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Bug#798476: debian-policy: don't require Uploaders



On Wed, Sep  9, 2015 at 22:30:10 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 09, 2015 at 09:57:27PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep  9, 2015 at 21:54:29 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, Sep 09, 2015 at 09:10:31PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > > > Package: debian-policy
> > > > Severity: wishlist
> > > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > for some time I've been uploading packages with Maintainer set to a
> > > > mailing list and no Uploaders field.
> > > 
> > > Do you realize that upload of such package will count as an NMU ?
> > > 
> > I'm honestly not sure what difference calling it NMU, team upload or QA
> > upload makes.
> 
> NMU are handled specially by various tools.

Such as?

> For once, NMUs do no close bugs.
> 
They have closed bugs for, err, 10 years now:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/07/msg00010.html

Cheers,
Julien

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