druid/dev/committer-instructions.md

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This document contains various instructions relevant for Druid committers.

## PR and issue action item checklist for committers

This checklist describes steps that every committer should take for their own issues and PRs and when they are the first
committer who visits an issue or a PR authored by a non-committer.

1. Add appropriate tags to the PR, in particular:

   - [**`Design Review`**](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Design%20Review) - for changes that will be
   hard to undo after they appear in some Druid release, and/or changes that will have lasting consequences in the
   codebase. Examples:
     - Major architectural changes or API changes
     - Adding new or changing behaviour of existing query types (e. g. changing an algorithm behind some query type or
     changing from floating point to double precision)
     - Adding new or changing existing HTTP requests and responses (e. g. a new HTTP endpoint)
     - Adding new or changing existing interfaces for extensions (`@PublicApi` and `@ExtensionPoint`)
     - Adding new or changing existing server configuration parameter (e. g. altering the behavior of a config
     parameter)
     - Adding new or changing existing emitted metrics
     - Other major changes
  
     PRs that flesh out community standards, checklists, policies, and PRs that change issue and PR templates, in other
     words, many of the PRs tagged `Area - Dev` should often be tagged `Design Review` as well.

     The PR description should succinctly, but completely list all public API elements (`@PublicApi` or
     `@ExtensionPoint`), configuration options, emitted metric names, HTTP endpoint paths and parameters that are added
     or changed in the PR. If they are not listed, ask the PR author to update the PR description.

   - [**`Incompatible`**](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Incompatible) - for changes that alter public
   API elements (`@PublicApi` or `@ExtensionPoint`), runtime configuration options, emitted metric names, HTTP endpoint
   behavior, or server behavior in some way that affects one of the following:

     - Ability to do a rolling update [as documented](http://druid.io/docs/latest/operations/rolling-updates.html)
     without needing any modifications to server configurations or query workload.
     - Ability to roll back a Druid cluster to a prior version.
     - Ability to continue using old Druid extensions without recompiling them.

     Note that no matter what, we must support the ability to do a rolling update somehow (even if some special care is
     needed), and the ability to roll back to at least the immediate prior Druid version. If a change makes either one
     of these impossible then it should be re-designed.

     All `Incompatible` PRs should be tagged `Design Review` too, but not vice versa: some `Design Review` issues,
     proposals and PRs may not be `Incompatible`.

   - [**`Release Notes`**](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Release%20Notes) - for important changes
   that should be reflected in the next Druid’s version release notes. Critically, those are changes that require some
   server or query configuration changes made by Druid cluster operators to preserve the former cluster behaviour, i. e.
   the majority of PRs tagged `Incompatible`. However, some `Incompatible` PRs may not need to be tagged
   `Release Notes`, e. g. PRs that only change some extension APIs, because when building extensions with the newer
   Druid version the incompatibility will be discovered anyway.

     Secondarily, PRs that add new features, improve performance or improve Druid cluster operation experience could
     also be tagged `Release Notes` at your discretion.

   - [**`Bug`**](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Bug) / [**`Security`**](
   https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Security) / [**`Feature`**](
   https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Feature) / [**`Performance`**](
   https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Performance) / [**`Refactoring`**](
   https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Refactoring) / [**`Improvement`**](
   https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Improvement) - can be used to distinguish between types of changes.
   [**`Compatibility`**](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Compatibility) tag also falls into this
   category, it's specifically for PRs that restore or improve compatibility with previous Druid versions if it was
   inadvertently broken, or for changes that ensure forward compatibility with future Druid versions, forseening specific
   changes that would otherwise break the compatibility.

   - [**`Development Blocker`**](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Development%20Blocker) - for changes
   that need to be merged before some other PRs could even be published. `Development Blocker` PRs should be prioritized
   by reviewers, so that they could be merged as soon as possible, thus not blocking somebody's work.

2. Consider adding one or several **`Area -`** tags to the PR or issue. Consider [creating a new `Area -` tag](
#creating-a-new-tag-on-github) if none of the existing `Area` tags is applicable to the PR or issue.

