On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 11:07:40AM +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.
My reading of what you quoted is: if you want these things to happen, then reviewing MRs posted by others is *a* great way to help out. He didn't say it's the *only* way, and didn't imply that not reviewing MRs on salsa means you don't want Debian to get new contributors etc.
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