Node: meta, url: track WHATWG URL implementation in GitHub project

[joyeecheung]

• Version: all
• Platform: all
• Subsystem: url

The WHATWG URL spec is still moving and we are just starting to document this new API (https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10620). It might be helpful to have a central place tracking the issues(especially the spec changes), doc/url/benchmark/test PRs, and it can help differentiate the WHATWG URL work from the old url module work(all under the url label at the moment) and prevent concurrent PR conflicts.

A meta issue tracking all these can be good enough but I think a GitHub project would be better. I am not very familiar with the GitHub project feature just yet but will be happy to open one if people think it's useful.

cc/ @jasnell @targos @TimothyGu

[jasnell]

Go for it!

[joyeecheung]

I've opened the project and made a few columns. Trying to move issues/PRs into it. https://github.com/nodejs/node/projects/5

Let me know if you think there is a better way to layout the columns.

[mscdex]

What if we just add a new label and use that, like url-whatwg or something?

[joyeecheung]

@mscdex Yes that would be very helpful too, but I think columns would make it clearer to see where we are at.

[joyeecheung]

Looks like GitHub doesn't allow you to make one card out of issues + PRs :/. This makes it harder to see the progress of works to be done.

EDIT: I rearrange the columns so that PRs follow relevant issues.

[joyeecheung]

I have added a new label whatwg-url(changed the word order from the one suggested by @mscdex , because it is how it's used in existing tests/benchmarks). If no more concerns arise I will start to label PRs/issues (not sure if the url label on them need to go?).

[mscdex]

The reason I suggested url-whatwg in that order was that that way both labels (url and url-whatwg) will show up together in the list of labels and it might be easier for management purposes to "group" them together like this?

[joyeecheung]

Most PRs use "WHATWG URL" in their names/commit logs and whatwg-url in their filenames. Could be a source of typos if the bot grabs the label from the affected subsytems section(does it?).

[mscdex]

The nodejs github bot does not label issues, it only labels pull requests (based on files changed, base branches, etc. -- never based on any text in the original PR or commit messages).

[joyeecheung]

OK if the bot doesn't rely on those text then it should be fine. I changed the label to url-whatwg. If it does cause typos we can always change it back I guess. Any more concerns?

[joyeecheung]

I've labeled the PRs and issues marked in the Github project and submitted a PR for the bot to use this new label.

[addaleax]

cc/ @jasnell @targos @TimothyGu

Maybe it’s a good idea to create a @nodejs/url github team with the four of you as initial members?

[targos]

@addaleax good idea, done!

[domenic]

May I suggest a "waiting on the spec" column of some sort?

[joyeecheung]

@domenic Seems it's done (No idea who, but thanks anyway)

[jasnell]

I updated the columns last night and bit a bit of reorg/cleanup.