The service is not in general release, so no: we won't be mass-migrating projects, and we reserve the right to halt migration requests.
On Jul 28, 2017 13:30, "Christopher" <ctubb...@apache.org> wrote: > +1 > > However, I would personally prefer to see all projects using git-wip > automatically migrated to GitBox, and have the old host(s) redirect to > gitbox, so the migration is completely transparent. It doesn't force any > projects to use GitBox features, but I can't see any downside, and it gives > everybody the option to use the GitBox features if they choose to, going > forward. (Migration to GitBox does not automatically enable GitHub issues > or other GitHub features. It only gives project members write access to > GitHub repos, and all that entails, and use of all of that is entirely > optional.) > > If the conversion happened this way, it seems like it'd be easier for INFRA > to do in bulk, rather than convert projects one-by-one. > > On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 11:48 AM John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > All, > > > > As many are aware, Infra has been rolling out a new service that allows > > projects to leverage git repositories dually hosted on github and ASF git > > repositories, commonly known as gitbox. This effectively allows a > project > > to commit directly to Github and have those commits reflect back on the > ASF > > side. > > > > This has been especially useful to a number of projects, since the github > > interface gives many options for managing repositories. I've recently > also > > asked infra to open it up to allow any IPMC member to request a gitbox > > repository for any approved podling that is using gitbox. Podlings I > think > > have found this useful, since many of them come from a github background. > > They like using the tool and having it available for all to use. > > > > So with that said, I want to propose some broad incubator wide policies > for > > gitbox. I'd like to propose that gitbox usage is approved for all > > podlings, there is nothing to inhibit a podling to request a gitbox > > repository and as long as a podling feels the need to use gitbox, like > they > > would any other tool that we can integrate with, they should be free to > use > > it without any additional approvals required. > > > > So please let me know your thoughts. If I don't hear any -1's I plan to > > submit an infra ticket early next week to enable the access for all > > approved podlings. Please note that your first conversion may need some > > lead time with infra. > > > > Regards, > > > > John > > >
