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

[Barry Smith]

  Yeah, I've done it for a couple of people like Victor; but it is too painful a process for me to do for a one-off. Maybe they could have two levels of search, where by default it is only friends and relations but if you pull something it becomes everyone.

> On May 24, 2023, at 1:50 PM, Jed Brown <jed at jedbrown.org> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Barry Smith <bsmith at petsc.dev> writes:
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>>  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