kubevirt, labels: rename code-quality into cleanup

[dhiller]

What this PR does / why we need it:

The label sig/code-quality is used to mark pull requests that target improvements to our code base1. However, the prefix sig gives the impression that there is a SIG that is actively caring for such PRs.

Given the fact that there's neither an entry inside sigs.yaml2, nor a proper sig folder in the community repository, nor any publicly held meetings that are announced in the community calendar3, we can assume that such a sig doesn't exist.

During the discussion at the community meeting4 about this topic there was the suggestion to just rename the label into a kind label. Looking at Kubernetes labels provided a general label kind/cleanup5 that matches a broader set of scenarios and seems to be well suited for covering all the code-quality PRs.

Therefore this PR renames the label sig/code-quality to kind/cleanup.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes (optional, in fixes #<issue number>(, fixes #<issue_number>, ...) format, will close the issue(s) when PR gets merged):
Fixes #

Special notes for your reviewer:

[dhiller]

/cc @enp0s3 @xpivarc @iholder101 @stu-gott

[dankenigsberg]

Thanks for noticing this, @dhiller. However, maybe the problem can be fixed by nominating a sig chair and setting up a recurring meeting or anything else that would satisfy the sig requirements? I don't really know if it's better, but wonder if it makes sense to others.

[iholder101]

Thanks for noticing this, @dhiller. However, maybe the problem can be fixed by nominating a sig chair and setting up a recurring meeting or anything else that would satisfy the sig requirements? I don't really know if it's better, but wonder if it makes sense to others.

Hey @dankenigsberg!

Code quality is an important topic. However, as discussed in the community meeting, while I think that setting up a recurring meeting to promote it makes sense, I think that it doesn't suit to be a SIG.

The purpose of SIGs is to divide the project into manageable parts, each with its own area of responsibility. Code quality, however, is a concern that spans across all SIGs rather than being confined to a single, self-contained unit. For example, I don't see any feature or a design proposal being owned by this SIG.

Another alternative that was discussed in the community meeting is a working group, but the problem with it is that it's usually time-bound while improving code quality is an ever lasting task.

I'm happy to discuss alternatives, but kind/cleanup sounds good to me. We can still set up a recurring meeting if we think that's valuable.

[dhiller]

Thanks for noticing this, @dhiller. However, maybe the problem can be fixed by nominating a sig chair and setting up a recurring meeting or anything else that would satisfy the sig requirements? I don't really know if it's better, but wonder if it makes sense to others.

Hey @dankenigsberg!

Code quality is an important topic. However, as discussed in the community meeting, while I think that setting up a recurring meeting to promote it makes sense, I think that it doesn't suit to be a SIG.

The purpose of SIGs is to divide the project into manageable parts, each with its own area of responsibility. Code quality, however, is a concern that spans across all SIGs rather than being confined to a single, self-contained unit. For example, I don't see any feature or a design proposal being owned by this SIG.

Another alternative that was discussed in the community meeting is a working group, but the problem with it is that it's usually time-bound while improving code quality is an ever lasting task.

I'm happy to discuss alternatives, but kind/cleanup sounds good to me. We can still set up a recurring meeting if we think that's valuable.

+1 to what @iholder101 said.

[dhiller]

See also

• community, wg, template: create wg templates community#301
• membership, policy: add SIG, WG and subproject roles community#306

[iholder101]

Therefore this PR renames the label sig/code-quality to kind/cleanup.

To clarify: will this PR rename labels on existing/past PRs as well? Should we do that?

[dhiller]

Therefore this PR renames the label sig/code-quality to kind/cleanup.

To clarify: will this PR rename labels on existing/past PRs as well? Should we do that?

Yes, the label_sync 1 tool, which we are using to converge our GitHub label configuration with on a periodic basis, will migrate the GitHub label.

The previously section we added here 2 will indicate that it should be migrated.

[dhiller]

Thanks for noticing this, @dhiller. However, maybe the problem can be fixed by nominating a sig chair and setting up a recurring meeting or anything else that would satisfy the sig requirements? I don't really know if it's better, but wonder if it makes sense to others.

Hey @dankenigsberg!

