Re: GitLab access

[Jonas Hahnfeld]

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 <
> > > lilypond@hillvisions.com
> > > > 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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