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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+notifications:
+ commits: commits@airavata.apache.org
+ # Send all issue emails (new, closed, comments) to issues@
+ issues: issues@airavata.apache.org
+ # Send new/closed PR notifications to dev@
+ pullrequests_status: custos@airavata.apache.org
+ # Send individual PR comments/reviews to issues@
+ pullrequests_comment: issues@airavata.apache.org
+
+github:
+ description: "Apache Airavata Django Portal Framework"
+ homepage: https://airavata.apache.org/
+ labels:
+ - airavata
+ - sciencegateways
+ - gateways
+ - cloudnative
+ - microservices
+ - java
+ - workfloworchestrator
+ - workflow
+ - bigdata