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Hacktoberfest

Hi all,

Today, I came across this update [1] from DigitalOcean, one of the 
companies behind Hacktoberfest. TL;DR: to prevent "spam pull requests", 
only accepted/merged/approved pull requests against GitHub repositories 
labelled "hacktoberfest" qualify for the free t-shirt or planting a 
tree. This is other than previous years, where _every_ pull request 
would qualify, even if the repository owner did not explicitly 
participate in Hacktoberfest.

I would argue it makes sense to opt-in Maven repositories for 
Hacktoberfest. If it could encourage people to start contributing to 
Maven, I think that would be useful. It might also bring Maven to the 
attention of people who are looking for (Java) projects to contribute to.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Maarten



[1] https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/hacktoberfest-update

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Re: Hacktoberfest

Posted by Maarten Mulders <mt...@apache.org>.

Same for me - I think having (new) contributions is important, so I will 
reserve some time for that in this month.

 From the contributor point of view, a PR counts if:

Submitted in a repo with the hacktoberfest topic AND
during the month of October AND (
   The PR is merged OR
   The PR is labelled as hacktoberfest-accepted by a maintainer OR
   The PR has been approved
)

So from our point of view, we don't need to have the contributions 
*merged* . I think that if we see enough potential in a contributions 
but there's minor points left to improve, we could already label it 
'hacktoberfest-accepted'. Then there's a risk that they don't finish it 
off, but since it would be only minor points to improve, we could even 
do that ourselves.

Thanks,

Maarten


On October 4, 2020 at 13:17, Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote:
> I'll look at some, but I can't promise highest priority.
> 
> On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 4:55 AM Robert Scholte <rf...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> I think the hacktober is a good initiative.
>> Just be aware that we need to respond to these PRs ASAP, otherwise it might work against us.
>> We already have a huge amount of PRs that still need to be reviewed, so it is not like we don't have enough PRs.
>>
>> I think we need at least 5 committers that explicitly say the will pick up these PR with the highest priority for 1 month.
>> Otherwise I'd say no.
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>
>> On 3-10-2020 20:41:04, Maarten Mulders <mt...@apache.org> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Today, I came across this update [1] from DigitalOcean, one of the
>> companies behind Hacktoberfest. TL;DR: to prevent "spam pull requests",
>> only accepted/merged/approved pull requests against GitHub repositories
>> labelled "hacktoberfest" qualify for the free t-shirt or planting a
>> tree. This is other than previous years, where _every_ pull request
>> would qualify, even if the repository owner did not explicitly
>> participate in Hacktoberfest.
>>
>> I would argue it makes sense to opt-in Maven repositories for
>> Hacktoberfest. If it could encourage people to start contributing to
>> Maven, I think that would be useful. It might also bring Maven to the
>> attention of people who are looking for (Java) projects to contribute to.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Maarten
>>
>>
>>
>> [1] https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/hacktoberfest-update
>>
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Re: Hacktoberfest

Posted by Elliotte Rusty Harold <el...@ibiblio.org>.

I'll look at some, but I can't promise highest priority.

On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 4:55 AM Robert Scholte <rf...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> I think the hacktober is a good initiative.
> Just be aware that we need to respond to these PRs ASAP, otherwise it might work against us.
> We already have a huge amount of PRs that still need to be reviewed, so it is not like we don't have enough PRs.
>
> I think we need at least 5 committers that explicitly say the will pick up these PR with the highest priority for 1 month.
> Otherwise I'd say no.
>
> Robert
>
>
> On 3-10-2020 20:41:04, Maarten Mulders <mt...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today, I came across this update [1] from DigitalOcean, one of the
> companies behind Hacktoberfest. TL;DR: to prevent "spam pull requests",
> only accepted/merged/approved pull requests against GitHub repositories
> labelled "hacktoberfest" qualify for the free t-shirt or planting a
> tree. This is other than previous years, where _every_ pull request
> would qualify, even if the repository owner did not explicitly
> participate in Hacktoberfest.
>
> I would argue it makes sense to opt-in Maven repositories for
> Hacktoberfest. If it could encourage people to start contributing to
> Maven, I think that would be useful. It might also bring Maven to the
> attention of people who are looking for (Java) projects to contribute to.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Maarten
>
>
>
> [1] https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/hacktoberfest-update
>
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elharo@ibiblio.org

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Re: Hacktoberfest

Posted by Maarten Mulders <mt...@apache.org>.

