Re: Request for assistance maintaining LibreWolf

[Ian Eure]

Suhail Singh <suhailsingh247@gmail.com> writes:

> Ian Eure <ian@retrospec.tv> writes:
>
> > The initial patch to update the version to 127.x was submitted 
> > on June
> > 29th; updated to 128.x on July 17th; and I’ll be sending the 
> > patch
> > updating it to 129.x later today, after I’ve finished building 
> > and
> > testing it.
>
> Thank you for your continued commitment to this despite the lack 
> of
> timely review.

I appreciate your kind words; thank you.


> > I’m stuck in an impossible situation.  I can’t apply for 
> > committer access until
> > I have more accepted contributions, but can’t build those 
> > contributions unless
> > my patches are reviewed.  It’s frustrating and demoralizing.
>
> I can empathize.  I decided to take a step back from posting
> contributions earlier this year for similar reasons.  I am 
> hopeful this
> can improve in the (near) future.

I’m feeling very similarly, and have been biasing to maintaining 
my own channel lately.


> > A second, and smaller question, is: is there a mechanism to 
> > direct others’
> > contributions to LibreWolf to me for review, without 
> > subscribing to every patch
> > sent to Guix?  I have seen some patches, and participated, but 
> > I have to go look
> > for those, and it’d be more convenient if they were directed to 
> > me in the first
> > place.
>
> I believe the usual way of doing something like this is via 
> teams (see
> ./etc/teams.scm ).

I’m not sure whether/how well this mechanism works for 
non-committers.

Thanks,
 — Ian