From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.4 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5230520282 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2017 07:57:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751859AbdFMH5G (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jun 2017 03:57:06 -0400 Received: from mail-wr0-f175.google.com ([209.85.128.175]:35101 "EHLO mail-wr0-f175.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750818AbdFMH5F (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jun 2017 03:57:05 -0400 Received: by mail-wr0-f175.google.com with SMTP id q97so130155929wrb.2 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:57:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=0YzyjmdPP9E/Pox+z1eppAyNpUMQnn07Gw9MZvF8Ao4=; b=iLMR/HIEA1NwO1fRUNYzKm8h5+qCa+Gd5ZLe2AvlqujvI187o0Fqrdos/ddXNinkxB 9k15jrT7o5xjmP5WuasBMMImlIJfseYzSBEA/wQoN7heeZQTbl/dwiRAsReUojCUo7iC sTiUvKvmMrcNkFHdZWouRnXSQ8CVXbNhCv7oxeYvMdpuopANmffRHL0DvQ17zDYWf7x4 MibpVAQzSW9o5xVTJ6SlWHT63kGzBV/TXs12Q629mRImFD9CxPbKJdBt3ZjovCy4e3uC nWqrr09oJzHmOcMtjX8WUDfdIorWVMpd/H8B0a2R0VUj2f6edVc2ty5bQoEQGm47l6wz gFyg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=0YzyjmdPP9E/Pox+z1eppAyNpUMQnn07Gw9MZvF8Ao4=; b=DIvdykUj3EhdUVJ7fKmBgM/jUnPEbHwR9dAnNeTpdfOQa+ItgohZGinZzjv0G0wV5N EV+0NuH4OKLZkzhq6FQdA9NailCGbM2/vn2+GKXAImdTU4/Z2U2CSZojPKzOFEXoOoHG 86bhkZgQ6QHD/12bOXrGLRMa1Cmvnc4C9LAwXuC86x7Q1UdGWoOaaI0kEEEJGLP8prt7 NQcK+7YpwuXQY0IqlfWO9OkamONJ47ifW0WtcLsS/8DIpoY3U2KUm6R70hfFvRkQUMXV jgA9fR8Cw5XnRyoEo6PpAev0B2yx+oNl+KQ9ItlAYmSJqpK1CW12ZXmTfbA6R6M320f4 6cOQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AKS2vOwHecDNDB0vOxP/KXYRjwSISuKeeuwSa5kFZVxjCA0iJPg4Aq0a AEKQziX3m+8jzw== X-Received: by 10.223.165.1 with SMTP id i1mr1877487wrb.59.1497340623555; Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:57:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from slxbook4.fritz.box (p5DDB4C1A.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [93.219.76.26]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t8sm17388318wrc.28.2017.06.13.00.57.02 (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:57:02 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] Configure Git contribution guidelines for github.com From: Lars Schneider In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 09:57:01 +0200 Cc: Jonathan Nieder , git@vger.kernel.org, peff@peff.net Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: References: <20170609142151.94811-1-larsxschneider@gmail.com> <20170609170357.GE21733@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com> To: Junio C Hamano X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org > On 10 Jun 2017, at 03:51, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Jonathan Nieder 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