   - [`Area - Automation/Static Analysis`](
   https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Area%20-%20Automation%2FStatic%20Analysis) - for any PRs and issues
   about Checkstyle, forbidden-apis, IntelliJ inspections, code style, etc. Should also be used for PRs and issue
   related to TeamCity CI problems.
   - [`Area - Cache`](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Area%20-%20Cache) - for PRs and issues related to
   Druid's query results cache (local or remote). Don't use for PRs that anyhow relate to caching in different contexts.
   - [`Area - Dev`](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Area%20-%20Dev) - for PRs and issues related to the
   project itself, such as adding developer's docs and checklists, Github issue and PR templates, Github-related issues.
   Don't use for PRs and issues related to CI problems: use either `Area - Testing` for problems with Travis or
   `Area - Automation/Static Analysis` for problems with TeamCity. PRs with `Area - Dev` tag should usually change files
   in `dev/` or `.github/` directories.
   - [`Area - Documentation`](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Area%20-%20Documentation) - for PRs and
   issues about Druid's documentation for users and cluster operators. Don't use for PRs and issues about the
   documentation of the Druid's development process itself: use `Area - Dev` for that purpose. Don't use for issues and
   PR regarding adding internal design documentation and specification to code, usually, in the form of Javadocs or
   comments (there is no specialized tag for this).  
   - [`Area - Lookups`](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Area%20-%20Lookups) - for PRs and issues
   related to Druid's Query Time Lookups (QTL) feature.
   - [`Area - Null Handling`](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Area%20-%20Null%20Handling) - for PRs and
   issues related to the [Null Handling project](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/issues/4349).
   - [`Area - Operations`](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Area%20-%20Operations) - for PRs and issues
   related to Druid cluster operation process, for example, PRs adding more alerting, logging, changing configuration
   options.
   - [`Area - Query UI`](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Area%20-%20Query%20UI) - for issues that
   mention or discuss the questions related to presenting Druid query results for human perception.
   - [`Area - Querying`](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Area%20-%20Querying) - for any PRs and issues
   related to the process of making data queries against Druid clusters, including the PRs and issues about query
   processing and aggregators.
   - [`Area - Segment Balancing/Coordination`](
   https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Area%20-%20Segment%20Balancing%2FCoordination) - for PRs and issue
   related to the process of loading and dropping segments in Druid clusters according to specified *rules*, and
   balancing segments between Historical nodes in clusters. Coordinator node is responsible for both processes. This tag
   is not called "Area - Coordinator" because Coordinator has some other duties that are not covered by this tag, for
   example, compacting segments.
   - [`Area - Testing`](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Area%20-%20Testing) - use for any PRs and
   issues related to testing (including integration testing), Travis CI issues, and flaky tests. For flaky tests, also
   add [`Flaky test`](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Flaky%20test) tag.
   - [`Area - Zookeeper/Curator`](https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Area%20-%20Zookeeper%2FCurator) - for
   any PRs and issues related to ZooKeeper, Curator, and node discovery in Druid.


3. **Consider adding any `Bug` and `Security` PRs to the next Druid milestone** whenever they are important enough to
fix before the next release. This ensures that they will be considered by the next release manager as potential release
blockers. Please don't add PRs that are neither `Bug` nor `Security`-related to milestones until after they are
committed, to avoid cluttering the release manager's workflow.

4. If the PR has obvious problems, such as an empty description or the PR fails the CI, ask the PR author to fix these
problems even if you don't plan to review the PR.

5. If you create an issue that is relatively small and self-contained and you don't plan to work on it in the near
future, consider tagging it [**`Contributions Welcome`**](
https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/labels/Contributions%20Welcome) so that other people know that the issue is
free to pick up and is relatively easily doable even for those who are not very familiar with the codebase.

## PR merge action item checklist

1. Add the PR to the next release milestone.

2. If the PR is labeled `Incompatible` and the next release milestone differs from the previous only in the "patch"
number (such as 0.10.1, while the previous release is 0.10 or 0.10.0), rename the next milestone so that it bumps the
"minor" number (e. g. 0.10 -> 0.11).

3. Check that the issue addessed in the PR is closed automatically by Github. If it's not, close the issue manually.

4. Consider thanking the author for contribution, especially a new contributor.

## Creating a new tag on Github

After creating a tag for your PR or issue, don't forget to take the following steps:

1. Search existing PRs and issues and try to add the new tag to at least three of them.

2. Describe the new tag in the [PR and issue action item checklist for committers](
#pr-and-issue-action-item-checklist-for-committers) above.

3. Although it is *not* necessary to preliminarily discuss creation of a new tag in the developers' mailing list, please
announce the new tag after you've created it at `dev@druid.apache.org`.

## Become an Administrator of the Druid project in TeamCity

Druid committers shall obtain a status of a [Druid project](
https://teamcity.jetbrains.com/project.html?projectId=OpenSourceProjects_Druid)
administrator. See the [corresponding section in the document about TeamCity](
teamcity.md#becoming-a-project-administrator) for details.