[ovs-dev] [RFC] OVS robot discussion - check API integration

[Ben Pfaff]

On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 10:24:01AM -0500, Aaron Conole wrote:
> I'm following up on a discussion where we briefly talked about adding
> a 'check' to OVS patch series during the OVS Conference.  'Check' is
> what the patchwork project provides to show that certain tests have been
> performed.  It is made up of a name, a status, and a URL.  Some of the
> projects in the ozlabs patchwork instance are using the check feature
> already, so there's some examples to reference.
> 
> My idea is to push some data into travis / cirrus that can be used to
> insert a check against a patch series.  This would allow committers to
> look at the status page on patchwork and see at a glance the links to
> the travis, and if a robot email was sent.

The approach seems reasonable.

You mention that there are existing examples.  How do they do it?