NixOS / NixOS/ofborg

Ping maintainers when they get removed

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Dominant language
Rust
Stars
322
Forks
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PR merge metrics
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Description

Currently, the maintainer pings are based on the state of the PR, not on the state prior to the PR. This means that people can be removed as maintainers from a package without getting pinged.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by tracing the maintainer-ping logic and how it determines package state before and after a pull request. The change is done when maintainers removed from a package are included in the relevant ping, with behavior verified against the existing project checks.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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