Re: [Geotools-devel] The tension between keeping the house clean and trying to accept as much contributions as possible

[Justin D. <jde...@op...>]

I think closing an old pull request that the original submitter has not
been responsive too is ok. And as long as we explain why we are closing it
I think it actually makes the project look better than just leaving it
open. So perhaps more of a description on close so that the original author
doesn't think they cant re-open or re-submit the pr if they are able to be
active again.

My $0.02.


On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:21 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies <
Ben...@cs...> wrote:

> Old pull requests also undermine branch hygiene. Is an old pull request
> for master changed to a pull request for a stable branch when we make a
> new stable? I don't think so. Misinterpreted pull requests might end up
> merging across branches. Furthermore, single-use pull request branches
> should be rebased for merge clarity, or flattened and cherry-picked. Do
> we really want a two-year arc in our branch history?
>
> +1 for closing stable pull requests, and +1 for linking them from Jira.
>
> Thanks, Brett, for your diligent housekeeping. We will need to clarify
> policy at today's meeting. Might be best to let module maintainers preen
> pull requests for their modules, but if they do not, other developers
> will have to.
>
> Kind regards,
> Ben.
>
> On 22/07/13 13:04, Brett Walker wrote:
> > Andrea Said:
> >
> > /|           Maybe we should link the pull request from the associated
> > jira ticket, and then close the pull, so that others might take over
> later?/
> >
> > I agree with this sentiment.
> >
> > Some of my random thoughts regarding pull requests:
> >
> > Pull request are intimately tied to the code base. That big green button
> > to merge is compelling at times. Push Me, Push Me…  Closing an old (what
> > is old?) pull request prevents damaging merges from hitting our code
> > base. Jira tickets don’t have this associated risk.
> >
> > While geotools committers can re-open closed pull requests, I’m unsure
> > if the original contributor can do this. I think the original
> > contributor cannot, but it is easy to create a new pull request. Note in
> > the jira ticket if this is the case
> >
> > If a jira ticket is not connected to a pull request, then create one.
> >
> > A pull request has three states: Open, Closed and unmerged,  Merged;
> > while a jira ticket has more detailed state information.
> >
> > A useful attribute of pull requests that could be used more is the
> > person to which the pull request is assigned. It is mostly left
> > unassigned. An assigned person would be a geotools committer. This would
> > prevent toes from being damaged.
> >
> > Brett
>
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> Ben Caradoc-Davies <Ben...@cs...>
> Software Engineer
> CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering
> Australian Resources Research Centre
>
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