On Mon, 15 May 2017 at 09:49 Mariatta Wijaya <mariatta.wij...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'd like to get clarification of the proper workflow for applying patches > from b.p.o to GitHub. > > Technically, one can use patch command, or using hg diff --git, and this > will be documented in https://github.com/python/devguide/issues/193 > > The ideal situation is to have the patch author prepare their own GitHub > PR. Most of them have been happy to do this :) > > However, I've seen situations where the patch author is unable to upload > their patch to GitHub: > > 1. author is no longer active, but we want to apply their patch. > 2. author is not caught up with GitHub workflow, and asked someone else to > prepare the PR. > 3. author refuses to use GitHub, but wants their patch applied anyway. > > Couple questions: > 1. Can anyone prepare the GitHub PR based on the patch? or only core > developers? > My vote is only core developers because ... > 2. If anyone can prepare the GitHub PR, what do we need in terms of CLA? I > prefer not to have to guess on this matter. > ... I also don't want to guess on this matter either. :) Hopefully Van will be at the conference and we can just ask him how to handle this (otherwise we should just email). > In the rare situation like bpo-30181, author signed CLA in bpo, but we > can't verify it on GitHub since they don't have a GitHub account. How > should we go forward with it? > I think it will depend on how we answer questions 1 & 2. -Brett > > Anything else we need to worry about? > I'd like to get all of these documented in the devguide. > > Thanks :) > > Mariatta Wijaya > _______________________________________________ > core-workflow mailing list > core-workflow@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/core-workflow > This list is governed by the PSF Code of Conduct: > https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct >
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