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Bug#798476: Returning to the requirement that Uploaders: contain humans



On Fri, 04 Aug 2017, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> And it would not work when the latest maintainer upload was by a team
> member who retired or was declared MIA earlier.

That can be found out by recursing until you find a non-MIA individual
who has uploaded since the previous stable release, or something like
that.

> Uploaders is not the only option for doing that, but any change should
> include provising more reliable information - not less reliable
> information.

In practice, Uploaders often only includes people who have ever uploaded
the package, not everyone who is on (or still on) the team. I you'll
have better luck with a who-uploads equivalent.

> An O: bug means that it is confirmed that the package is orphaned, and
> gives permission to everyone to adopt the package immediately.

So just file an an Intent-To-Orphan bug. [This why I suggested to file
the bug against the package, and not against wnpp.]

In N days, the bug can be filed against 

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