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Re: Question to all voters: Is team upload in some example case OK? (Was: Question to all candidates: What are your technical goals)



On Fri, Apr 05, 2024 at 12:37:19PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi Tobias,
> 
> Am Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 07:59:56PM +0200 schrieb Tobias Frost:
> > 
> > There is the possilbity to salavage the packagei [1], but that of course will
> > only work if the person agrees to take over maintainance and add their name to
> > Uploaders: or Maintainer: [2]. 
> 
> I want to be able to immediately respond to future problems in this
> package.  I'm fine with putting Debian Med team as maintainer, but not
> my personal ID (maximum as Uploader since I do not have any personal
> packages).
> 
> Do you think this would be the appropriate action (which I personally
> would even prefer over debian/ space)?  The conservative criteria
> are fulfilled.

Yes, (if your name is in Uploaders:) this is is fine.

> Kind regards
>    Andreas.
> 
> > The package can be put into a team's umbrella at the ITS time.  This
> > does not need an explicit OK, though the maintainer can veto.
> > 
> > [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.en.html#package-salvaging
> >     https://wiki.debian.org/PackageSalvaging
> > 
> > [2] This is a feature, the ITS procedure has been designed exactly that
> >     way, to avoid that people just do an upload and drop the package
> >     immediatly afterwards, as this will likely only upset the current
> >     maintainer without long-term benefits to the package - kind of to
> >     avoid the reaction Marc predicted.
> >     If taking over the maintaince is not the goal, remember NMU allow
> >     one to fix almost every bug, also wishlist bugs are regularily in
> >     scope. And bugs can be filed, if needed. 
> >     Some Background story: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2018/07/msg00453.html
> > 
> > --  
> > tobi
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> https://fam-tille.de
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