[petsc-dev] How to add strangers as MR reviewers?

[Jed Brown]

Probably adding them as guests (or developers) would be the way to go. My guess is it's to cut down on accidental assignments, but these policies always have side-effects.

Barry Smith <bsmith at petsc.dev> writes:

>   Is there a way to add people not in some magic inner circle as an MR reviewer? For example, I try to add James Wright (@jrwrigh </jrwrigh>) with @jrwrigh </jrwrigh> or jrwrigh </jrwrigh> as an assignee or reviewer to my MR, and it cannot find them. 
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>   But on the other hand, if THEY started an MR in a fork then I can add them as an assignee with no trouble. It seems if they submit the MR their name joins the magic inner circle but only for that MR single MR. Silly IMHO.
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>   Thanks