Improve email notifications

.asf.yaml

@@ -15,12 +15,20 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-# `.asf.yaml` documentation: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INFRA/Git+-+.asf.yaml+features
+# `.asf.yaml` is a branch-specific YAML configuration file for Git repositories to control features such as notifications, GitHub settings, etc.
+# See its documentation for details: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INFRA/Git+-+.asf.yaml+features
 
+# Bare minimum `notifications` to
+#
+# 1. Forward GitHub _activity_ to `notifications@`
+# 2. Forward commits to `commits@`
+# 3. Forward `dependabot` PRs to `robots@`
+#
+# Note that `notifications` are merged with the defaults accessible from: https://gitbox.apache.org/schemes.cgi?logging-log4j-transform
 notifications:
-  # GitHub already provides notifications for PRs and issues.
-  # Please don't duplicate that noise here!
   commits: [email protected]
+  issues: [email protected]
+  pullrequests: [email protected]
   pullrequests_bot_dependabot: [email protected]
 
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