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From:
Ivan Pozdeev via perl5-porters
Date:
April 10, 2016 10:51
Subject:
Re: github contributor notices
Message ID:
570A3013.4030801@mail.mipt.ru
Hmm... if the function carried out by RT is this, Github's issue tracker 
is a _direct competitor_ to it!
E.g. it also tracks issues and related patches, has labels to classify 
them, code review tools etc.

So, there are only two possible solutions: synchronize them for related 
issues or somehow replace the built-in tracker at Github with some 
interface to RT (the third is, yes, to disable the built-in tracker; it 
can be reduced to the 2nd option by e.g. replacng the UI with the 
message "use <link> instead").

I would write to Github and ask if they have anything to suggest/provide 
you for this general problem.
It would also clarify their position regarding the competition matter: 
if they're willing to let other products freely compete with theirs 
which includes providing tools for that.

On 10.04.2016 2:27, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 2:11 PM, Ivan Pozdeev via perl5-porters
> <perl5-porters@perl.org> wrote:
>> Github PR are yet another channel of contribution. Some may prefer its
>> interface to p5p.
>> Your incentive appears to be to avoid splitting the discussion between
>> multiple places.
>> If so, why not have them replicated here like RT already is?
>> https://github.com/google/pull-request-mailer looks like the thing made with
>> exactly this in mind.
> The thing is, patches need to go to RT first so they can be tracked
> and only then forwarded to the mailing list for discussion.  But the
> thought of an automated mailer on GitHub sending patches to RT, and
> then (much worse) the two automated systems managing responses gives
> me a headache.  The maintainers of RT and the perl.org mailing lists
> have enough things to give them nightmares already.

-- 
Regards,
Ivan


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