Recently, Apache Infra changed the trigger policy for GitHub actions from "requires approval for first-time contributors" to "requires approval for all outside collaborators". The motivation behind this change was to prevent the abuse of GitHub actions. However, I believe that this is a significant step backwards. RocketMQ has external contributors whose pull requests are now blocked until a maintainer manually approves the corresponding workflow, which creates a burden for both contributors and maintainers.
I have created a Jira ticket <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-24413> to track this issue and request a return to the previous behavior of "requires approval for first-time contributors". We are willing to take responsibility for monitoring these workflows to prevent abuse. If you agree with my viewpoint and would like to see a return to the previous policy, please use "+1" to express your support. If you disagree, please provide your reasons. We want to hear from as many developers in the community as possible! Related link: * https://infra.apache.org/github-actions-policy.html * https://github.blog/2021-04-22-github-actions-update-helping-maintainers-combat-bad-actors/ Thanks for your time, Aaron
