Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] .github: Add pull request template

[Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>]

Ionen Wolkens <ionen@gentoo.org> writes:

> On Wed, May 01, 2024 at 03:32:21PM +0200, Michał Górny wrote:
>> The idea is to increase awareness of the AI policy, as well as other
>> rules, and to inform users before they submit a PR.
>
> Bit mixed feelings about this given checkboxes feel like unnecessary
> churn for routine contributors and is semi-redundant with the
> Signed-off-by.
>
> I think it's great for first-time/occasional contributors though.
>
> Having a AI-specific checkbox does feel kind of overkill when it won't
> concern the majority of contributors, albeit given how how hard the whole
> thing is pushed lately and that we have no real way to verify beside the
> user being made aware of it and certifying it...
>
> On a side-note, I have nothing against having .github in the tree. Just
> saying given I know not everyone is happy with that.

Indeed, the only line for me is if we were solely relying on it, e.g. if
we replaced all self-hosted CI with github actions CI or similar. I
don't see supplementary files for services we make use of, but don't
depend on, as a problem, as long as they're not some minor experiment.