>
>  the requester would initiate a repository transfer request on Github
>

Note that it used to require some additional automation logic, because a 
contributor cannot just move a project to jenkinsci.
It has to happen through an intermediate organization like 
https://github.com/jenkinsci-transfer we use now.

I need to test whether there is a transfer request feature in GitHub and 
whether we can automate the bot somehow. If so, this is perfect

 

On Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 5:16:04 PM UTC+2, Matt Sicker wrote:
>
> Sounds like a good idea. 
>
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 12:03 PM 'Gavin Mogan' via Jenkins Developers 
> <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: 
> > 
> > +1 
> > I like the idea of not having to contact support to break the link 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 10:01 AM Slide <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
> wrote: 
> >> 
> >> Based on some feedback from various people during plugin hosting 
> requests, our current method of forking and renaming repositories is not as 
> desirable as one might hope. I am thinking of creating a JEP to change the 
> process, but wanted to solicit some feedback before I do so. I would like 
> to propose that the process be changed as follows: 
> >> 
> >> 1) Person/Org submits request to the HOSTING project, but the New 
> Repository Name field is removed. 
> >> 2) The normal checks occur, however, now the originating repository 
> name must follow the rules that we normally used for New Repository Name 
> (e.g., if a plugin it must end in -plugin, no camelcase, etc). 
> >> 3) Once the plugin has has completed the review process as it does now 
> (automated checker and human review) the requester would initiate a 
> repository transfer request on Github 
> >> 4) Once the transfer request has been submitted, the ircbot would be 
> updated such that the "host" command would accept the transfer and setup 
> the teams on the repository to complete the transfer. 
> >> 
> >> This would remove the need for users to break the relationship between 
> the originating repository and the jenkinsci repository (which would become 
> the canonical repository). 
> >> 
> >> Please let me know your thoughts on this process change idea. If it has 
> good feedback, I'll submit a JEP to document the process. 
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