Hi Aaron, Am Mittwoch, den 27.05.2020, 23:59 -0700 schrieb Aaron Hill: > On 2020-05-27 11:14 pm, Jonas Hahnfeld wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, den 27.05.2020, 16:53 +0200 schrieb Valentin Villenave: > > > On 5/27/20, Aaron Hill < > > > [email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > > I probably could have been (or rather should > > > > be) submitting patches for consideration. > > > > > > Hear hear! But as I said, helping out on the lists is certainly not > > > less worthy as a way of contributing. > > > > > > > I went ahead and linked my GitHub with GitLab, so I am @seraku24 on both > > > > sites. > > > > > > OK, so now you should be able to send a membership request directly > > > from GitLab (I’m CCing Jonas just so he knows whom it’s coming from). > > > > Okay, so are you asking for Reporter permission to primarily manage > > issue reports or for Developer to actually merge code yourself? Note > > that submitting MRs is possible even without that level of permission. > > (Sorry if this has been discussed somewhere in the thread, I haven't > > checked all messages very closely.) > > That was what I had suspected, that no special permissions are needed to > contribute issues and/or merge requests. I certainly would not be > asking for anything beyond that level at this time. > > Perhaps all the eagerness around getting the project and team set up > with GitLab has put the proverbial cart before the horse here. (Or I > have grossly misinterpreted Valentin's intentions.)
please don't get me wrong: I don't want to deny you any permission to collaborate more easily. That's simply not my job, I just happen to be one of the persons with Owner permissions and probably the one with most experience about GitLab right now. > The question I see at this point is whether the project is in a > particular need of additional members for managing the various facets of > the repository. It would appear there are sufficient people, but that > is my outsider view. That would give me pause to reconsider pursuing > membership, seeing as I do not want to intrude on anything, especially > if my voice would only add to the cacophony. > > In some ways, this is akin to a job interview--determining whether the > candidate is a good fit for the job just as much as the company is a > good fit for the candidate. It is counter-productive for me to use my > time and talents to fill a role that does not need filling. Similarly, > it would be unwise for me to work a job I am ill-suited for despite the > desire to fill that position. My 2 cents on this one: Every community always needs more members / collaborators / whatever you call it 😉 there's never a "job" to fill , but always work to do. Jonas
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