kszucs commented on pull request #8481: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/8481#issuecomment-712797185
I see your points. Keeping the main branch flat is important and the commits after the release tag should have the right version numbers since git is not available in all scenarios, hence the rebase after a release. We could certainly let the contributors to rebase their own branches, but in certain cases the contributors may be confused what to do after seeing many unrelated commits in their pull requests so additional maintainer roundtrips might be required to ask/advise for pull request rebases. From this perspective I rather find it useful although I'm also against force pushes in general. I suggest you to bring it up on the mailing list so the topic can reach a broader set of developers and maintainers. I'm sure that we can come up with a better solution after there is a consensus. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
