Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC pre-GLEP] Gentoo Git Workflow

[Michał Górny]

On czw, 2017-07-27 at 16:08 +0200, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote:
> On 07/27/2017 03:58 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
> > > > > > ** <kbd>Closes: <nowiki>https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/NNNN</nowi
> > > > > > ki></kbd>; — to automatically close a GitHub pull request,
> > > > >
> > > > > Is this a generic tag for any pull request of any platform?
> > > >
> > > > No. As I've told multiple times already, there are *no* generic tags. It
> > > > just happens to be used by some random platforms. Some others use e.g.
> > > > 'Fixes' which you forbade.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Isn't that the point of having a GLEP to begin with? Trying to
> > > standardize the use of e.g the tags so that it has a consistent meaning
> > > and can be useful?
> > >
> >
> > Tags are mentioned merely for convenience, and as examples. If you want
> > to request GitHub support to add support for special Gentoo tags you've
> > just invented, be my guest. But don't bother forwarding their reply to
> > me because I know their answer.
>
> Right, so github automatically closes pull requests when encountering
> Closes, that doesn't indicate that Closes can't be used for other
> platforms to do similar things, or closing things manually if provided
> through other channels. The current wording indicates it is only for
> Github use "to automatically close a GitHub pull request,"

...which is the only purpose it's being used for right now, and I
seriously doubt there will be any other use in the near future.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny