Seems like a good idea. Can we test this with a component first? On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 6:17 AM Dongjoon Hyun <dongjoon.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, All. > > Since we use both Apache JIRA and GitHub actively for Apache Spark > contributions, we have lots of JIRAs and PRs consequently. One specific > thing I've been longing to see is `Jira Issue Type` in GitHub. > > How about exposing JIRA issue types at GitHub PRs as GitHub `Labels`? > There are two main benefits: > 1. It helps the communication between the contributors and reviewers with > more information. > (In some cases, some people only visit GitHub to see the PR and > commits) > 2. `Labels` is searchable. We don't need to visit Apache Jira to search > PRs to see a specific type. > (For example, the reviewers can see and review 'BUG' PRs first by > using `is:open is:pr label:BUG`.) > > Of course, this can be done automatically without human intervention. > Since we already have GitHub Jenkins job to access JIRA/GitHub, that job > can add the labels from the beginning. If needed, I can volunteer to update > the script. > > To show the demo, I labeled several PRs manually. You can see the result > right now in Apache Spark PR page. > > - https://github.com/apache/spark/pulls > > If you're surprised due to those manual activities, I want to apologize > for that. I hope we can take advantage of the existing GitHub features to > serve Apache Spark community in a way better than yesterday. > > How do you think about this specific suggestion? > > Bests, > Dongjoon > > PS. I saw that `Request Review` and `Assign` features are already used for > some purposes, but these feature are out of the scope in this email. >
