# The form data below was edited by tom_tyler # Perforce Workshop Jobs # # Job: The job name. 'new' generates a sequenced job number. # # Status: Job status; required field. There is no enforced or # promoted workflow for transition of jobs from one # status to another, just a set of job status values # for users to apply as they see fit. Possible values: # # open - Issue is available to be worked on. # # inprogress - Active development is in progress. # # blocked - Issue cannot be implemented for some reason. # # fixed - Fixed, optional status to use before closed. # # closed - Issue has been dealt with definitively. # # punted - Decision made not to address the issue, # possibly not ever. # # suspended - Decision made not to address the issue # in the immediate future, but noting that it may # have some merit and may be revisited later. # # duplicate - Duplicate of another issue that. # # obsolete - The need behind the request has become # overcome by events. # # Project: The project this job is for. Required. # # Severity: [A/B/C] (A is highest) Required. # # ReportedBy The user who created the job. Can be changed. # # ReportedDate: The date the job was created. Automatic. # # ModifiedBy: The user who last modified this job. Automatic. # # ModifiedDate: The date this job was last modified. Automatic. # # OwnedBy: The owner, responsible for doing the job. Optional. # # Description: Description of the job. Required. # # DevNotes: Developer's comments. Optional. Can be used to # explain a status, e.g. for blocked, punted, # obsolete or duplicate jobs. May also provide # additional information such as the earliest release # in which a bug is known to exist. # # Component: Projects may use this optional field to indicate # which component of the project a givenjob is associated # with. # # For the SDP, the list of components is defined in: # //guest/perforce_software/sdp/tools/components.txt # # Type: Type of job [Bug/Feature]. Required. # # Release: Release in which job is intended to be fixed. Job: SDP-568 Status: open Project: perforce-software-sdp Severity: C ReportedBy: tom_tyler ReportedDate: 2020/12/03 05:56:05 ModifiedBy: tom_tyler ModifiedDate: 2020/12/03 05:56:57 OwnedBy: tom_tyler Description: Standardize logging method to 'exec & tee'. The SDP has two flavors of logging, a legacy method that requires redirects of stdout and stderr on any and all commands executed by scripts (and is a source of bugs), and the superior 'exec & tee' mechanism used in build systems. The 'exec & tee' mechanism: * Reliably ensures no important output is lost. * Greatly reduces code readability by removing redirects. * Reduces maintenance effort, as developers no longer need to remember redirects for all commands. * Standardizes look & feel for users, with consistent logging options (with only planned differences, e.g. scripts that run from crontab and only generate logs vs. scripts intended to run directly from the command line). * Removes a source of SDP logging bugs. Component: core-unix Type: Feature