Re: [Wiki][Patch V2] Add EDK II Code First Process Wiki Page

["Michael D Kinney" <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>]

Thanks Leif,

The Wiki changes have been pushed.

I have also updated Bugzilla with new Product/Component/Spec to track 
EDK II Code First work items.

We are ready to start using the EDK II Code First process.  If there
are items queued up, they can be entered into Bugzilla and edk2-staging
branches can be created.

Thanks,

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leif Lindholm <leif@nuviainc.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 11:01 AM
> To: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> Cc: devel@edk2.groups.io; Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>; Andrew Fish <afish@apple.com>
> Subject: Re: [Wiki][Patch V2] Add EDK II Code First Process Wiki Page
> 
> Minor typo below:
> 
> On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 18:04:47 -0700, Michael D Kinney wrote:
> > Based on the following RFC:
> >
> >     https://edk2.groups.io/g/rfc/message/258
> >
> > Additional updates:
> > * Add examples of all specifications currently maintained by
> >   the UEFI Forums.
> > * Added specification change template using a CC-BY-4.0 license.
> > * Add source code example for an enum value
> > * Minor grammar updates to change from an RFC proposal to an
> >   active process.
> >
> > Cc: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Andrew Fish <afish@apple.com>
> > Cc: Leif Lindholm <leif@nuviainc.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  EDK-II-Code-First-Process.md | 182 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 182 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 EDK-II-Code-First-Process.md
> >
> > diff --git a/EDK-II-Code-First-Process.md b/EDK-II-Code-First-Process.md
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..d5c938e
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/EDK-II-Code-First-Process.md
> > @@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
> > +The EDK II Code First Process is a process by which new features can be added
> > +to UEFI Forum specifications after first having been designed and prototyped
> > +in the open.
> > +
> > +This process lets changes and the development of new features happen in the
> > +open, without violating the UEFI forum bylaws which prevent publication of
> > +code for in-draft features/changes.
> > +
> > +The process does not in fact change the UEFI bylaws - the change is that the
> > +development (of both specification and code) happens in the open. The resulting
> > +specification update is then submitted to the appropriate working group as an
> > +Engineering Change Request (ECR), and voted on. For the UEFI Forum, this is a
> > +change in workflow, not a change in process.
> > +
> > +ECRs are tracked in a UEFI Forum Mantis instance, access restricted to UEFI
> > +Forum Members. TianoCore enables this new process by providing areas on
> > +[TianoCore Bugzilla](https://bugzilla.tianocore.org) to track both specification
> > +updates and reference implementations and new repositories under
> > +[TianoCore GitHub](https://github.com/tianocore) dedicated to hold "code first".
> > +
> > +# TianoCore Bugzilla
> > +
> > +[TianoCore Bugzilla](bugzilla.tianocore.org) has a product categories for
> 
> Drop "a"?
> 
> Reviewed-by: Leif Lindholm <leif@nuviainc.com>
> 
> > +  * ACPI Specification
> > +  * UEFI Shell Specification
> > +  * UEFI Platform Initialization Distribution Packaging Specification
> > +  * UEFI Platform Initialization Specification Specification
> > +  * UEFI Specification
> > +
> > +Each product category has separate components for
> > +  * Specification
> > +  * Reference implementation
> > +
> > +# TianoCore GitHub
> > +
> > +Reference implementations targeting the EDK II open source project are held
> > +in branches in the [edk2-staging](https://github.com/tianocore/edk2-staging)
> > +repository.
> > +
> > +Additional repositories for implementing reference features in additional open
> > +source projects can be added in the future, as required.
> > +
> > +Specification text changes are held within the affected source repository,
> > +using the GitHub flavor of markdown, in a file (or split across several files)
> > +with .md suffix.  Multiple files are required if changes impact multiple
> > +specifications or if the specification is large and is easier to maintain
> > +if the changes are split across multiple files.
> > +
> > +* NOTE: This one may break down where we have a specification change affecting
> > +  multiple specifications, but at that point we can track it with multiple
> > +  TianoCore Bugzilla entries.
> > +
> > +## Specification Text Template
> > +
> > +The following is a template of specification text changes using the GitHub
> > +flavor of markdown.  The title and complete description of the specification
> > +changes must be provided in the specification text along with the name and
> > +version of the specification the change applies.  The `Status` of the
