Re: Can Debian Maintainers sponsor packages?
On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 03:36:15PM -0700, Cordell Bloor wrote:
> Hello,
Hi there,
> I'm a Debian Maintainer with upload permissions for various packages in the
> ROCm GPU compute stack. The Debian ROCm Team has a few Sponsored Maintainers
> contributing to our packages, but is short on Debian Developers to review
> them. One of the DDs that I work with has suggested that I should be
> reviewing and sponsoring uploads, but I'm not sure that would be
> appropriate. The sponsoring process page [1] states:
>
> > Remember: Only Debian Developer are allowed to sponsor packages.
>
> The glossary on the wiki [2] also states that a Sponsor is:
>
> > A Debian Member with upload privileges
>
> and states that a Debian Member refers to:
>
> > Full members of the Debian Project
>
> The entry for Debian Maintainers notes that:
>
> > DMs aren't yet members of the Debian Project
>
> This all seems consistent with the theory that it would be inappropriate for
> me as a Debian Maintainer to sponsor an upload from a Sponsored Maintainer,
> even if I have permission to independently upload my own changes for that
> package.
>
> Can anyone confirm one way or another?
Yes and that anyone will be you.
Just try it and report back.
Upon reporting back: Tell about the package you have in mind. Like RFS.
> Sincerely,
> Cory Bloor
Groeten
Geert Stappers
[1]: https://mentors.debian.net/sponsors/
[2]: https://wiki.debian.org/Glossary
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