Re: Adding Series Dependency to Patchwork

[Adam Hassick <ahassick@iol.unh.edu>]

Hi All,

We've gotten a review of our initial submission to add the dependency
parsing to the Patchwork dashboard. Stephen recommends that we change
our format to use the message ID of patches or cover letters rather
than the ID of the patch or series in the database. So, instead of
adding a dependency by adding "Depends-on: series-5678" one would add
"Depends-on: <20240712120000-1-user@example.com>". We can keep the
option of using the patchwork web URLs that was discussed in the
original issue on GitHub.

The main reasoning for this is that our format doesn't make it clear
exactly what the dependency is or where it's found outside of the
context of Patchwork. This discussion can be viewed here:
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/patchwork/patch/20240617221900.156155-3-ahassick@iol.unh.edu/

Does this change sound reasonable?

Regards,
Adam