OK. Just wondering, if a committer already has a github account under a different email address, what do they do?
-Alex On 5/6/13 4:03 PM, "OmPrakash Muppirala" <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > >> Om, >> >> Can you update the proposal as to whether you have to use your a.o email or >> if allowing aliases works? >> >> -Alex >> >> > I have posted the proposal here: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/Proposal+-+Github+based+White > board > > All apache.org emails are configured to be aliases for committer's personal > email ids. So, you will need to add the committer's personal email id to > the commits@f.a.o list in any case. > > The only advantage of adding the apache.org email id in GitHub would be > that the 'from' field will have the apache.org email id. This keeps it > consistent with Apache Git's emails. > > So, I have updated the proposal to say that it is 'recommended, but not > compulsory' for adding the apache.org email address as the default email in > GitHub. > > Thanks, > Om > > >> >> On 5/6/13 3:35 PM, "OmPrakash Muppirala" <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Any other thoughts regarding this process? >>> >>> If not, I would like to test this workflow with a couple of volunteer >>> committers. Anyone wants to volunteer? :-) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Om >>> >>> >>> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 5/2/13 6:21 PM, "Dasa Paddock" <dpadd...@esri.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 6. The committer adds their <committerAlias>@apache.org email >>>> address as >>>>>>> their default email in their github account. >>>>>> Anyway around to do this? I assume this is so email to the mailing >> list >>>> re >>>>>> changes are not rejected. >>>>> >>>>> I'm not sure, but maybe it's enough to just add your apache.orgaddress >>>> to >>>>> your Email Settings [1] and set the repo's user.email config so that >> the >>>>> apache.org address is used as the commit author [2]. >>>>> >>>>> [1]: https://github.com/settings/emails >>>>> [2]: https://help.github.com/articles/setting-your-email-in-git >>>>> >>>> I'm ok adding aliases for the committers who don't want to use their >>>> apache.org. I think I did so for Om in order for him to try this. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Alex Harui >>>> Flex SDK Team >>>> Adobe Systems, Inc. >>>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui >>>> >>>> >> >> -- >> Alex Harui >> Flex SDK Team >> Adobe Systems, Inc. >> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui >> >> -- Alex Harui Flex SDK Team Adobe Systems, Inc. http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
