[Nix-dev] [***SPAM***] Re: Nixbot - a little helper for pull requests

[Michael Raskin]

>> I think most people who would get nixbot access will currently get full
>> commit access by promising not to touch things when they are not sure 
>> they understand the code. And if people do not know that, once in a few
>> months I run the vanity counter to find high-commit-count people without
>> commit access and inform them that they have a good chance to get commit
>> access for pushing updates and similar low-controversy changes.
>
>You are right, but a few dozen high-commit people won’t be able to maintain
>20k packages (or related PRs) without burning out quickly.
>It just doesn’t work that way.

We already have a few dozen, and I hope this will grow even more.

And if a person keeps maintaining 5 packages, 50 commits will accumulate
quite quickly…

>Arch only works so well because there is the gigantic AUR.