Hi, On 13/07/10 04:15, Russ Allbery wrote: > Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> writes: > >> Moving this out of a footnote into the body of policy would probably make >> this hang together better. Perhaps: > >> If the maintainer of a package no longer has time or desire to maintain a >> package, it will be orphaned according to the procedure described in the >> Debian Developer's Reference (see <ref id="related">). The maintainer >> then becomes <tt>Debian QA Group <packages@qa.debian.org></tt>. >> These packages are considered maintained by the Debian project as a >> whole until someone else volunteers to take over maintenance. > > That's much better, thank you. > >> s/beside/besides/ sounds better, IMHO. > > Thanks, fixed. > > Here's the updated patch. > > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index 7736ddb..8efc74d 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -886,23 +886,39 @@ > > </sect> > > - <sect> > + <sect id="maintainer"> > <heading>The maintainer of a package</heading> > > <p> > - Every package must have a Debian maintainer (the > - maintainer may be one person or a group of people > - reachable from a common email address, such as a mailing > - list). The maintainer is responsible for ensuring that > - the package is placed in the appropriate distributions. > - </p> > - > - <p> > - The maintainer must be specified in the > - <tt>Maintainer</tt> control field with their correct name > - and a working email address. If one person maintains > - several packages, they should try to avoid having > - different forms of their name and email address in > + Every package must have a maintainer. The maintainer may be one > + person or a group of people reachable from a common email > + address, such as a mailing list. The maintainer is responsible > + for maintaining the Debian packaging files, evaluating and > + responding appropriately to reported bugs, uploading new > + versions of the package (either directly or through a sponsor), > + ensuring that the package is placed in the appropriate archive > + area and included in Debian releases as appropriate for the > + stability and utility of the package, and requesting removal of > + the package from the Debian distribution if it is no longer > + useful or maintainable. > + </p> > + > + <p> > + The maintainer must be specified in the <tt>Maintainer</tt> > + control field with their correct name and a working email > + address. The email address given in the <tt>Maintainer</tt> > + control field must accept mail from those role accounts in > + Debian used to send automated mails regarding the package. This > + includes non-spam mail from the bug-tracking system, all mail > + from the Debian archive maintenance software, and other role > + accounts or automated processes that are commonly agreed on by > + the project.<footnote> > + A sample implementation of such a whitelist written for the > + Mailman mailing list management software is used for mailing > + lists hosted by alioth.debian.org. > + </footnote> > + If one person or team maintains several packages, they should > + use the same form of their name and email address in > the <tt>Maintainer</tt> fields of those packages. > </p> > > @@ -912,16 +928,22 @@ > </p> > > <p> > - If the maintainer of a package quits from the Debian > - project, "Debian QA Group" > - <email>packages@qa.debian.org</email> takes over the > - maintainer-ship of the package until someone else > - volunteers for that task. These packages are called > - <em>orphaned packages</em>.<footnote> > - The detailed procedure for doing this gracefully can > - be found in the Debian Developer's Reference, > - see <ref id="related">. > - </footnote> > + If the maintainer of the package is a team of people with a > + shared email address, the <tt>Uploaders</tt> control field must > + be present and must contain at least one human with their > + personal email address. See <ref id="f-Uploaders"> for the > + syntax of that field. > + </p> > + > + <p> > + If the maintainer of a package no longer has time or desire to > + maintain a package, it will be orphaned according to the > + procedure described in the Debian Developer's Reference > + (see <ref id="related">). The maintainer then > + becomes <tt>Debian QA Group <packages@qa.debian.org></tt>. > + These packages are considered maintained by the Debian project > + as a whole until someone else volunteers to take over > + maintenance. > </p> > </sect> > > @@ -2698,20 +2720,32 @@ Package: libc6 > putting the name in round brackets and moving it to the > end, and bringing the email address forward). > </p> > + > + <p> > + See <ref id="maintainer"> for additional requirements and > + information about package maintainers. > + </p> > </sect1> > > <sect1 id="f-Uploaders"> > <heading><tt>Uploaders</tt></heading> > > <p> > - List of the names and email addresses of co-maintainers of > - the package, if any. If the package has other maintainers > - beside the one named in the > - <qref id="f-Maintainer">Maintainer field</qref>, their names > - and email addresses should be listed here. The format of each > - entry is the same as that of the Maintainer field, and > - multiple entries must be comma separated. This is an optional > - field. > + List of the names and email addresses of co-maintainers of the > + package, if any. If the package has other maintainers besides > + the one named in the <qref id="f-Maintainer">Maintainer > + field</qref>, their names and email addresses should be listed > + here. The format of each entry is the same as that of the > + Maintainer field, and multiple entries must be comma > + separated. > + </p> > + > + <p> > + This is normally an optional field, but if > + the <tt>Maintainer</tt> control field names a group of people > + and a shared email address, the <tt>Uploaders</tt> field must > + be present and must contain at least one human with their > + personal email address. > </p> > > <p> > Seconded, with the s/it will be orphaned/it should be orphaned/ (or whatever you come up with) change as Raphaël mentioned. Regards, Emilio
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