[...] Is the HOWTO the Secretary's interpretation/decision?Unfortunately, no. The HOWTO has not been updated to keep up with the recent changes in the constitution.
Which package gets bug reports about that? www.debian.org or project or ...?
Anyway, will you tell us what your interpretation is, for the abstract general case? Roughly what is the range of valid forms a caller could use?
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