Re: Please check open Merge Requests before your next upload
Hi,
> > I have now witnessed several cases where a maintainer blatantly
> > ignored the MRs their package received.
>
> As several of us have been noting for some time now, it is very easy to
> accidentally ignore Salsa MRs because the defaults don't send email to the
> maintainer when an MR is opened. I realize that this may look like
> "blatantly ignoring" an MR to people who regularly use Salsa, but for
> maintainers who do not, it's often entirely accidental.
For most people it is surely accidental, and sending a reminder to
check for open MRs like I did today can help.
There are many ways to easily check. As a picture explains more than a
thousand words, put some screenshots at
https://wiki2025.debian.org/wiki/Salsa to showcase.
I am contemplating if I should share the cases of bad behavior my
mentees experienced when trying to contribute, as you don't seem to
believe that such could have happened. For now I think that just
reminding people about checking MRs and reviewing them as a general
advice is the best course of action. Also note that I suggest people
to *review* MRs, I didn't say at any point that one must accept and
merge all contributions. For many Linux users who want to contribute
to Debian their first step is to file a bug or file a Merge Request,
and it would be a shame if they simply go ignored.
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