[Gluster-devel] Issues and PR's on the GlusterFS github repos

[Justin Clift]

On 28/05/2013, at 2:59 PM, Justin Clift wrote:
> On 28/05/2013, at 2:20 PM, Anand Avati wrote:
>> Thanks for pointing. Disabled Issues. Not sure if Pull Requests can be disabled?
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> Just now filled out a "Contact Us" type of request to GitHub to ask if
> there's a way to achieve this.  Let's see if they're receptive or not.

Response from GitHub below.

+ Justin


> From: Haleigh Sheehan <support at github.com> (GitHub Staff)
> Subject: Re: Need a way to *disable* pull requests
> Date: 29 May 2013 12:00:18 AM AEST
> To: jclift at redhat.com
> 
> Hi Justin,
> 
> Since a lot of the GitHub magic is centered around pull requests, making it possible for users to disable that function is something we'd have to weigh pretty carefully. I can't make any promises about if we could do this, or when, but I've passed your email on to the rest of the team to consider. You do make some pretty good points!
> 
> In the meantime, you could reduce some of your unwanted pull request volume by including a CONTRIBUTING file (ie: "Don't."), and adding a prominent note to the README also summarizing the contributing guidelines. You can find out more here:
> https://github.com/blog/1184-contributing-guidelines
> 
> Thanks for the feedback! Please let me know if you have any other questions.


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