Hi,

We might need to create an Infra Jira ticket to request the Infra team
to help change the default branch -
https://github.com/apache/infrastructure-asfyaml/blob/main/README.md#default-branch.

For the `.asf.yaml`, I can create a draft PR later for the review.

Best,
Dianjin Wang

On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM Ed Espino <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Dianjin,
>
> Welcome to the community — and thank you for raising this! Your
> recommendation is a perfect starting point.
>
> You’re absolutely right that most of the current work is happening on the
> madlib2-master branch. Updating the default branch to reflect this would
> help reduce confusion for new contributors.
>
> You’ll also notice that this project predates the use of .asf.yaml. How
> about we work together to provide an updated .asf.yaml for the MADlib
> project? That would let us manage the default branch and other settings
> directly in the repository going forward.
>
> -=e
> --
> Ed Espino
> Apache Cloudberry (Incubating) & MADlib
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM Dianjin Wang <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I’d like to bring up a small proposal regarding the default branch
> > setting on MADlib’s GitHub repository:
> > https://github.com/apache/madlib.
> >
> > Currently, the default branch is master, but it seems that this branch
> > hasn’t been updated for quite a while, while most of the ongoing work
> > and updates are happening on the madlib2-master branch.
> >
> > To avoid confusion for new contributors or users like me, who might
> > start from the default branch, I’d like to propose setting
> > madlib2-master as the default branch on GitHub.
> >
> > This change would make it easier for contributors to discover the
> > latest code and documentation, and help align the repository’s default
> > branch with the current development workflow.
> >
> > What do you think about this proposal? I'm just new here. If there are
> > specific considerations for keeping master as the default, I’d be
> > happy to learn more.
> >
> > Best,
> > Dianjin Wang
> >

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