Mariatta's Python Language Summit 2018 Presentation

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1. @mariatta Python Language Summit 2018
 
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2. Let’s Use GitHub Issues! @mariatta Python Language Summit 2018
 


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3. Rationale ✤ We’re already using GitHub issues for other Core

   Python projects: ✤ Dev guide, core workflow, all the bots, PEPs, peformance, docsbuild scripts, Cpython reps Python Language Summit 2018
 Let’s Use GitHub Issues!
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4. Rationale ✤ Other popular open source projects are using GitHub

   issues ✤ People are likely to already have a GitHub account ✤ The b.p.o is just so hard to use!!! Python Language Summit 2018
 Let’s Use GitHub Issues!
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5. B.p.o maintenance ✤ In mercurial ✤ Few people maintains it

   ✤ Do current maintainers even want to continue maintaining it? ✤ How to contribute? Python Language Summit 2018
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6. B.p.o annoyances ✤ I can never search for anything ✤

   The “nosy” list ✤ Email address is exposed ✤ Contributors need two accounts: b.p.o & GitHub Python Language Summit 2018
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7. Why GitHub is better ✤ APIs and automations ✤ Email

   notifications contain metadata (https:// help.github.com/articles/about-email-notifications/) ✤ Issue template ✤ Emoji and markdown Python Language Summit 2018
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8. Migrating to GitHub Issues ✤ Migrate the CLA host (something

   new, or DocuSign) ✤ Freeze the b.p.o (make it readonly, but not shutdown) ✤ New issues to be created in GitHub Python Language Summit 2018
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9. Migrating to GitHub Issues ✤ Old and languishing issues should

   just be closed / ignored ✤ Button to copy over issue and comments from b.p.o to GitHub Python Language Summit 2018
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10. Comments so far? Python Language Summit 2018
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    Issues!
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11. Blurb on the Web ✤ `blurb add` but on the

    web ✤ Login with GitHub ✤ Let’s you add news entry to your own PRs ✤ Core devs can add news entry to any PRs ✤ Need web host (costs money) Python Language Summit 2018
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12. Automerge PRs (on master) ✤ https://github.com/python/core-workflow/issues/29 ✤ Let the bot

    automatically merge PRs with passing CIs and approved core dev review ✤ Label the PR with: “automerge” ✤ Real question: how to come up with commit message? Python Language Summit 2018
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13. Automerge PRs (on master) ✤ Make miss-islington work on PRs

    on master too? ✤ Reminding people that status checks is now done. ✤ But this might be too noisy on master Python Language Summit 2018
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14. Misc/ACKs as status checks ✤ https://github.com/python/core-workflow/issues/7 ✤ We still want

    to come up with better way to handle Misc/ACKs, or auto-generate it. ✤ At the very least, bedevere can check if contributor’s name is listed in Misc/ACKs. Python Language Summit 2018
 Let’s Use GitHub Issues!
 @mariatta