On Fri, Jun 19, 2026 at 11:21 AM Dr. Tobias Quathamer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Otto, > > I don't think that the go team needs a policy for membership. To me, > that seems like it raises the barrier for contributions higher. I guess > that the trust in Debian that you've mentioned is probably due to the > fact that only selected people are allowed to upload directly (DDs and > DMs). All other contributions need to be checked by a DD anyway. > > Given that only few people are currently visibly active in the go team, > I would rather welcome new contributors by letting them join on salsa > immediately. I don't think that new contributors could do much harm, > because nothing from salsa gets uploaded to Debian automatically. > > My personal experience is that I've been able to join many teams right > away after asking. That feels very nice and welcoming. Also, it > simplifies my contributions greatly, because I can work already in the > proper namespace of that team.
Thanks for calling this out Tobias - I agree 100%. It also reduced the work for the reviewing process. Best regards, -- -Andrew
