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From:
Craig A. Berry
Date:
April 10, 2016 23:23
Subject:
Re: github contributor notices
Message ID:
CA+vYcVyutYhhECkvzkoXZMSBvuc6g-0x8=6zhJ5z1y6e4tY7qQ@mail.gmail.com
On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Ivan Pozdeev <vano@mail.mipt.ru> wrote:
> Googling around showed a way to disable Github's issue tracker for a
> project, citing an official Github support reply apparently
> http://www.getsymphony.com/discuss/thread/34945/
> (appears to have been done already)
>
> For disabling pull requests, the best way appears to auto-close them with a
> bot:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27957454/preventing-pull-request-in-github
> http://nopullrequests.com/ <-set up specifically as a workaround
>
> It may be best to also explicitly state in the repo description that any
> issues must be filed with other means.

Thanks for doing that research.  You might well have answered
Ricardo's original question.

> Finally, if the only thing the github mirror does is hold a copy of
> http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git ,
> the question rises why it is needed at all.

I don't think it's strictly necessary.  I think it's available because
some people prefer the GitHub interface for browsing the code and
exploring history.  Personally I prefer plain old gitweb, but there's
no harm in making the mirror available.

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