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Re: debian group on salsa allowing any DD to upload packages hosted there (Was: Bits from the DPL)



On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 11:45:39AM +0200, NoisyCoil wrote:
> On 21/08/25 11:26, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > but if they can't get commit access before they are
> > DDs, it makes it inconvienent for them to contribute. A dedicated team
> > would allow to give access to non-DDs with limited privileges (for
> > example using protected branches).
> I oppose this. Unless I misunderstood, I don't think new contributors should
> be given commit access to any branch, especially not to protected branches.
> What they need is the ability to file MRs and people to review them. Non-DDs
> (e.g. DMs, or regular contributors) can be given access on a case-by-case
> basis.
 
and I'm in favor of sometimes giving random newbees git commit access, this
has worked very well in the past for Debian Edu and also Reproducible Builds.

Obviously this doesnt work for all repos or all groups, but it *is* totally
fine for some.


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