Re: Issue tracking using GitHub

On 21/02/2018 17:49, Karen Coyle wrote:

> Simon, I see that of the options for filtering you can filter for all of
> those that are NOT assigned, but not the opposite, all that ARE
> assigned. (We need a NOT NOT ;-). This makes it a bit hard to use it the
> way we've used tracker, which is to look at all of the open actions. (I
> suppose every issue is an open action, but I'm not sure that suits our
> need.)
If you were looking for issues that are assigned for any assignee (and 
not a particular user), you are right and it is not possible to query 
that through the interface.

Details here: 
https://help.github.com/articles/searching-issues-and-pull-requests/#search-by-the-assignee-of-an-issue-or-pull-request

> If we wish to have tracking of actions then we'll need to provide a way
> to do this. Not all actions will result in pull requests, I presume.
> Would it be helpful to have an ACTION label, which could be removed when
> the action is completed? (And which could be changed to a DONE label, or
> perhaps we can use the github CLOSED.)
>
> Also, does anyone have experience with github "Project boards"? I'm not
> sure if we can create one under W3C just for #dxwg, but that might be
> the answer to tracking actions and progress.
>
> kc
>
> On 2/20/18 4:00 PM, Simon.Cox@csiro.au wrote:
>> An item that came up in today’s telecon: we agreed to use GitHub for
>> most of our issue tracking, but this does require some personal
>> workflows that are a little different relative to what people who have
>> been involved in earlier W3C projects might have followed.
>>
>>   
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>> We currently have 78 open issues https://github.com/w3c/dxwg/issues
>>
>> Fortunately, GitHub offers plenty of ways to interact. A few tips:
>>
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>> ·         You receive alerts about changes to the DXWG repository in
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>> please do not just hit ‘reply’. Rather, *follow the link* at the bottom
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>> ·         There are a multitude of ways to *filter the issue list*. And
>> we have set up a whole load of labels (tags) to help. So it is easy to
>> only see the issues related to profiles, or provenance, or
>> dcat:Distribution, or to sort the list in various ways. Of particular
>> interest is searching for the issues assigned to you! For example the
>> issues I *created* are
>> https://github.com/w3c/dxwg/issues/created_by/dr-shorthair
>> Andrea can check his list of *assignments* at
>> https://github.com/w3c/dxwg/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aopen+assignee%3Aandrea-perego
>>
>> The threads where Makx is *mentioned* are
>> https://github.com/w3c/dxwg/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aopen+mentions%3Amakxdekkers
>>
>> You can see the pattern. Try it.
>>
>> ·         Of course to make this work best, assignments have to be made.
>> While anyone with a GitHub ID can create an issue or comment on a
>> thread, other engagements require that you are a member of the group.
>> Dave Raggett manages this – most participants are now on the list but
>> not everyone yet – please provide your GitHub ID to Dave if you can’t
>> change labels, make assignments etc.
>>
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