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Re: [soa-pmc] Approval: Usage of GitHub

Hi Oliver,

I fully understand. You can consider that you have PMC approval for this,
as long as your actions follows the procedure you mention. I understand
the attraction of GitHub.

Cheers,
Adrian.

On 05/01/16 19:17, "soa-pmc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Oliver Kopp"
<soa-pmc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of kopp.dev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Dear Adrian,
>
>I'm closely following
>https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=481771 and the
>discussion going on at "eclipse.org-project-leadership", subject "Use
>of GitHub Issues by Eclipse Projects". Julien Ponge summarized the
>arguments for GitHub Issues pretty well. Also the mail by Mickael
>Istria (GitHub culture) offers a good thought!
>
>The usage of GitHub issues has been approved by the Board meeting
>beginning of November. And it seems to be allowed that "projects [...]
>host their day-to-day development at GitHub". However, the concrete
>process is currently unclear to me. What I got from the emails is that
>I have to ask my PMC and then move forward.
>
>I am  not aware of a list of projects using GitHub, but
>https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.golo is heading for
>it (GitHub issues) and Jetty seems to head forward to it
>(http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/documentation/current/contributing-patches.h
>tml
>-> Contributing via GitHub PullRequests).
>
>On the one hand, I am very well aware that Eclipse will last longer
>than GitHub and thus durability is a very valuable good (Mike:
>"preserve freedom of action"). On the other hand, GitHub is used by
>many projects and it's easy and known to developers. Although Bugzilla
>will be developed further, I really like the GitHub worklfow (PRs;
>especially easy reviewing of contributions) more than the gerrit or
>bugzilla one.
>
>With the main source of information being GitHub, I hope to attract
>more contributors to Winery.
>
>BTW: I also read about the "CLA check hook" and have to investigate
>that further.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Oliver
>
>2016-01-05 9:41 GMT+01:00 Mos, Adrian <adrian.mos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Hi Oliver,
>>
>> Happy New Year. Sorry for the slow reply, I was away on holidays. I
>>think
>> it¹s fine to use Github for issue tracking but I admit I¹m not sure
>>about
>> the restŠ
>> Can you explain why you would like to use GitHub for everything else? Is
>> it because you want to give access to external committers that are not
>> part of Eclipse? Is it for visibility?
>>
>> I¹m adding Wayne to the discussion as he¹s much more knowledgeable about
>> the Eclipse regulations, in case he wants to add something.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Adrian.
>>
>> On 22/12/15 11:36, "soa-pmc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Oliver
>>Kopp"
>> <soa-pmc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of kopp.dev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>Dear PMC,
>>>
>>>2015 ends and Winery is getting traction again.
>>>
>>>I would like to use GitHub for Winery development. As far as I
>>>understood the discussion on "eclipse.org-project-leadership", I have
>>>to get PMC approval for using GitHub issues instead of BugZilla
>>>issues. Therefore:
>>>
>>>Question A: Dear PMC, May I use GitHub issues for Winery? I know that
>>>I have to clarify the details with EMO.
>>>
>>>
>>>In case, I discover the other processes to file appropriate requests,
>>>I'm also seeking approval for
>>> * releases
>>> * wiki
>>> * git repository
>>> * pull requests
>>>
>>>Therefore,
>>>
>>>Question B: Dear PMC, May I use a GitHub git repository as primary git
>>>repository for Winery? I know that I have to clarify the details with
>>>EMO.
>>>
>>>The concrete repository is not yet fixed. I have to clarify whether
>>>https://github.com/winery/winery/ is OK or if I have to move to
>>>https://github.com/eclipse/winery/
>>>
>>>
>>>Question C: Dear PMC, May I use a GitHub wiki associated with a GitHub
>>>git repository (see Question B) as Wiki for Winery? I know that I have
>>>to clarify the details with EMO.
>>>
>>>Question D: Dear PMC, May I use the GitHub releases (at the repo
>>>approved at Question B) to do releases for Winery? I know that I have
>>>to clarify the details with EMO.
>>>
>>>Question E: Dear PMC, May I use GitHub's pull requests for Winery? I
>>>know that I have to clarify the details with EMO.
>>>
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>
>>>Oliver
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