Command for pinning an issue

[ivankatliarchuk]

It would be nice to have a command to pin an issue

This is quite useful for cases when the repository has an initiative or a breaking change for example.

Could be only available to maintainers.

Something like /pin-issue

Example issue kubernetes-sigs/external-dns#4347

I have not found anything similar in the available commands list.

[petr-muller]

Would the primary motivation be convenience for folks who already have the GH permissions (=repo write), or is the motivation to extend that capability to some people who do not have that GH permission?

[ivankatliarchuk]

Good question. In our case, only a single contributor has this GH rights. So I would assume

The primary benefit is for

extend that capability to some people who do not have that GH permission

@mloiseleur am I correct?

[petr-muller]

That sounds reasonable. What would be the suitable group to give the permission then? Maybe we can mimic what /override is doing and allow top-level OWNERS approvers to use the command. Would that work for you? What I'm trying to avoid is a dedicated configuration for the list of people allowed to use the command.

[ivankatliarchuk]

Is it possible to configure it for approvers and reviewers? I'm fine with only approvers too, basically is better something then nothing. This could be revisited any time. Thanks

[ivankatliarchuk]

Could we also have /unpin-issue ;-)