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

[Barry Warsaw]

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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