers wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Dec 2020, Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha wrote:
> 
>> * Should be broken out into one item per line and sorted in
>>   alphabetical order.
> 
> Meaning LC_COLLATE=C order?  So test-2 comes before test1, not after as it 
> does in some locales, for example.

Yes, LC_COLLATE=C order.

I would rename test-2.

-- 
Cheers,
Carlos.