On Thu Aug 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM CEST, Simon McVittie wrote:
if we see
Package: example
Maintainer: Example maintainers <example@packages.debian.org>
Uploaders: Minnie Mouse <...>, Donald Duck <...>, Debian <debian-devel@...>
then I think that makes it a lot more obvious that the two
maintainers are saying, at least, "any Debian developer is welcome
to join our team" (and perhaps also welcoming 0-day uploads from
anyone).
Yes, this is clearer. But also, what's the point of having the
Maintainer field then?