After reading the DigitalOcean update again, I noticed that I made a 
little mistake in interpreting their rules.

 From the contributor perspective, PRs count if:

Submitted during the month of October AND (
   The PR is labelled as hacktoberfest-accepted by a maintainer OR
   Submitted in a repo with the hacktoberfest topic AND (
     The PR is merged OR
     The PR has been approved
   )
)

So even if we do not opt in, we could still label any valuable 
contribution with 'hacktoberfest-accepted' and it would count towards 
the "t-shirt or tree" goal.

Sure, we could debate whether that should be the only reason for people 
to contribute, but I think that's another question.

For now, I think opting our repositories in is NOT the right thing to 
do. Repositories that have the hacktoberfest topic are likely to attract 
spam (since having it merged or accepted counts towards the 
Hacktoberfest goal). We could still label a valuable contribution with 
'hacktoberfest-accepted' - no cost on our side, potentially happy 
contributor elsewhere.

Thanks,

Maarten

On 05/10/2020 13:58, Martin Kanters wrote:
> I think this is a nice opportunity to get more people onboard and I am
> willing to spend more time reviewing PRs this month. As Maarten mentions,
> we do not have to have all PRs finished in October, they only have to be
> marked as 'hacktoberfest-accepted' so that gives us extra time. I do agree
> it would be nice to have an up-to-date up-for-grabs list as Gary mentions,
> so we should check the current up-for-grabs JIRA issues.
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
> Op zo 4 okt. 2020 om 20:49 schreef Michael Osipov <mi...@apache.org>:
> 
>> Sadly, I fully agree with Robert :-(
>>
>> Am 2020-10-04 um 16:11 schrieb Robert Scholte:
>>> As you know, the truth right now it is impossible to keep up. The amount
>> of mails and PRs waiting for responses exceeds our capacity.
>>> So it is a matter of prioritizing, and yes, that could mean that PRs
>> will stay unanswered.
>>> IF we would also join hacktober, we must change those priorities for a
>> month and focus on that, maybe even using the time to respond the open PRs.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Robert
>>>
>>> On 4-10-2020 13:36:52, Markus KARG <ma...@headcrashing.eu> wrote:
>>> Robert,
>>>
>>> in fact I think it would be an even better signal to new contributors is
>> at least 5 committers would agree to pick up PRs for a whole year.
>>>
>>> -Markus
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>> Von: Robert Scholte [mailto:rfscholte@apache.org]
>>> Gesendet: Sonntag, 4. Oktober 2020 10:55
>>> An: Maarten Mulders; dev@maven.apache.org
>>> Betreff: Re: Hacktoberfest
>>>
>>> I think the hacktober is a good initiative.
>>> Just be aware that we need to respond to these PRs ASAP, otherwise it
>> might work against us.
>>> We already have a huge amount of PRs that still need to be reviewed, so
>> it is not like we don't have enough PRs.
>>>
>>> I think we need at least 5 committers that explicitly say the will pick
>> up these PR with the highest priority for 1 month.
>>> Otherwise I'd say no.
>>>
>>> Robert
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3-10-2020 20:41:04, Maarten Mulders wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Today, I came across this update [1] from DigitalOcean, one of the
>>> companies behind Hacktoberfest. TL;DR: to prevent "spam pull requests",
>>> only accepted/merged/approved pull requests against GitHub repositories
>>> labelled "hacktoberfest" qualify for the free t-shirt or planting a
>>> tree. This is other than previous years, where _every_ pull request
>>> would qualify, even if the repository owner did not explicitly
>>> participate in Hacktoberfest.
>>>
>>> I would argue it makes sense to opt-in Maven repositories for
>>> Hacktoberfest. If it could encourage people to start contributing to
>>> Maven, I think that would be useful. It might also bring Maven to the
>>> attention of people who are looking for (Java) projects to contribute to.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Maarten
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [1] https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/hacktoberfest-update
>>>
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Re: Hacktoberfest

Posted by Martin Kanters <ma...@apache.org>.

