Hello Everyone, As discussed in an issue spawned by the state of the project thread [1] I have created a draft PR that adds a CODEOWNERS file to apache/arrow [2].
Adding a CODEOWNERS file will allow committers to be automatically requested for reviews that they are interested in (based on touched files, enabling them to basically "subscribe" to a selection of PRs based on their interests/competence within the monorepo without having to watch all notifications for the repo. The main advantage in my opinion is, that it removes the burden of finding an (initial) reviewer for a PR for contributors, which is a major block in the arrow dev workflow, especially for new contributors. Note that adding a CODEOWNERS file will not automatically activate the branch protection rules to enforce a codeowner review on the respective code. Please review the PR and add yourself to the file via suggestion or direct push to the branch! Documentation on CODEOWNERS file and syntax: [3] Thanks, Jacob [1]: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/15232 [2]: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/33622 [3]: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/about-code-owners
