Quoting Soren Stoutner (2025-05-30 19:46:04) > On Friday, May 30, 2025 8:03:40 AM Mountain Standard Time Joachim Zobel wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I just wanted to add that there is also an emotional aspect to this. I > > offered help and was ignored. So as a result I feel rejected with a > > general "if they don't want me they can get on without me" shrug. > > > > Also I am aware that this is _nonsense_ - no response probably means > > there simply was nobody - the feeling of being rejected is still there. > > By default, Salsa does not notify anyone of MRs. A package maintainer needs > to go to > each Salsa repository and change their notification settings if they want to > receive > notifications about MRs. Many package maintainers don’t even know they need > to do that. > And, in the case of someone who maintains a lot of packages, it is easy to > forget to do it > for one repository. > > Bug reports, on the other hand, email the package maintainers automatically. > > The bigger problem is probably that the above isn’t obvious to someone who is > contributing to Debian for the first time.
A crucial part of that bigger problem is that Debian has *not* decided to rely on Salsa for tracking bugs or patch contributions. Some in Debian have not "forgotten" to turn on notifications for merge requests, but have deliberately turned off the "chatty" Salsa features to reduce confusion for newcomers that might mistake them as ways to reach Debian. Debian uses Debbugs to track issues - other means of collaboration vary from package to package - be that merge requests, mailinglists, irc, video chat, etherpad, wiki etc. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ * Sponsorship: https://ko-fi.com/drjones [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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