I can't speak to the specifics of Apache, but I have used the repository transfer feature to move a project from a personal account to an organizational account, and it preserves all the issues, PRs, commit history, etc., simply changing the Github URL. I wouldn't think there would be any issues at all from an IP standpoint.
The only "hiccup" I experienced the presence of older releases with older coordinates in a central repository, for which there should be a one-time special release process to redirect the groupid for the first release at new coordinates, e.g. [1] [1] - https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-relocation.html On 11/23/21, 6:33 PM, "Sutou Kouhei" <k...@clear-code.com> wrote: Hi, I'm not sure that here is a right place to discuss this. If this is not a right place, please tell me where is a right place. Question: Can we use the GitHub's "transferring a repository"[1] after IP clearance is passed? Apache Arrow project used pull requests to import donated codes that pass IP clearance but has never used the GitHub's "transferring a repository". If there is a case that uses the GitHub's "transferring a repository", please share it. Any advice is appreciated as well. Background: Apache Arrow project has accepted the donation of the Julia implementation before[2]. But there is a problem in development process, https://github.com/JuliaData/Arrow.jl is upstream and https://github.com/apache/arrow/tree/master/julia/Arrow is downstream[3]. So, Apache Arrow project wants to restart the Julia implementation with the Apache way development process from IP clearance. Apache Arrow project wants to use a separated repository https://github.com/apache/arrow-julia instead of Apache Arrow's monorepo https://github.com/apache/arrow with the new development process. Apache Arrow PMC accepted this[4][5]. I assumed that Apache Arrow project uses a pull request for IP clearance and importing passed codes at import https://github.com/JuliaData/Arrow.jl . So I've created an empty Git repository https://github.com/apache/arrow-julia . But an idea is raised: How about using the GitHub's "transferring a repository" feature to move existing issues and pull requests as-is, set redirect to https://github.com/apache/arrow-julia from https://github.com/JuliaData/Arrow.jl and so on? But I don't know that Apache Arrow project can use the GitHub's "transferring a repository" feature. So I'm asking this here. [1] https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/creating-and-managing-repositories/transferring-a-repository [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/w7szf06rf0qomc5dolhg57x0pcxvqvxr [3] https://lists.apache.org/thread/1ofhjn37rrlvyv9phhg34hnbrk0dgf4r [4] https://lists.apache.org/thread/6q333y875v7mfyl2g988b01hqtgr52pt [5] https://lists.apache.org/thread/0fty9370vt5rmp48kbjkdzc0g8vc5cgf Thanks, -- kou --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
