[RFC 0/3] Add "events"

[Stephen Finucane]

On 2016-10-19 18:09, Andy Doan wrote:
> On 10/18/2016 03:12 PM, Stephen Finucane wrote:
>> Provide a way for users to get a list of events they may be interested
>> in. This case be useful for CI systems or for general use in a ticker
>> or similar system. The following events are supported now:
>> 
>> - Patch Created
>> - Patch Dependencies Met
>> - Delegate Changed
>> - State Changed
>> - Check Added
>> 
>> The following events are not yet supported, as they would require
>> further database changes or not deliver tangible value:
>> 
>> - Bundle Created/Changed
>> - Comment Added
>> - Tag Added
> 
> This is a really cool. Two things:
> 
> 1) I'm not sure I see the need for the "user" field? Events like Check
> Added and Patch Created already have a User associated with the target
> object. So I might say - don't bother with the user field until we see 
> a
> need for it.

Do I still have that? Yeah, it can be dropped. The idea was to record 
who exactly caused the event, i.e. who changed the patch status, but I 
can't do this using signals and ROI isn't significant enough to changing 
this. I'll remove for the final version.

> 2) Can you elaborate on how you plan to expose this data? ie something
> via REST?

I've been thinking an '/events' API endpoint for now. This would require 
polling from CIs etc., but it would be a good first step.

Stephen