Thanks. Since this seems like a clear win I'll start the vote thread. Any
other thoughts are welcome, of course.

Ismael

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Damian Guy <damian....@gmail.com> wrote:

> +1
>
> On Tue, 12 Dec 2017 at 10:20 Rajini Sivaram <rajinisiva...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Ismael,
> >
> > Thank you for looking into this. Sounds like a good improvement.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rajini
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 6:35 AM, Guozhang Wang <wangg...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Sounds good to me.
> > >
> > > On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 10:14 PM, Ismael Juma <ism...@juma.me.uk>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thanks Guozhang.
> > > >
> > > > Cherry-picking also occurred to me sometime after I sent the email
> and
> > I
> > > > agree that it's useful functionality.
> > > >
> > > > Do I understand correctly that you are suggesting a script for
> > > > cherry-picking after the pull request has been merged? We could
> explore
> > > > this, but not sure it would add much over plain `git cherry-pick` for
> > > > typical AK usage. Given that, I am tempted to just allow both the
> > current
> > > > merge script and the GitHub UI to be used. And after a period of a
> few
> > > > weeks/months, we can look at improvements based on actual experience.
> > How
> > > > does that sound?
> > > >
> > > > Ismael
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 7:15 AM, Guozhang Wang <wangg...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks Ismael for initiating this discussion. I am in favor for
> > > adopting
> > > > > Gitbox for its clean improvements since many of us have shared the
> > pain
> > > > of
> > > > > managing PRs for long time.
> > > > >
> > > > > About this potential downsides, subjectively I feel these two
> > arguments
> > > > are
> > > > > quite handle-able. The only concern I had about cherry-picking to
> > other
> > > > > branches, which is a very common usage of the script tool we used
> > > today.
> > > > So
> > > > > I'd suggest simplifying that script to help with cherry-picking
> > > > (currently
> > > > > we only do up-stream cherry-picking, but we could also consider
> allow
> > > > both
> > > > > upstream and downstream cherry-picking) than completely discard it.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Guozhang
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 11:39 PM, Ismael Juma <ism...@juma.me.uk>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > One thing I forgot to mention, many projects have requested and
> > been
> > > > > using
> > > > > > GitBox for a while:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-15271?jql=
> > > > > > project%20%3D%20INFRA%20AND%20status%20in%20(Resolved%2C%
> > > > > > 20Closed)%20AND%20component%20%3D%20GitBox%20ORDER%20BY%
> > > > > > 20updated%20DESC%2C%20priority%20DESC%2C%20created%20ASC
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 9:35 AM, Ismael Juma <ism...@juma.me.uk>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The Apache Infra team has started a new project earlier this
> year
> > > > > called
> > > > > > > GitBox that supports two-way synchronization between GitHub and
> > > > > > > git-wip-us.apache.org and, most importantly, provides GitHub
> > write
> > > > > > access
> > > > > > > to committers. GitBox is not generally available yet, but
> > > individual
> > > > > > > projects can ask to be migrated.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I think we should migrate kafka and kafka-site to GitBox. The
> > main
> > > > > > benefit
> > > > > > > is that pull request management will be hugely improved for
> > > > committers:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 1. Reviewers functionality will become available
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 2. Pull requests will be assignable to GitHub users
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 3. We will be able to assign labels to issues
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 4. We will be able to merge pull requests directly via GitHub
> > > instead
> > > > > of
> > > > > > > using the merge script
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 5. Committers will be able to close old and stale PRs
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 6. We will be able to use protected branches to restrict merges
> > via
> > > > > > GitHub
> > > > > > > to only be allowed if tests pass and the PR has been approved
> by
> > at
> > > > > least
> > > > > > > one committer
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > A couple of potential downsides:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 1. To avoid weird behaviour (even though two way
> synchronization
> > > > > exists),
> > > > > > > we'd want all committers to always push to GitHub, but this
> won't
> > > be
> > > > > > > enforced. That is, git-wip-us.apache.org will still be
> writable.
> > > > Given
> > > > > > > the small number of active committers, this seems to be a minor
> > > > issue.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 2. If we decide to drop the merge script in favour of GitHub,
> > some
> > > of
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > functionality will have to be done manually. GitHub supports
> > > "squash
> > > > > and
> > > > > > > merge" via the UI, so the main things that will have to be done
> > > > > manually
> > > > > > > are (1) Ensuring that the commit message follows the right
> format
> > > (2)
> > > > > > Close
> > > > > > > the JIRA ticket. I think this is OK, but we could allow both
> > > options
> > > > > > (merge
> > > > > > > and GitHub UI). If we want to allow both options, we'd just
> > change
> > > > the
> > > > > > > default push repository in the script to be GitHub.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > All in all, I think this is a clear improvement and fixes a lot
> > of
> > > > the
> > > > > > > pull request management pain points we've been facing. Given
> > that,
> > > > I'd
> > > > > > like
> > > > > > > to move quickly, if possible.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Please share your thoughts below and if people are in favour,
> > I'll
> > > > > start
> > > > > > a
> > > > > > > vote.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Ismael
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > -- Guozhang
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > -- Guozhang
> > >
> >
>

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