I think this is a nice opportunity to get more people onboard and I am
willing to spend more time reviewing PRs this month. As Maarten mentions,
we do not have to have all PRs finished in October, they only have to be
marked as 'hacktoberfest-accepted' so that gives us extra time. I do agree
it would be nice to have an up-to-date up-for-grabs list as Gary mentions,
so we should check the current up-for-grabs JIRA issues.

Martin


Op zo 4 okt. 2020 om 20:49 schreef Michael Osipov <mi...@apache.org>:

> Sadly, I fully agree with Robert :-(
>
> Am 2020-10-04 um 16:11 schrieb Robert Scholte:
> > As you know, the truth right now it is impossible to keep up. The amount
> of mails and PRs waiting for responses exceeds our capacity.
> > So it is a matter of prioritizing, and yes, that could mean that PRs
> will stay unanswered.
> > IF we would also join hacktober, we must change those priorities for a
> month and focus on that, maybe even using the time to respond the open PRs.
> >
> > thanks,
> > Robert
> >
> > On 4-10-2020 13:36:52, Markus KARG <ma...@headcrashing.eu> wrote:
> > Robert,
> >
> > in fact I think it would be an even better signal to new contributors is
> at least 5 committers would agree to pick up PRs for a whole year.
> >
> > -Markus
> >
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Robert Scholte [mailto:rfscholte@apache.org]
> > Gesendet: Sonntag, 4. Oktober 2020 10:55
> > An: Maarten Mulders; dev@maven.apache.org
> > Betreff: Re: Hacktoberfest
> >
> > I think the hacktober is a good initiative.
> > Just be aware that we need to respond to these PRs ASAP, otherwise it
> might work against us.
> > We already have a huge amount of PRs that still need to be reviewed, so
> it is not like we don't have enough PRs.
> >
> > I think we need at least 5 committers that explicitly say the will pick
> up these PR with the highest priority for 1 month.
> > Otherwise I'd say no.
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
> > On 3-10-2020 20:41:04, Maarten Mulders wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Today, I came across this update [1] from DigitalOcean, one of the
> > companies behind Hacktoberfest. TL;DR: to prevent "spam pull requests",
> > only accepted/merged/approved pull requests against GitHub repositories
> > labelled "hacktoberfest" qualify for the free t-shirt or planting a
> > tree. This is other than previous years, where _every_ pull request
> > would qualify, even if the repository owner did not explicitly
> > participate in Hacktoberfest.
> >
> > I would argue it makes sense to opt-in Maven repositories for
> > Hacktoberfest. If it could encourage people to start contributing to
> > Maven, I think that would be useful. It might also bring Maven to the
> > attention of people who are looking for (Java) projects to contribute to.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Maarten
> >
> >
> >
> > [1] https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/hacktoberfest-update
> >
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Re: Hacktoberfest

Posted by Michael Osipov <mi...@apache.org>.

Sadly, I fully agree with Robert :-(

Am 2020-10-04 um 16:11 schrieb Robert Scholte:
> As you know, the truth right now it is impossible to keep up. The amount of mails and PRs waiting for responses exceeds our capacity.
> So it is a matter of prioritizing, and yes, that could mean that PRs will stay unanswered.
> IF we would also join hacktober, we must change those priorities for a month and focus on that, maybe even using the time to respond the open PRs.
> 
> thanks,
> Robert
> 
> On 4-10-2020 13:36:52, Markus KARG <ma...@headcrashing.eu> wrote:
> Robert,
> 
> in fact I think it would be an even better signal to new contributors is at least 5 committers would agree to pick up PRs for a whole year.
> 
> -Markus
> 
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Robert Scholte [mailto:rfscholte@apache.org]
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 4. Oktober 2020 10:55
> An: Maarten Mulders; dev@maven.apache.org
> Betreff: Re: Hacktoberfest
> 
> I think the hacktober is a good initiative.
> Just be aware that we need to respond to these PRs ASAP, otherwise it might work against us.
> We already have a huge amount of PRs that still need to be reviewed, so it is not like we don't have enough PRs.
> 
> I think we need at least 5 committers that explicitly say the will pick up these PR with the highest priority for 1 month.
> Otherwise I'd say no.
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> On 3-10-2020 20:41:04, Maarten Mulders wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Today, I came across this update [1] from DigitalOcean, one of the
> companies behind Hacktoberfest. TL;DR: to prevent "spam pull requests",
> only accepted/merged/approved pull requests against GitHub repositories
> labelled "hacktoberfest" qualify for the free t-shirt or planting a
> tree. This is other than previous years, where _every_ pull request
> would qualify, even if the repository owner did not explicitly
> participate in Hacktoberfest.
> 
> I would argue it makes sense to opt-in Maven repositories for
> Hacktoberfest. If it could encourage people to start contributing to
> Maven, I think that would be useful. It might also bring Maven to the
> attention of people who are looking for (Java) projects to contribute to.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Maarten
> 
> 
> 
> [1] https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/hacktoberfest-update
> 
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Re: AW: Hacktoberfest

