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Re:Open-source, not open-contribution by gwillen on Thursday January 28, 2021 @06:27PM (#25951007)
> can't this be solved by putting the "burden of PR" on the PR-er? A long checklist of "I have read this" and "I have tested this" should raise the PR bar high enough to make the code review cost worth it.

People definitely do not read those. The less useful their PR is, the less likely they are to have read any of the stuff in the template.

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Re:Open-source, not open-contribution by cutemonster on Friday January 29, 2021 @12:19AM (#25954292)
And, also, it doesn't matter that much if the submitter has done all manual test steps (if any) -- the maintainer mostly needs to verify everything him/herself anyway
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