From: otto@debian.org 
  
 Hi, 
  
 > > I have now witnessed several cases where a maintainer blatantly 
 > > ignored the MRs their package received. 
 > 
 > As several of us have been noting for some time now, it is very easy to 
 > accidentally ignore Salsa MRs because the defaults don't send email to the 
 > maintainer when an MR is opened. I realize that this may look like 
 > "blatantly ignoring" an MR to people who regularly use Salsa, but for 
 > maintainers who do not, it's often entirely accidental. 
  
 For most people it is surely accidental, and sending a reminder to 
 check for open MRs like I did today can help. 
  
 There are many ways to easily check. As a picture explains more than a 
 thousand words, put some screenshots at 
 https://wiki2025.debian.org/wiki/Salsa to showcase. 
  
 I am contemplating if I should share the cases of bad behavior my 
 mentees experienced when trying to contribute, as you don't seem to 
 believe that such could have happened. For now I think that just 
 reminding people about checking MRs and reviewing them as a general 
 advice is the best course of action. Also note that I suggest people 
 to *review* MRs, I didn't say at any point that one must accept and 
 merge all contributions. For many Linux users who want to contribute 
 to Debian their first step is to file a bug or file a Merge Request, 
 and it would be a shame if they simply go ignored. 
  
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