Porting is possible, but that would be something that would happen, at the earliest, a few weeks from now. I does seem to me that the watchlist is out of date, so a forced-cleanup doesn’t seem like the worst thing.
Jonathan > On Jun 2, 2022, at 2:21 PM, Chris Dumez <cdu...@apple.com> wrote: > > I’m kind of ambivalent/neutral about this. One question though: > > When adopting CODEOWNERS, will our existing watchlists get ported, or will > each contributor have to modify CODEOWNERS themselves to match whatever was > in the watchlists for them? > > Thanks, > Chris. > >> On Jun 2, 2022, at 1:12 PM, Jonathan Bedard via webkit-dev >> <webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org> wrote: >> >> Hey folks, >> >> Yusuke is interested in adding the CODEOWNERS file to the WebKit project >> (see https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/1137 >> <https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/1137>). There have been some >> objections to this, the two ones I’m aware of: >> - WebKit doesn’t assign “ownership” to pieces of code, so the name is >> unfortunate >> - The last match “wins”, so if you subscribed to a generic directory early >> in the file, more specific matches would override that subscription >> >> Despite these downsides, I think adding the CODEOWNERS file is good for the >> project for a few reasons: >> - It’s a standard natively supported by GitHub, BitBucket and GitLab and >> will be familiar to developers >> - File format is more simple than existing watchlist >> - Support for groups and individuals >> - No need for WebKit to host a service (other implementations of auto-CCing >> would require this) >> >> I intend to work with Yusuke to land >> https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/1137 >> <https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/1137> and start adopting CODEOWNERS >> on Monday absent objections that folks think overshadow the benefits of the >> CODEOWNERS file. >> >> Jonathan >> _______________________________________________ >> webkit-dev mailing list >> webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org >> https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev >
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