Feature Request: exclusive label sets

[jberkus]

This was originally this issue, opened at the request of the release team.

Currently, it's entirely possible to assign an issue or a PR multiple "priority" or multiple "lifecycle" labels. This doesn't make any sense; a given issue/PR can only have one priority, or one lifecycle stage. The Release Team and Enhancements both end up spending time cleaning up these "duplicates".

It would be really nice if we were able to create "exclusive sets" of labels, where adding a label from the set would automatically cause any other label in the set to be removed. These sets would include:

• priority/
• lifecycle/
• tracked/

This feature request has been a TODO for 5 years because it will require rewriting some/all of the label handler.

/kind feature
/sig contributor-experience
/sig release
/priority important-longterm
/help-wanted

[jberkus]

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[amirrmonfared]

I would like to take part in this issue, but it may take a bit of time and I would be more than happy if someone wants to help :D
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