Posted by Gary Gregory <ga...@gmail.com>.

My experience is that the better contributions come from people who need to
get work done, which is usually best exemplified through bug fix PRs.

If I were to manage incoming PRs for a hackathon event, I would not want to
do so without a solid set of Jiras for new features and bugs, otherwise
there is zero focus, and what comes in is going to be random.

I have Digital Ocean Hacktoberfest T-shirt and I love it but that should
not be the sole motivator IMO.

I really see a grooming of Jiras as a key to success and a prequestite to
opening up a project to a hackathon. Unless of course, you are happy to
wade through spammy PRs.

Gary

On Sun, Oct 4, 2020, 11:43 Markus KARG <ma...@headcrashing.eu> wrote:

> You are right that, but this is a tricky situation:
>
> * We need more committers to accept more PRs.
> * We need to accept more PRs to encourage contributors to contribute more
> often.
> * Contributions need to contribute accepted PRs more often to become
> committer.
>
> So the sole possible solutions are:
>
> * Contributors become committers without frequently accepted PRs (rather
> bad idea)
> * Committers accept PRs more frequenlty (the sole left over solution)
>
> Maybe I missed something, but I do not see any other solution the get at
> speed.
>
> -Markus
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Robert Scholte [mailto:rfscholte@apache.org]
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 4. Oktober 2020 16:11
> An: dev@maven.apache.org
> Betreff: Re: AW: Hacktoberfest
>
> As you know, the truth right now it is impossible to keep up. The amount
> of mails and PRs waiting for responses exceeds our capacity.
> So it is a matter of prioritizing, and yes, that could mean that PRs will
> stay unanswered.
> IF we would also join hacktober, we must change those priorities for a
> month and focus on that, maybe even using the time to respond the open PRs.
>
> thanks,
> Robert
>
> On 4-10-2020 13:36:52, Markus KARG <ma...@headcrashing.eu> wrote:
> Robert,
>
> in fact I think it would be an even better signal to new contributors is
> at least 5 committers would agree to pick up PRs for a whole year.
>
> -Markus
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Robert Scholte [mailto:rfscholte@apache.org]
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 4. Oktober 2020 10:55
> An: Maarten Mulders; dev@maven.apache.org
> Betreff: Re: Hacktoberfest
>
> I think the hacktober is a good initiative.
> Just be aware that we need to respond to these PRs ASAP, otherwise it
> might work against us.
> We already have a huge amount of PRs that still need to be reviewed, so it
> is not like we don't have enough PRs.
>
> I think we need at least 5 committers that explicitly say the will pick up
> these PR with the highest priority for 1 month.
> Otherwise I'd say no.
>
> Robert
>
>
> On 3-10-2020 20:41:04, Maarten Mulders wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today, I came across this update [1] from DigitalOcean, one of the
> companies behind Hacktoberfest. TL;DR: to prevent "spam pull requests",
> only accepted/merged/approved pull requests against GitHub repositories
> labelled "hacktoberfest" qualify for the free t-shirt or planting a
> tree. This is other than previous years, where _every_ pull request
> would qualify, even if the repository owner did not explicitly
> participate in Hacktoberfest.
>
> I would argue it makes sense to opt-in Maven repositories for
> Hacktoberfest. If it could encourage people to start contributing to
> Maven, I think that would be useful. It might also bring Maven to the
> attention of people who are looking for (Java) projects to contribute to.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Maarten
>
>
>
> [1] https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/hacktoberfest-update
>
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AW: AW: Hacktoberfest

Posted by Markus KARG <ma...@headcrashing.eu>.

