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On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 9:09 PM Ferruzzi, Dennis <[email protected]>
wrote:

> In the end, we're all free do use whichever we prefer for our own
> environments and we are bikeshedding a doc change.  I appreciate whichever
> you decide to standardize the docs on, Jarek.
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> Makes sense to me to use upstream and origin
>
> On 2026/04/21 12:19:55 Jarek Potiuk wrote:
> > Good feedback :) I am glad to see it coming :).
> >
> > Just to be sure, standardizing isn't a "must"; for me it's really more of
> > avoiding ambiguities in the docs, and making manual and agentic
> > contributions. I am on a quest to cut every unnecessary corner of our
> > process to minimize time loss for individuals.
> >
> > We already had two iterations in our docs to guide agents on which
> remotes
> > to push to (mine [1] and Kaxil's [2]). Both guides would be basically
> > unnecessary, and I saw my agent struggling quite a bit and losing tokens
> > while figuring out what to do, so I thought it might be good if we
> > standardize. We also use different conventions in different parts of the
> > docs, so it an also confuse people.
> >
> > I personally used "apache" and "origin" so far, but I recently switched
> to
> > "upstream"/"origin," which made my agent's work and manual pushes
> > significantly easier (And I switched almost instantly).
> >
> > My proposal is to switch to "upstream" and "origin".
> >
> > For those using agents, we can add instructions for them to clean up the
> > setup if they see we do not follow the convention. The agent will then
> > propose a one-time migration to the new standard.
> >
> > J.
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/62575
> > [2] https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/62748
> >
> > J.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 11:12 AM Piyush Mudgal <
> [email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I use upstream for apache/airflow and origin for personal forks as
> it's a
> > > pretty common github convention
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Piyush
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 12:53 PM Wei Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm also using "apache" for "apache/airflow". (but I use "upstream"
> for
> > > all
> > > > other projects...) Either way kinda works for me. like "apache" a bit
> > > more,
> > > > but I'm ok with "upstream".
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > > Wei
> > > >
> > > > Shahar Epstein <[email protected]> 於 2026年4月21日週二 下午2:52寫道:
> > > >
> > > > > Personally I'm used to "apache" as the upstream name, but I could
> live
> > > > with
> > > > > "upstream".
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Shahar
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 2:24 AM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > While preparing release documentation, I noticed that we use
> quite
> > > > > > different approaches for remote naming in various examples and
> > > > tutorials.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Standardizing on those remotes would be easier for both new
> > > > contributors
> > > > > > and agents; currently, we have some instruction on how to find
> the
> > > righ
> > > > > > remotes.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I would like to propose very simple approach:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > * *upstream* -> apache/airflow
> > > > > > * *origin* -> your fork
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We could add instructions for checking out and adding airflow to
> > > follow
> > > > > the
> > > > > > convention. This would also make our documentation more
> consistent
> > > and
> > > > > > agent-followable, reducing back-and-forth.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And renaming remotes is easy - so would be quite easy for people
> to
> > > > > switch
> > > > > > (other than muscle memory).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > WDYT?
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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