> > +specification change always starts in the `Draft` state and is updated based
> > +on feedback from the industry standard forums.  The contents of the specification
> > +text are required to use the
> > +[Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International](https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html)
> > +license using a `SPDX-License-Identifier` statement.
> > +
> > +```
> > +# Title: [Must be Filled In]
> > +
> > +# Status: [Status]
> > +
> > +[Status] must be one of the following:
> > +* Draft
> > +* Submitted to industry standard forum
> > +* Accepted by industry standard forum
> > +* Accepted by industry standard forum with modifications
> > +* Rejected by industry standard forum
> > +
> > +# Document: [Title and Version]
> > +
> > +Here are some examples of [Title and Version]:
> > +* UEFI Specification Version 2.8
> > +* ACPI Specification Version 6.3
> > +* UEFI Shell Specification Version 2.2
> > +* UEFI Platform Initialization Specification Version 1.7
> > +* UEFI Platform Initialization Distribution Packaging Specification Version 1.1
> > +
> > +# License
> > +
> > +SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
> > +
> > +# Submitter: [TianoCore Community](https://www.tianocore.org)
> > +
> > +# Summary of the change
> > +
> > +Required Section
> > +
> > +# Benefits of the change
> > +
> > +Required Section
> > +
> > +# Impact of the change
> > +
> > +Required Section
> > +
> > +# Detailed description of the change [normative updates]
> > +
> > +Required Section
> > +
> > +# Special Instructions
> > +
> > +Optional Section
> > +```
> > +
> > +# Intended workflow
> > +
> > +The entity initiating a specification change enters a Bugzilla in the appropriate
> > +area of [TianoCore Bugzilla](bugzilla.tianocore.org). This entry contains the
> > +outline of the change, and the full initial draft text is attached.
> > +
> > +If multiple specification updates are interdependent, especially if between
> > +different specifications, then multiple Bugzilla entries should be created.
> > +These Bugzilla entries *must* be linked together with dependencies.
> > +
> > +After the Bugzillas have been created, new branches should be created in the
> > +relevant repositories for each Bugzilla.  The branch names must use the following
> > +format where #### is the Bugzilla ID and <Brief Description> is an optional
> > +description of the change.
> > +
> > +    BZ####-<Brief Description>
> > +
> > +If multiple Bugzilla entries must coexist on a single branch, one of them is
> > +designated the _top-level_, with dependencies properly tracked. That Bugzilla
> > +is be the one naming the branch.
> > +
> > +# Source Code
> > +
> > +In order to ensure draft code does not accidentally leak into production use,
> > +and to signify when the changeover from draft to final happens, *all* new or
> > +modified[1] identifiers must be prefixed with the relevant BZ#### identifiers.
> > +
> > +* [1] Modified in a non-backwards-compatible way. If, for example, a statically
> > +      sized array is grown - this does not need to be prefixed. But a tag in a
> > +      comment would be *highly* recommended.
> > +
> > +## File names
> > +
> > +New public header files require the prefix (i.e. `Bz1234MyNewProtocol.h`).
> > +Private header files do not need the prefix.
> > +
> > +## Contents
> > +
> > +The tagging must follow the coding style used by each affected code base.
> > +Examples:
> > +
> > +| Released in spec | Draft version in tree | Comment |
> > +| ---              | ---                   | ---     |
> > +| `FunctionName`   | `Bz1234FunctionName`  |         |
> > +| `HEADER_MACRO`   | `BZ1234_HEADER_MACRO` |         |
> > +
> > +For data structures or enums, any new or non-backwards-compatible structs or
> > +fields require a prefix. As above, growing an existing array in an existing
> > +struct requires no prefix.
> > +
> > +| Released in spec      | Draft version in tree | Comment               |
> > +| ---                   | ---                   | ---                   |
> > +| `typedef SOME_STRUCT` | `BZ1234_SOME_STRUCT`  | Typedef only [2]      |
> > +| `StructField`         | `Bz1234StructField`   | In existing struct[3] |
> > +| `typedef SOME_ENUM`   | `BZ1234_SOME_ENUM`    | Typedef only [2]      |
> > +| `EnumValue`           | `BzEnumValue`         | In existing enum[3]   |
> > +
> > +* [2] If the struct or enum definition is separate from the typedef in the public
> > +      header, the definition does not need the prefix.
> > +* [3] Individual fields in newly added struct or enum do not need prefix, the
> > +      struct or enum already carried the prefix.
> > +
> > +Variable prefixes indicating global scope ('g' or 'm') go before the BZ prefix.
> > +
> > +| Released in spec | Draft version in tree | Comment |
> > +| ---              | ---                   | ---     |
> > +| `gSomeGuid`      | `gBz1234SomeGuid`     |         |
> > +
> > +Local identifiers, including module-global ones (m-prefixed) do not require a
> > +BZ prefix.
> > --
> > 2.21.0.windows.1
> >