Re: [PATCH v1] Configure Git contribution guidelines for github.com

[Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>]

> On 10 Jun 2017, at 03:51, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Lars Schneider wrote:
>> 
>>> Many open source projects use github.com for their contribution process.
>>> Although we mirror the Git core repository to github.com [1] we do not
>>> use any other github.com service. This is unknown/unexpected to a
>>> number of (potential) contributors and consequently they create Pull
>>> Requests against our mirror with their contributions. These Pull
>>> Requests become stall [2]. This is frustrating to them as they think we
>>> ignore them and it is also unsatisfactory for us as we miss potential
>>> code improvements and/or new contributors.
>> 
>> I think this description could be more focused.  It's also not
>> self-contained --- e.g. the link to stalled pull requests is likely to
>> become stale over time, especially if GitHub gives us a way to disable
>> pull requests for the repository some day.
>> 
>> Could you summarize for me the motivation behind this patch?  Is it to
>> make Git more approachable, to avoid frustrating contributors, etc?
> 
> I wonder if s/stall/stale/ is what Lars meant.

Of course :)

- Lars