On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 5:37 AM, shirish शिरीष wrote: > For e.g. if I have an application which I either package or get it > packaged through friends, I submit through an RFS - Request for > Sponsorship. Now while I know that people are tested for their > knowledge of DFSG and they have to read in order to understand what's > good or not, if it's a new license, how things flow ? Does the DD, > the sponsor ask for a ruling or does the ftp-master/ftp-assistant > asks/decides ?
First, the upstream maintainer creates and maintains the project and maintains the copyright and license info for that. Second, the Debian package maintainer reviews the upstream copyright/license information, discusses any inconsistencies and problems with upstream and documents the result in the debian/copyright file. Once the package is acceptable to Debian, including the copyright/licensing, then they will either build the package and upload it to Debian (if they can upload to Debian) or request a Debian package sponsor. Third, the Debian package sponsor (if one is needed) reviews the debian/copyright file and the upstream copyright/license information and discusses any inconsistencies and problems with the Debian package maintainer, who may further discuss those with upstream. Once the package is acceptable to Debian, including the copyright/licensing, then they will build the package and upload it to Debian. Fourth, the Debian archive maintainers (aka the ftp-team) reviews the debian/copyright file and the upstream copyright/license information. They may accept the package, discuss any inconsistencies with the Debian package maintainer, or reject the package outright. There may be other parties (Debian package reviewers, team members etc) doing additional review at some stage of the process. > Or perhaps a bit more interestingly, do we keep stats. of packages > rejected according to reason ? If it's documented, where could I find > those stats ? The most common reasons for rejection by the ftp-team are documented here: https://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html I don't think they keep any statistics but they may keep a copy of all rejection mail somewhere. Recent rejections are available to Debian members on the mirror.ftp-master.debian.org server in /srv/ftp-master.debian.org/queue/reject/, it looks like they are deleted or moved elsewhere after 2 weeks. If the Maintainer of the package contains a publicly archived mailing list then the rejection reasons will be made public when they are sent, otherwise they will stay private. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