Code quality is an important topic. However, as discussed in the community meeting, while I think that setting up a recurring meeting to promote it makes sense, I think that it doesn't suit to be a SIG.

The purpose of SIGs is to divide the project into manageable parts, each with its own area of responsibility. Code quality, however, is a concern that spans across all SIGs rather than being confined to a single, self-contained unit. For example, I don't see any feature or a design proposal being owned by this SIG.

Another alternative that was discussed in the community meeting is a working group, but the problem with it is that it's usually time-bound while improving code quality is an ever lasting task.

I'm happy to discuss alternatives, but kind/cleanup sounds good to me. We can still set up a recurring meeting if we think that's valuable.

do you have people in mind that would be interested in pursuing this - since, as @iholder101 also noted, sig and wg are not a good fit, we might try doing this as a committee?

Aside from that: are you ok with renaming this label - I think that kind/cleanup fits more opportunities than only code-quality. WDYT?

[dankenigsberg]

sorry for being unclear @dhiller . I'm not holding this PR.

[dhiller]

So, in order to move this forward, I'm pinging

@iholder101

who seemed to be in favor of this and

/cc @brianmcarey

as an approver.

[iholder101]

As said above, I am in favor of this.
While I don't think code-quality should be a SIG, I definitely think it's an important topic and would support an upstream interest group of some other constellation in order to continuously promote it.

Thank you @dhiller!

/lgtm

[brianmcarey]

/approve

thanks @dhiller for opening the community proposal for the code quality committee - kubevirt/community#327

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@dhiller: Updated the label-config configmap in namespace kubevirt-prow at cluster default using the following files:

• key labels.yaml using file github/ci/prow-deploy/kustom/base/configs/current/labels/labels.yaml

In response to this:

What this PR does / why we need it:

The label sig/code-quality is used to mark pull requests that target improvements to our code base1. However, the prefix sig gives the impression that there is a SIG that is actively caring for such PRs.

Given the fact that there's neither an entry inside sigs.yaml2, nor a proper sig folder in the community repository, nor any publicly held meetings that are announced in the community calendar3, we can assume that such a sig doesn't exist.

During the discussion at the community meeting4 about this topic there was the suggestion to just rename the label into a kind label. Looking at Kubernetes labels provided a general label kind/cleanup5 that matches a broader set of scenarios and seems to be well suited for covering all the code-quality PRs.

Therefore this PR renames the label sig/code-quality to kind/cleanup.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes (optional, in fixes #<issue number>(, fixes #<issue_number>, ...) format, will close the issue(s) when PR gets merged):
Fixes #

Special notes for your reviewer:

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[EdDev]

I'm sorry, but IMO this should have received a wider agreement before letting it in.

In fact, it should have been accepted only after a format for the effort was set and not before.

[brianmcarey]

I'm sorry, but IMO this should have received a wider agreement before letting it in.

The same could of been said for the initial introduction of the sig-code-quality label - I couldn't find anything on the mailing list introducing the new label.

In fact, it should have been accepted only after a format for the effort was set and not before.

The fact that there was no formal SIG Code Quality meant that the existing label was wrong and misleading.

[EdDev]

I'm sorry, but IMO this should have received a wider agreement before letting it in.

The same could of been said for the initial introduction of the sig-code-quality label - I couldn't find anything on the mailing list introducing the new label.

I agree, it was a mistake.

In fact, it should have been accepted only after a format for the effort was set and not before.

The fact that there was no formal SIG Code Quality meant that the existing label was wrong and misleading.

I agree as well. But changing it now after it was used extensively needs to be done once and not prematurely like we have done when we introduced it.

[brianmcarey]

I'm sorry, but IMO this should have received a wider agreement before letting it in.

The same could of been said for the initial introduction of the sig-code-quality label - I couldn't find anything on the mailing list introducing the new label.

I agree, it was a mistake.

In fact, it should have been accepted only after a format for the effort was set and not before.

The fact that there was no formal SIG Code Quality meant that the existing label was wrong and misleading.

I agree as well. But changing it now after it was used extensively needs to be done once and not prematurely like we have done when we introduced it.

+1.

kind/cleanup is a generic enough placeholder while we are waiting for the outcome of the community proposal around the code quality initiative - I think it should be ok.