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> Am 16.05.2018 um 12:40 schrieb Chesnay Schepler <ches...@apache.org>:
>
> Hello,
>
> during the discussion about how to better manage pull requests [1] the topic
> of GitBox integration came up again.
>
> This seems like a good opportunity to restart this discussion that we had
> about a year ago [2].
>
> * What is GitBox
>
> Essentially, GitBox allow us to use GitHub features.
> We can decide for ourselves which features we want enabled.
>
> We could merge PRs directly on GitHub at the button of a click.
> That said the merge functionality is fairly limited and would
> require picture-perfect commits in the pull requests.
> Commits can be squashed, but you cannot amend commits in any way, be
> it fixing typos or changing the commit message. Realistically this
> limits how much we can use this feature, and it may lead to a
> decline in the quality of commit messages.
>
> Labels can be useful for the management of PRs as (ready for review,
> delayed for next release, waiting for changes). This is really what
> I'm personally most interested in.
>
> We've been using GitBox for flink-shaded for a while now and i
> didn't run into any issue. AFAIK GitBox is also the default for new
> projects.
>
> * What this means for committers:
>
> The apache git remote URL will change, which will require all
> committers to update their git setup.
> This also implies that we may have to update the website build scripts.
> The new URL would (probably) be
> /https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/flink.git/.
>
> To make use of GitHub features you have to link your GitHub and
> Apache accounts. [3]
> This also requires setting up two-factor authentication on GitHub.
>
> Update the scm entry in the parent pom.xml.
>
> * What this means for contributors:
>
> Nothing should change for contributors. Small changes (like typos)
> may be merged more quickly, if the commit message is appropriate, as
> it could be done directly through GitHub.
>
> [1]
> http://apache-flink-mailing-list-archive.1008284.n3.nabble.com/Closing-automatically-inactive-pull-requests-tt22248.html
> [2]
> http://apache-flink-mailing-list-archive.1008284.n3.nabble.com/DISCUSS-GitBox-td18027.html
> [3] https://gitbox.apache.org/setup/
