[ARROW-4686] Only accept 'y' or 'n' in merge_arrow_pr.py prompts

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.12.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.13.0
• Component/s: Developer Tools
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/21214
• Assignee: Brian Hulette
• Reporter: Brian Hulette
• Created: 26/Feb/19 15:52
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:35
• Resolved: 26/Feb/19 22:05

Description

The current prompt syntax ("y/n" with neither capitalized) implies there's no default, which I think is the right behavior, but it's not implemented that way. Script should retry until either y or n is received.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3761