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_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham 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 D9E0F1F8CF for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2017 16:29:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751707AbdFIQ3c (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jun 2017 12:29:32 -0400 Received: from mail-lf0-f49.google.com ([209.85.215.49]:34296 "EHLO mail-lf0-f49.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751679AbdFIQ3a (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jun 2017 12:29:30 -0400 Received: by mail-lf0-f49.google.com with SMTP id v20so31856557lfa.1 for ; Fri, 09 Jun 2017 09:29:30 -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=wjwURsF1X5Iq/xSJsRy7QspcfPnIJin4qvh/8srF44w=; b=VRpxB4+lcS57zLFFyJO8Qcf2ZgNUO9bIb9j/uMjx5FSYLcb54yaZmgXmZZIFIMkrb+ n6fRTtMPulbE1LN/LTNgAklZnT+eH8uoKJsI73utpq6H3z/5lm8rDqU5aU5kSt4w85Qv da8GvE4iOrfGtMeXO7RK+jwWreGBmfT7FFhX9EgRgYBIH3Z9RIctLqbkVYKqSl3n62gW w8r53vynjnHV4Tv+0g+M/cv+MsDnhneRstuvOaFY6zcYq/9Lp8ItC8cNr+bcgEc7ulp2 tRjSxmcUlVjMUrsAyU9yZk+eUTYcbdchXkYaOFrh5gn0xxKSLSOKFTv2Df04JvYjp/rj 0qxQ== 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=wjwURsF1X5Iq/xSJsRy7QspcfPnIJin4qvh/8srF44w=; b=n3qHmujFkOsA5X5gXYn3C+GBTyBAob/i9e1Wq5gbm/ceDf69JkyAn7tTzcn30LUg+a 8iCBuu0/6TkYOYKLNoURzxptNjILyywZ4i6pcsHdjC86A2Jw8+7EDYd82Q8A7VtORiqS FFxbeNmlNpv3CJgRI+oUpAHwf4T4HtNvVvRrQKdgRczNfz8f3e1zhIzZraiiTqXoUy+s fu1qncKgDuq/t2cahU3IGohBsaaxkCsikUihGHyTkLuNdlPWoZvDX6G6VUmt5nnudV4N 2GBwxSk3gcR0Rr89BRSvAhDvA8pAvPN6X9nJgxLekPOUvKfzjU0ApoWhgKuWevH+4nXQ S/1A== X-Gm-Message-State: AKS2vOwnEsV7By+BC8rURf9SWmltB23ECBLO18jtXQz6QZbIpamnzYVO VOd7PXqWvjvbkA== X-Received: by 10.28.173.206 with SMTP id w197mr397817wme.68.1497025769128; Fri, 09 Jun 2017 09:29:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from buc98hyl12.ads.autodesk.com (adsknateur.autodesk.com. [132.188.32.100]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q77sm74712wmd.31.2017.06.09.09.29.28 (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 09 Jun 2017 09:29:28 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 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: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 18:29:27 +0200 Cc: Git Mailing List , Junio C Hamano , Jeff King , Roberto Tyley Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <20170609142151.94811-1-larsxschneider@gmail.com> To: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=86var_Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0_Bjarmason?= X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org > On 09 Jun 2017, at 18:18, =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason = wrote: >=20 > On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 4:21 PM, 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. >>=20 >> GitHub offers a way to notify Pull Request contributors about the >> contribution guidelines for a project [3]. Let's make use of this! >>=20 >> [1] https://github.com/git/git >> [2] https://github.com/git/git/pulls >> [3] = https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request-template-for-your= -repository/ >=20 > It would be good to have some instructions, but instead of warning > people off we could just point them to submitgit.herokuapp.com >=20 > You can submit patches to this list using that, and if someone's > trying to submit a pull request they might be much happier using that. Agreed! I wasn't sure if this solution is still active/maintained by = Roberto! - Lars=