Re: Clarification about the "Uploaders" field

[Rhonda D'Vine <rhonda@deb.at>]

    Hey,

* Tiago Ilieve <tiago.myhro@gmail.com> [2016-02-20 23:16:04 CET]:
> "Do not do any changes to the package beside of backporting stuff."
> 
> But the "Uploaders" subsection of "Best Practice" suggests[2] that if
> add yourself to the "Uploaders" field, it becomes easier to follow the
> packages though DDPO.

 That's true.

> To me, this changes looks completely related to the backport itself,
> but for some people this may look like a package hijack.

 How is it a package hijack?  It's not replacing the maintainers in any
way but extending them.  It's adding new blood to the spin so to say,
and the "main" maintainers of the packages are very well invited to
maintain the packages through backports too.  It's even encouraged
because they are the ones who are expected to be able to judge better
when it makes sense to upload a backport update than a person outside of
the loop.

> Can we update the guidelines to make this a little bit more clear?
> Stating if one is supposed to do this or not?

 It's a matter of preference actually.  If you have different means to
track your backports (by subscribing through the PTS which is encouraged
anyway) instead of using the DDPO overview then that's absolutely fine.
One is supposed to track the packages they upload for the lifetime of
the release cycle; but we don't enforce a "this is the way you have to
do it" ruling here.

 Hope that helps. :)
Rhonda
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