Thank you. Let's try this new protocol. Chen Li
On Mon, May 4, 2026 at 3:52 AM Yicong Huang <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes I think that's a commonly adopted protocol in open source. If you want > to work on an issue, leave a comment. > > In addition, I've just added a new CI to make this process even easier: we > will simply respect the "assignee" field of issues: if it is assigned, > someone is working on it. If is unassigned, no one is working on it, please > feel free to grab it. You don't need to @ triagers, because the bot will do > it for you: > > - To grab an issue, simply comment `*/take*`, and a bot will assign it > in a few seconds. comment `*/untake*` to undo it. > - If a PR is linked to an issue (by using closes/resolves/fixes > keyword in PR description), the author of the PR will also be added to the > assginee list. > - These assignments are temporary, and multiple ppl can `/take`. you > will all be added to assignee list. If that happens, comment in the issue > to coordinate. > - Once the linked PR is merged, the author will be credited as the > assignee of the issue, and replace previous temporary assignment. > > > For committers/maintainers, you have the power to change the assignees > directly on githu UI and triage things around. > > I attached a screenshot of /take and /untake comment examples. Note that > you cannot put any other text behind it as it will invalid the command. > > > Best regards, > Yicong Huang > On Sun, May 3, 2026 at 10:58 AM Chen Li <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> We encourage community members to contribute to the project. To do so, >> it's important for everybody to know the status of each GitHub issue. For >> this reason, I suggest the following protocol: >> >> - When a member creates an issue, there is no assignee by default. >> >> - If a member is interested in an issue, they can add a comment to express >> that interest and AT one of the triagers. I am one of them, and you can @ >> me using "chenlica". >> >> - After that, a triager can add this member as an assignee. >> >> Chen Li >> PPMC, Apache Texera (Incubator) >> >> >
