On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 at 18:58, Gary D. Gregory <ggreg...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> On 2024/06/12 17:17:24 Phil Steitz wrote:

> > +1
> > I have had to filter out most of the messages and once I do that, there is
> > almost no actual discussion on-list.  I am worried that when people do try
> > to start discussion, the messages are being missed.  I personally see the
> > lack of ml discussion as a problem.  Lots of code changes are happening
> > with no discussion, other than maybe random nits on PRs ending up in github
> > threads that don't end up organized that well in list archives.  This
> > problem is not unique to Commons.
>
> Hi Phil,
>
> We had a discussion a while back about creating a "bot" email list but:
> - no one actually proposed anything concrete and did any work

That's not strictly true.
There were various suggestions (e.g. run dependabot less frequently,
or only on demand) but they were shouted down, so no action was taken
as it would have been vetoed.

> - we already have bot lists like "commit", "notifications", "issues", can't 
> we reuse those?

That is part of the problem: the commits list is overrun with
dependabot commits.

> - I don't know if GitHub lets us configure target emails for "I created a PR" 
> (or someone commented on a PR), vs. other types of messages.

> Gary
>
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Most if not all of our increasing contributions are coming in
> > > > through GitHub pull requests. This is working well for us: GitHub PRs
> > > with
> > > > continuous integration builds providing great infrastructure and
> > > validation of
> > > > PRs and the existing code base. The flip side is that the increase in
> > > GitHub
> > > > usage is matched by a decrease in Jira usage.
> > > >
> > > > Gary
> > > >
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