<div dir="ltr"><div class="markdown-here-wrapper" style=""><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important">First-timer here on this list. Just wanted to chime in briefly on a few things.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important">Basically a way to map an issue to a PR (or vice-versa). Probably the simplest solution is to allow pasting in a GitHub PR URL or the PR # to make the association. The other option is for the bot to accept a command to make the association. No reason we can’t have both, though. But either way we should have a way to connect PRs to issues.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important">I have seen many projects — specifically those using an issue tracker outside of GitHub — accomplish this by asking their contributors to include the issue number in the title.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important">Two example projects doing this: <a href="https://github.com/apache/spark/pulls">Apache Spark</a>, <a href="https://github.com/scala/scala/pulls">Scala</a></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important">Then, those projects would have some kind of bot or hook (like Berker mentioned) use the issue number in the PR title to create a reference over on the issue tracker.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important">For example, here is <a href="https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/master/dev/github_jira_sync.py">the script</a> that the Apache Spark project uses to create links on JIRA (their issue tracker) to PRs. And here is <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-11744">an issue</a> where you can see the link that was automatically created to the PR referencing it (under “Issue Links”).</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important">If we end up using a CI service with good GitHub integration like Travis, we may even be able to use it to create the issue links as part of the build—no bot or separate service required. Additionally, if we want all PRs to include an issue reference, for example, that could be automatically enforced. Any PR without an issue reference in the title would fail that check, which shows up as a nice, clear X on the PR, with a link to more detail.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important">I’ll echo what others have said and say that I too am interested in contributing to Python project infrastructure, especially in the area of CI integration and various types of automation that make the lives of contributors and committers easier. I spent a lot of time doing very similar work for the Apache Spark project. I think it’s an important thing to work on; lower friction enables more people to contribute more often, and that’s very important for the long-term health of the project.</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important">Nick</p>
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