+1 :) A lot of projects <https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf> are already using it.
On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 3:40 AM, Chesnay Schepler <ches...@apache.org> wrote: > 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/ > -- "So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future."
