Hi all contributors:

    My name is zeng Chen and in charge of the service of robot for openlookeng. Recently, some contributors ask me to manage the approvers and reviewers as this one which is already running on k8s. I think it is a good suggestion. I send this email to clarify how does that mechanism run.

    1. How to manage approvers

        The approvers are managed though the OWNERS files which may exist at each level directories.  An approver in an OWNERS file can approve(by adding approved label)  any file in that directory and its sub-directories, but he/she can't approve the files in the parent directory and any other sibling directories.

    2. How to add label of 'approved'

        Please see the example to get the details.

    3. How to manage reviewers

        Like the way to manage the approvers, reviewers are managed by OWNERS file too. A reviewer in an OWNERS file can approve(by adding lgtm label) any file in that directory and its sub-directories, but he/she can't approve the files in the parent directory and any other sibling directories.  This is the big change to before.  The old mechanism is that any one of collaborators which are managed by the git platform such as Gitee, Github can add lgtm label. The purpose is to let the reviewer work as approver and make each files at different level directories reviewed by different reviewers.

    4. How to add label 'lgtm'

        The process is also like approve process, see the example of adding approved label above.

    In summary, both the approver and reviewer will be managed by OWNERS file and their working mechanisms are also the same. 

    Appreciated for any suggestions. 

    Thanks!

Best Wishes

zeng chen