[python-committers] mention-bot is dead, long live the (misnamed) CODEOWNERS file!

[Alex Gaynor]

The other big advantage to using teams is that they'll automatically apply
to all branches.

Alex

On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 6:23 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:

> On Aug 1, 2017, at 17:09, Christian Heimes <christian at python.org> wrote:
>
> > Marietta, Brett, thanks for your work!
>
> Indeed!
>
> > I suggested teams to make the file a bit easier to maintain. The rule
> > format works differently than the old mentionbot format. In the old
> > format we had a relationship user -> files. The new CODEOWNERS format
> > has files -> users mapping with last rules trumps all semantic. We have
> > to be careful to not override parts of a previous rules. I believe teams
> > reduce the burden.
>
> Using teams would also reduce conflicts on changes to CODEOWNERS.  We’d
> need only specify the teams and then can use the GH u/i to manage team
> membership.
>
> -Barry
>
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