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header-parser: add reviewer

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start with the header-parser component and read the discussion in DefinitelyTyped/dt-mergebot#248 for the approval-level context. Trace how header fields are parsed and determine where the optional field is represented. Done means headers can include the proposed approval-level value without the parser trying to interpret it.

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Description

Related to DefinitelyTyped/dt-mergebot#248: when this was discussed, the conclusion was that there's no good way to guess when an owner approval is required, and therefore the header should be extended with an optional field for the required approval level. The value should be owner or maintainer.

(Maybe for completeness allow other too? The parser can just ignore the actual value, and leave that for the mergebot to decide what to do with it.)

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