+1 (non binding) Can we have a wiki for procedure and let people verify the steps? After that we can update the Apache project page.
On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Edward Ribeiro <edward.ribe...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 (non binding) > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Jay Kreps <j...@confluent.io> wrote: > > > +1 > > > > -Jay > > > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 4:28 AM, Ismael Juma <ism...@juma.me.uk> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I would like to start a vote on switching to GitHub pull requests for > new > > > contributions. To be precise, the vote is on whether we should: > > > > > > * Update the documentation to tell users to use pull requests instead > of > > > patches and Review Board (i.e. merge KAFKA-2321 and KAFKA-2349) > > > * Use pull requests for new contributions > > > > > > In a previous discussion[1], everyone that participated was in favour. > > It's > > > also worth reading the "Contributing Code Changes" wiki page[2] (if you > > > haven't already) to understand the flow. > > > > > > A number of pull requests have been merged in the last few weeks to > test > > > this flow and I believe it's working well enough. As usual, there is > > always > > > room for improvement and I expect is to tweak things as time goes on. > > > > > > The main downside of using GitHub pull requests is that we don't have > > write > > > access to https://github.com/apache/kafka. That means that we rely on > > > commit hooks to close integrated pull requests (the merge script takes > > care > > > of formatting the message so that this happens) and the PR creator or > > > Apache Infra to close pull requests that are not integrated. > > > > > > Regarding existing contributions, I think it's up to the contributor to > > > decide whether they want to resubmit it as a pull request or not. I > > expect > > > that there will be a transition period where the old and new way will > > > co-exist. But that can be discussed separately. > > > > > > The vote will run for 72 hours. > > > > > > +1 (non-binding) from me. > > > > > > Best, > > > Ismael > > > > > > [1] http://search-hadoop.com/m/uyzND1N6CDH1DUc82 > > > [2] > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Contributing+Code+Changes > > > > > >
