On Fri, 2025-01-24 at 11:07 +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Otto Kekäläinen (2025-01-24 01:32:34) > > If you don't like using Salsa or don't like reviewing Merge Requests, > > then this call is probably not for you. However, if you want Debian to > > grow and you want to welcome new contributors, or in general work in a > > collaborative way towards ending single-maintainer packages, reviewing > > MRs posted by others a great way to help out. > > That reads very strange to me: > > * If I want Debian to grow, then I want Salsa code reviews. > * If I want to welcome new contributors, then I want Salsa code reviews. > * If I want to work collaboratively, then I want Salsa code reviews. > > Conclusion: I must drink the Salsa cool-aid, or I am effectively caring > about neither the project, my peers nor about collaboration. Not fully > embracing Salsa makes me a selfish and conservative person. > > Please explain to me how I am failing to read correctly what you meant > by that last paragraph I cite above, Otto, because I cannot believe that > you are really arguing the above - I must be mistaken. > > Please help me assume good faith. > > - Jonas >
Hello, As someone just starting out with Debian, I'd like to share my perspective on this discussion. I only recently contacted the welcome team and have been following the mailing lists while waiting for my salsa account approval. From what I've seen so far, Debian's development process can be quite challenging to understand as a newcomer. In my opinion, having a more intuitive web interface through a code forge like GitLab would lower the barrier to entry for potential contributors. I believe that normalizing merge requests would particularly benefit contributors from younger generations, who are more familiar with these modern development workflows. Exploring the BTS is, for me at least, more confusing for me than exploring a git repository with issues and merge requests on salsa. This is my first email to the lists. I hope these thoughts are relevant and helpful to the discussion. Best regards, -- * Christoph J. Scherr - Student * Website: https://www.cscherr.de
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