[Proposal] Maintainer Approvals and SKARA

[Andrew Haley]

On 3/24/22 14:01, erik.joelsson at oracle.com wrote:
> The official process could still be the labels in the JBS
> issues, but the Skara 'integrator'-only /approve command on a PR could
> also add the appropriate *-fix-yes label to all associated bugs. There
> would also be a Skara bot monitoring JBS and automatically updating the
> approval status on PRs based on labels in JBS. This would shortcut the
> process for integrators that prefer working through PRs, while
> integrators that prefer to work through JBS can continue the same way as
> before.

That has much to commend it. It's a proposal that doesn't require
everyone to change how they work, keeps the core authority in the
bug database where it belongs, and provides a useful time-saver for
maintainers.

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Andrew Haley  (he/him)
Java Platform Lead Engineer
Red Hat UK Ltd. <https://www.redhat.com>
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