You are right that, but this is a tricky situation:

* We need more committers to accept more PRs.
* We need to accept more PRs to encourage contributors to contribute more often.
* Contributions need to contribute accepted PRs more often to become committer.

So the sole possible solutions are:

* Contributors become committers without frequently accepted PRs (rather bad idea)
* Committers accept PRs more frequenlty (the sole left over solution)

Maybe I missed something, but I do not see any other solution the get at speed.

-Markus

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Robert Scholte [mailto:rfscholte@apache.org]
Gesendet: Sonntag, 4. Oktober 2020 16:11
An: dev@maven.apache.org
Betreff: Re: AW: Hacktoberfest

As you know, the truth right now it is impossible to keep up. The amount of mails and PRs waiting for responses exceeds our capacity.
So it is a matter of prioritizing, and yes, that could mean that PRs will stay unanswered.
IF we would also join hacktober, we must change those priorities for a month and focus on that, maybe even using the time to respond the open PRs.

thanks,
Robert

On 4-10-2020 13:36:52, Markus KARG <ma...@headcrashing.eu> wrote:
Robert,

in fact I think it would be an even better signal to new contributors is at least 5 committers would agree to pick up PRs for a whole year.

-Markus

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Robert Scholte [mailto:rfscholte@apache.org]
Gesendet: Sonntag, 4. Oktober 2020 10:55
An: Maarten Mulders; dev@maven.apache.org
Betreff: Re: Hacktoberfest

I think the hacktober is a good initiative.
Just be aware that we need to respond to these PRs ASAP, otherwise it might work against us.
We already have a huge amount of PRs that still need to be reviewed, so it is not like we don't have enough PRs.

I think we need at least 5 committers that explicitly say the will pick up these PR with the highest priority for 1 month.
Otherwise I'd say no.

Robert

On 3-10-2020 20:41:04, Maarten Mulders wrote:
Hi all,

Today, I came across this update [1] from DigitalOcean, one of the
companies behind Hacktoberfest. TL;DR: to prevent "spam pull requests",
only accepted/merged/approved pull requests against GitHub repositories
labelled "hacktoberfest" qualify for the free t-shirt or planting a
tree. This is other than previous years, where _every_ pull request
would qualify, even if the repository owner did not explicitly
participate in Hacktoberfest.

I would argue it makes sense to opt-in Maven repositories for
Hacktoberfest. If it could encourage people to start contributing to
Maven, I think that would be useful. It might also bring Maven to the
attention of people who are looking for (Java) projects to contribute to.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Maarten

[1] https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/hacktoberfest-update

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Re: AW: Hacktoberfest

Posted by Gary Gregory <ga...@gmail.com>.

Which is why I am doing the same sadly over at Apache Commons and forging
ahead with regular work. I considered proposing one repo but that would
only open the floodgates...

Gary

On Sun, Oct 4, 2020, 10:11 Robert Scholte <rf...@apache.org> wrote:

