Bug#464230: developers-reference: drop "Who can do an NMU" section

[Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net>]

On 06/02/08 at 07:49 +0100, Luk Claes wrote:
> Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> 
> > I think that the section about "Who can do an NMU" should be removed.
> > There's no point in keeping it. Why wouldn't non-DD be allowed to
> > prepare NMU, and then find a sponsor?
> 
> Because every regression that resulted from the NMU should be dealt with
> as soon as possible to cause as little disturbance to the maintainer as
> possible. Waiting for sponsors in this case is not acceptable IMHO.
> 
> Thats why a DD who sponsors an NMU will in most cases be treated as the
> sole responsible of the upload.

Isn't it also the case for normal sponsored uploads?

> So instead of sponsoring the upload it
> would be much clearer if the DD just mentions the work done by the
> non-DD in the changelog.

Then maybe it's enough if the bug log is clear about who sponsored the
upload (and we should recommend that the sponsor makes it explicit that
he is the sponsor). But we have who-uploads to know who sponsored a
given upload.
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