Hi, On 11.07.2012 13:34, Bart Martens wrote: > Is it OK that a sponsor adds modifications to a sponsored package ? I see it regularly that sponsors do little modifications of packages before uploading them. They may fix spelling errors, fix formatting, do cosmetic fixes and so on before uploading a package. Typically they do so to save both parties some time, as they would like to avoid the usual ping-pong game which goes like "if you fix X, Y, Z I will upload your package", wait for a response and a new package and start looking again. Instead they just do such minor changes, upload and send the sponsored people a debdiff/git patch or whatever. Typically they do not add such changes to debian/changelog though and I think that's all fine. > Is it OK that a sponsor adds him/herself to "Uploaders" ? That depends. Personally I did not have a reason to do so, but I know some people do. While I think it is clearly the wrong thing to add yourself to uploaders _just_ for sponsoring a package, there are cases where it makes sense. Imagine you are sponsoring a package because you are personally interested to use it. Chances are you might find yourself to find some bugs or other issues with it you would like to _fix_ yourself. Then it makes sense that you are in Uploaders as well and you eventually form a packaging team with your sponsoree. -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D
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