> As you know, the truth right now it is impossible to keep up. The amount
> of mails and PRs waiting for responses exceeds our capacity.
> So it is a matter of prioritizing, and yes, that could mean that PRs will
> stay unanswered.
> IF we would also join hacktober, we must change those priorities for a
> month and focus on that, maybe even using the time to respond the open PRs.
>
> thanks,
> Robert
>
> On 4-10-2020 13:36:52, Markus KARG <ma...@headcrashing.eu> wrote:
> Robert,
>
> in fact I think it would be an even better signal to new contributors is
> at least 5 committers would agree to pick up PRs for a whole year.
>
> -Markus
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Robert Scholte [mailto:rfscholte@apache.org]
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 4. Oktober 2020 10:55
> An: Maarten Mulders; dev@maven.apache.org
> Betreff: Re: Hacktoberfest
>
> I think the hacktober is a good initiative.
> Just be aware that we need to respond to these PRs ASAP, otherwise it
> might work against us.
> We already have a huge amount of PRs that still need to be reviewed, so it
> is not like we don't have enough PRs.
>
> I think we need at least 5 committers that explicitly say the will pick up
> these PR with the highest priority for 1 month.
> Otherwise I'd say no.
>
> Robert
>
>
> On 3-10-2020 20:41:04, Maarten Mulders wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today, I came across this update [1] from DigitalOcean, one of the
> companies behind Hacktoberfest. TL;DR: to prevent "spam pull requests",
> only accepted/merged/approved pull requests against GitHub repositories
> labelled "hacktoberfest" qualify for the free t-shirt or planting a
> tree. This is other than previous years, where _every_ pull request
> would qualify, even if the repository owner did not explicitly
> participate in Hacktoberfest.
>
> I would argue it makes sense to opt-in Maven repositories for
> Hacktoberfest. If it could encourage people to start contributing to
> Maven, I think that would be useful. It might also bring Maven to the
> attention of people who are looking for (Java) projects to contribute to.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Maarten
>
>
>
> [1] https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/hacktoberfest-update
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Re: AW: Hacktoberfest

Posted by Robert Scholte <rf...@apache.org>.

thanks,
Robert

On 4-10-2020 13:36:52, Markus KARG <ma...@headcrashing.eu> wrote:
Robert,

in fact I think it would be an even better signal to new contributors is at least 5 committers would agree to pick up PRs for a whole year.

-Markus

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Von: Robert Scholte [mailto:rfscholte@apache.org]
Gesendet: Sonntag, 4. Oktober 2020 10:55
An: Maarten Mulders; dev@maven.apache.org
Betreff: Re: Hacktoberfest

I think we need at least 5 committers that explicitly say the will pick up these PR with the highest priority for 1 month.
Otherwise I'd say no.

Robert

On 3-10-2020 20:41:04, Maarten Mulders wrote:
Hi all,

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Maarten

[1] https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/hacktoberfest-update

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AW: Hacktoberfest

Posted by Markus KARG <ma...@headcrashing.eu>.

Robert,

in fact I think it would be an even better signal to new contributors is at least 5 committers would agree to pick up PRs for a whole year.

-Markus

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Robert Scholte [mailto:rfscholte@apache.org]
Gesendet: Sonntag, 4. Oktober 2020 10:55
An: Maarten Mulders; dev@maven.apache.org
Betreff: Re: Hacktoberfest

I think we need at least 5 committers that explicitly say the will pick up these PR with the highest priority for 1 month.
Otherwise I'd say no.

Robert

On 3-10-2020 20:41:04, Maarten Mulders <mt...@apache.org> wrote:
Hi all,

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Maarten

[1] https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/hacktoberfest-update

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Re: Hacktoberfest

Posted by Robert Scholte <rf...@apache.org>.

I think the hacktober is a good initiative.
Just be aware that we need to respond to these PRs ASAP, otherwise it might work against us.
We already have a huge amount of PRs that still need to be reviewed, so it is not like we don't have enough PRs.

I think we need at least 5 committers that explicitly say the will pick up these PR with the highest priority for 1 month.
Otherwise I'd say no.

Robert


On 3-10-2020 20:41:04, Maarten Mulders <mt...@apache.org> wrote:
Hi all,

Today, I came across this update [1] from DigitalOcean, one of the
companies behind Hacktoberfest. TL;DR: to prevent "spam pull requests",
only accepted/merged/approved pull requests against GitHub repositories
labelled "hacktoberfest" qualify for the free t-shirt or planting a
tree. This is other than previous years, where _every_ pull request
would qualify, even if the repository owner did not explicitly
participate in Hacktoberfest.

I would argue it makes sense to opt-in Maven repositories for
Hacktoberfest. If it could encourage people to start contributing to
Maven, I think that would be useful. It might also bring Maven to the
attention of people who are looking for (Java) projects to contribute to.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Maarten



[1] https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/hacktoberfest-update

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