Re: modifications by sponsors
* Bart Martens <bartm@debian.org>, 2012-07-11, 11:34:
I have the following questions about sponsorship. I would like to
welcome answers from sponsors and from people maintaining packages via
sponsorship.
Is it OK that a sponsor adds modifications to a sponsored package ?
Sometimes. Adding DMUA comes to mind…
If a change is small and uncontroversial, and it would be the last thing
stopping you from upload, then doing a fix yourself saves you a
round-trip.
Is it OK that a sponsor adds him/herself to "Uploaders" ?
If you intend to co-maintain the package and the current maintainer is
okay with that, then yes. (Wasn't co-maintenance supposed to be the best
thing since sliced bread? :>)
One thing one has to be wary about is: a question if the sponsor can add
themselves to Uploaders can be seen by the sponsoree as an offer they
cannot refuse. It's a good idea to make it clear that this is not the
case.
p.s. Not subscribed.
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Jakub Wilk
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