Summary
Several Prow plugins run automatically on PR events (no slash command needed)
to add labels or validate PR content. These need replacements — either as
lightweight Tekton tasks triggered via PaC / EventListener on the OCI cluster,
or as simple GHA workflows.
Plugins to Replace
| Plugin |
Trigger |
What it does |
size |
PR open/update |
Adds size/XS..size/XXL labels based on diff size |
verify-owners |
PR open/update |
Validates OWNERS files syntax and content |
wip |
PR open/update |
Adds do-not-merge/work-in-progress when title contains WIP |
release-note |
PR open/update |
Validates release note block, manages release-note-* labels |
blunderbuss |
PR open |
Auto-assigns reviewers based on OWNERS files |
needs-rebase |
PR update |
Adds needs-rebase label when PR has merge conflicts |
Considerations
wip could be replaced by GitHub's native draft PR feature — evaluate if
we still need the label at all.
blunderbuss uses OWNERS files; GitHub's native CODEOWNERS is an alternative
but has different semantics. Need to decide if we converge on CODEOWNERS or
keep OWNERS.
verify-owners is important as long as we keep OWNERS files for /approve
and /lgtm. If we switch to CODEOWNERS, it becomes unnecessary.
size is nice-to-have. Many lightweight GHA actions exist for this.
needs-rebase — GitHub branch protection "require up-to-date" is the native
equivalent but has different UX.
- Good candidates for either reusable GHA workflows shared from plumbing, or
PaC-triggered Tekton tasks on the OCI cluster.
Related
/cc @tektoncd/plumbing-maintainers
Summary
Several Prow plugins run automatically on PR events (no slash command needed)
to add labels or validate PR content. These need replacements — either as
lightweight Tekton tasks triggered via PaC / EventListener on the OCI cluster,
or as simple GHA workflows.
Plugins to Replace
sizesize/XS..size/XXLlabels based on diff sizeverify-ownerswipdo-not-merge/work-in-progresswhen title contains WIPrelease-noterelease-note-*labelsblunderbussneeds-rebaseneeds-rebaselabel when PR has merge conflictsConsiderations
wipcould be replaced by GitHub's native draft PR feature — evaluate ifwe still need the label at all.
blunderbussuses OWNERS files; GitHub's native CODEOWNERS is an alternativebut has different semantics. Need to decide if we converge on CODEOWNERS or
keep OWNERS.
verify-ownersis important as long as we keep OWNERS files for/approveand
/lgtm. If we switch to CODEOWNERS, it becomes unnecessary.sizeis nice-to-have. Many lightweight GHA actions exist for this.needs-rebase— GitHub branch protection "require up-to-date" is the nativeequivalent but has different UX.
PaC-triggered Tekton tasks on the OCI cluster.
Related
kind/*using GHA (related work)/cc @tektoncd/plumbing-maintainers