It hadn't occurred to me that it might be a bot. Given that, I'm going to go ahead and close these when I see them. If an actual human being objects, it can be reopened. Thanks.
On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 12:10 AM Henning Schmiedehausen <henn...@schmiedehausen.org> wrote: > > This is most likely a bot "warming up" by contributing to some well-known > (high-reputation) repository. Merging those will allow them to build a > reputation for things like "sell stars for github repos". > > - https://the-guild.dev/blog/judging-open-source-by-github-stars > - https://dagster.io/blog/fake-stars > > Straight up "don't merge", ask the person to not send in PRs like this > (there are sometimes newbies but most likely it is a bot), if they keep > doing it, report them to GH, they actually take a dim view on this. > > This is the equivalent of "me too spam" in the end times of the usenet. > > -h > > > > On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 6:05 AM Elliotte Rusty Harold <elh...@ibiblio.org> > wrote: > > > Lately I've noticed a few random PRs from first time contributors that > > use some automated refactoring tool on our code for no obvious reason. > > Here's an example: > > > > https://github.com/apache/maven-assembly-plugin/pull/131 > > > > These refactorings don't seem helpful and don't IMO improve the code in > > any way. > > > > I'm not sure what's going on here. Perhaps Maven is getting used as an > > example in a training course or class somewhere. Perhaps someone is > > evaluated on the number of Github PRs they create or get merged. > > > > I'm inclined to close these without further comment. Thoughts? > > > > -- > > Elliotte Rusty Harold > > elh...@ibiblio.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > -- Elliotte Rusty Harold elh...@ibiblio.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
