Re: Bug#901584: DMs' difficulties in uploading packages into Backports (Was: Re: Bug#901584 closed by Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl>)
On Fri, 15 Jun 2018, Boyuan Yang wrote:
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> > From: Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl>
> > To: 901584-done@bugs.debian.org
> > Cc:
> > Bcc:
> > Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 15:37:07 +0200
> > Subject: Re: Bug#901584: RFS: flameshot/0.5.1+git20180601-1~bpo9+1
> > On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 11:04:31AM +0800, Boyuan Yang wrote:
> > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "flameshot" into stretch-backports.
> > >
> > > * Package name : flameshot
> > > Version : 0.5.1+git20180601-1~bpo9+1
> >
> > It's an update, so it doesn't need to go through NEW, and you got DM rights.
> > So you should be able to upload it yourself...
> > I've done it this time, though.
>
> According to https://backports.debian.org/Contribute/ :
>
> "All Debian Developers (DD) can get their uid into the backports ACL.
> If you want to get include please open a ticket in the debian request
> tracker - please use the backports queue for the ticket."
>
> [...]
>
> "Debian Maintainers (DM) can also get their uid into the backports
> ACL. Please follow the instructions for Debian Developers."
>
> "The Debian Maintainer needs to have upload rights for the specific
> package they want to upload to backports (the same right they need for
> uploading that package to unstable), otherwise the upload will not
> succeed."
>
> That essentially means that a DM can only directly upload onto
> Debian's backports repositories if:
>
> 1. That Debian Maintainer is granted DM upload right for the package;
>
> 2. and that Debian Maintainer asks another Debian Developer to open an
> RT ticket to get the uid into the backports ACL and wait till the
> ticket is finished. Note that non-DDs have no access to RT system thus
> a sponsorship of RT ticket from other DDs is needed.
3. and another DD uploads the package to backports-new (DMs can't upload to
new).
(and as stated otherwise you can open tickets by mail).
Alex
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