Bug#381267: qa.debian.org: Confuses NMU/QA and sponsor of NMU/QA
On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 03:20:32PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 11:37:17AM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
>> http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=lmamane&comaint=yes says I've
>> NMUed thinkpad, while what I've done is sponsor an NMU by
>> jdthood@yahoo.co.uk.
> [You] (among other things) should consider yourself responsible for
> any bugs introduced in that upload.
That is correct. But because I *sponsored* the upload doesn't mean the
person that prepared is "off the hook".
> I think it's perfectly appropriate for the qa.d.o web pages to
> facilitate this.
It would do so just as effectively by listing thinkpad in the
"sponsored upload" category (or a new "sponsored NMUs" category) on my
page. It would be _more_ efficient by making that NMU appear (as an
NMU) on jdthood@yahoo.co.uk's page (additionally to my page).
> No, in fact, an NMU is a "non-maintainer upload". You uploaded it,
> so you performed an NMU,
That's ridiculous. So if I merely signed it and I let
jdthood@yahoo.co.uk do the actual FTP upload of the material prepared
by him and signed by me, it would change anything? Actually, the web
page has no idea that this is not what happened.
jtdhood prepared the new version, he did the work => credit is
his. He's the NMUer. I implemented the "have a DD check this non-DD
(and hence untrusted)" step. The sponsorship.
To take it from the other side, do you think it is a bug that the PTS
shows Thomas Hood's name, and not mine?
I'm not discussing the _consequences_ of what I did, just how it is
_called_.
--
Lionel
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