[bug#66436] [PATCH v2] doc: Add some guidelines for reviewing.

[Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>]

Re,

On Tue, 24 Oct 2023 at 10:49, Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote:

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>> +Perhaps the biggest action you can do to help GNU Guix grow as a project
>> +is to review the work contributed by others.  You do not need to be a
>> +committer to do so; applying, reading the source, building, linting and
>> +running other people's series and sharing your comments about your
>> +experience will give some confidence to committers, and should result in
>> +the proposed change being merged faster.
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

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> IMHO, it is worth to clearly state:
>
>  1. what helps the review process:
>
>     « applying, reading the source, building, linting and running other
>     people's series and sharing your comments about your experience will
>     give some confidence to committers, and should result in the
>     proposed change being merged faster. »

Although I do not know if it is the right place, I would mention that
“building” also means that the dependants still build or clearly
indicate if something breaks.


Cheers,
simon