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On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 10:39:06PM +0200, Fabrice Bauzac-Stehly wrote:
> I have followed the procedure to be able to contribute within the Debian
> Python team some time ago, and I now have permissions related to the
> Debian Python team.
Then you can contribute directly, at least to the packages where the team
is Maintainer.

> I'd like to know what would be the best course of action and avoid
> seeming bold or rude.  Let's take my merge request below as example:
> 
> https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/beaker/-/merge_requests/1
> 
> It's been there for 3 months without comment.  
We are frozen, but Salsa MRs are also not always reacted upon immediately
(or ever).

> Should I expect that
> there are people watching new merge requests, through e.g. some e-mail
> sent to them whenever a new merge request is created? 
No, because it's opt-in, even though
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2020/04/msg00009.html asks
people to opt in or disable MRs.

> Or should I advertise this merge request first on this mailing-list, so
> that it gets some attention?
Normal practice is "advertising" it on a bug report.

> Or should I assume that I am trusted to be a careful person, merging
> myself changes that I believe are "safe", but starting a thread for
> changes I have doubts about?
Well, you don't need to join the team to just send patches and MRs.

-- 
WBR, wRAR

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