Merge Request based Collaboration for Debian packages
While single-maintainer packages will continue to exist, there are also many maintainers who feel that working collaboratively is more motivating, helps prevent burnout, and offers more opportunities to learn new things, improve package quality and deliver more value to Debian users.
With ubiquitous use of salsa.debian.org, some patterns have emerged for workflows in importing new package versions, preparing packaging changes, testing and reviewing them. The lowest denominator principles are drafted in DEP-18.
In this BoF session people who are interested in exploring this area will discuss what these patterns are, and how they can be further optimized and documented for more maintainers to benefit from them. Having better workflows that are properly documented may also help lower the barrier of entry for new maintainers.