Please dont make that assumption.  Lets read about these changes and why
they are good/help/etc.

On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 8:57 AM Mike Thomsen <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'll try to find some time to start looking at them.
>
> Since we're still building on Java 8, I assume a green light on the
> Java 8 build(s) means we don't have to validate that updated APIs are
> using Java 8-compatible ones.
>
> On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 2:16 PM José Luis Pedrosa <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Joe
> >
> > Understanding completely the situation, I see a lot of open PRs, and the
> > challenge reviewing them may present specially. I also understand the
> extra
> > care with PRs from non regular contributors. I'll keep only once open at
> a
> > time from now on. If you'd like that I create a set of Jira issues and
> > someone can assign them to me when there's bandwidth available to review,
> > that is also ok for me.
> > If there's any extra way I can facilitate the process, let me know.
> >
> > JL
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 6:13 PM Joe Witt <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Jose
> > >
> > > Thanks for your contributions and note.  Such contributions and intent
> > > are welcome and appreciated.
> > >
> > > The challenge is our PR review bandwidth.  We receive far more
> > > contributions than we have review bandwidth for.  Four of your PRs
> > > touch a lot of files and the problem is if we don't get to them
> > > quickly your PR will get out of date/have merge conflicts.  The energy
> > > to contribute is awesome and I dont want to deter you.  I just want to
> > > recommend an approach to make it more enjoyable.  Try to focus on a
> > > single PR at a time for instance.  Once you build some momentum and
> > > folks in the community and doing reviews get more familiar with your
> > > work it can get easier too.
> > >
> > > Anyway just wanted to give a little perspective.  What you have done
> > > is perfectly fine.  Just sharing the challenge so many substantive PRs
> > > at once can present.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 3:54 AM José Luis Pedrosa <[email protected]
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Devs/Maintainers
> > > >
> > > > I've recently started using NiFi and I thought it would be a good
> idea to
> > > > give something back to the community while getting familiar with the
> > > > different areas of NiFi. I am writing to explain the relation
> between few
> > > > PRs that are submitted and check with you if it's a good idea and if
> it
> > > > would require a different approach.
> > > >
> > > > I saw during compilation that are some warnings related to deprecated
> > > APIS,
> > > > that could be solved without a lot of issues, so I've submitted a PR
> for
> > > > each of the different APIs being deprecated, some of them internal,
> some
> > > of
> > > > them external, [1],[2],[3],[4].
> > > > I've also submitted an small PR regarding code inspections [5] (Make
> > > inner
> > > > classes static where possible).  I guess after some more PRs all
> warnings
> > > > would be gone and it would be possible to enable warnings as error
> during
> > > > compilation.
> > > >
> > > > So those are the questions that popped in my mind:
> > > >
> > > >    - Are these kind of initiatives wellcome?
> > > >    - Should I handle it differently at code level?
> > > >    - Should I do something different at Jira rather than creating
> > > >    individual issues? (Maybe an epic level that comprises all of
> this?)
> > > >    - Any particular improvement that sounds more urgent or you'd
> like to
> > > >    get it done first?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Kind Regards
> > > > JL
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/4947
> > > > [2] https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/4945
> > > > [3] https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/4942
> > > > [4] https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/4941
> > > > [5] https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/4940
> > >
>

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