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"A code-modification proposal may be stopped dead in its tracks by a -1 vote by a qualified voter." So I think this is consistent with Apache guidelines... > On Oct 24, 2019, at 2:51 PM, Kirk Lund <kl...@apache.org> wrote: > > One side effect is that any single request for changes will now completely > block merging the PR. I'm not certain this was intentional? One rogue > developer could block the merging of any or every PR. I'm not sure one > person should have that much power... > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 2:25 PM Nabarun Nag <n...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Hi, Geode dev Community, >> >> This is an announcement that the GitHub branch protection rules are *now >> active* on develop branch for Apache Geode. >> >> The following rules are currently active : >> - Require pull request reviews before merging - at least 1 >> - Require status checks to pass before merging >> [Only for >> - concourse-ci/Build >> - concourse-ci/UnitTestOpenJDK11 >> - concourse-ci/UnitTestOpenJDK8 >> - concourse-ci/StressNewTestOpenJDK11] >> >> After we stabilize the remaining test suites, we can add them to these rule >> sets. >> >> Also reminding the community to use squash merge while closing pull >> requests. >> >> Regards >> Naba >>