Probably adding them as guests (or developers) would be the way to go. My guess is it's to cut down on accidental assignments, but these policies always have side-effects.
Barry Smith <bsm...@petsc.dev> writes: > Is there a way to add people not in some magic inner circle as an MR > reviewer? For example, I try to add James Wright (@jrwrigh </jrwrigh>) with > @jrwrigh </jrwrigh> or jrwrigh </jrwrigh> as an assignee or reviewer to my > MR, and it cannot find them. > > But on the other hand, if THEY started an MR in a fork then I can add them > as an assignee with no trouble. It seems if they submit the MR their name > joins the magic inner circle but only for that MR single MR. Silly IMHO. > > Thanks