Manage labels in triagebot.toml

[weihanglo]

What

Would like to define labels in triagebot.toml and make them in sync with GitHub. Maybe sync them from triagebot.toml but not the other way around.

From: rust-lang/cargo#11679 (comment)

How

Given an autolabel table:

[autolabel."A-dependency-resolution"]
description = "Area: dependency resolution and the resolver"
color = "fbca04"
trigger_files = [
  "benches/benchsuite/benches/resolve.rs",
  "crates/resolver-tests/",
  "src/cargo/core/resolver/",
]

triagebot will try to create or update that label when triagebot.toml gets updates.

[weihanglo]

I could help the work if this feature is accepted. Thank you :)

[Mark-Simulacrum]

I don't think creation of labels needs to be part of auto label (you might want a label but not automate tagging PRs with it).

I think the label definitions would live per repository (triagebot.toml already lives in each repository), so this seems quite reasonable - not sure I follow discussion around cargo.

[weihanglo]

Am I reading correctly the proposal?

I am not sure if we are on the same page. Autolabeling is already a thing. What I request here is an extension of autolabels feature: "If triagebot notices there is a [autolabel."<label-name>"], create a label if not exists, or update it."

@Mark-Simulacrum, do you suggest a new table for the defining labels? I am a bit afraid of those definitions becoming duplicated.

[Mark-Simulacrum]

Yes, a separate table makes sense to me. I'm not very worried about duplication, the two sections can be side by side.

[apiraino]

sorry I clearly had not enough context to express an opinion. Thanks for clarifying.