+1 On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 2:09 PM, Thomas Weise <t...@apache.org> wrote:
> +1 > > > On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 8:31 AM, Stefan Richter < > s.rich...@data-artisans.com > > wrote: > > > +1 > > > > > Am 16.05.2018 um 12:40 schrieb Chesnay Schepler <ches...@apache.org>: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > during the discussion about how to better manage pull requests [1] the > > topic of GitBox integration came up again. > > > > > > This seems like a good opportunity to restart this discussion that we > > had about a year ago [2]. > > > > > > * What is GitBox > > > > > > Essentially, GitBox allow us to use GitHub features. > > > We can decide for ourselves which features we want enabled. > > > > > > We could merge PRs directly on GitHub at the button of a click. > > > That said the merge functionality is fairly limited and would > > > require picture-perfect commits in the pull requests. > > > Commits can be squashed, but you cannot amend commits in any way, be > > > it fixing typos or changing the commit message. Realistically this > > > limits how much we can use this feature, and it may lead to a > > > decline in the quality of commit messages. > > > > > > Labels can be useful for the management of PRs as (ready for review, > > > delayed for next release, waiting for changes). This is really what > > > I'm personally most interested in. > > > > > > We've been using GitBox for flink-shaded for a while now and i > > > didn't run into any issue. AFAIK GitBox is also the default for new > > > projects. > > > > > > * What this means for committers: > > > > > > The apache git remote URL will change, which will require all > > > committers to update their git setup. > > > This also implies that we may have to update the website build > scripts. > > > The new URL would (probably) be > > > /https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/flink.git/. > > > > > > To make use of GitHub features you have to link your GitHub and > > > Apache accounts. [3] > > > This also requires setting up two-factor authentication on GitHub. > > > > > > Update the scm entry in the parent pom.xml. > > > > > > * What this means for contributors: > > > > > > Nothing should change for contributors. Small changes (like typos) > > > may be merged more quickly, if the commit message is appropriate, as > > > it could be done directly through GitHub. > > > > > > [1] http://apache-flink-mailing-list-archive.1008284.n3. > > nabble.com/Closing-automatically-inactive-pull-requests-tt22248.html > > > [2] http://apache-flink-mailing-list-archive.1008284.n3. > > nabble.com/DISCUSS-GitBox-td18027.html > > > [3] https://gitbox.apache.org/setup/ > > > > >
