Hello,
I'm a Debian Maintainer with upload permissions for various packages in
the ROCm GPU compute stack. The Debian ROCm Team has a few Sponsored
Maintainers contributing to our packages, but is short on Debian
Developers to review them. One of the DDs that I work with has suggested
that I should be reviewing and sponsoring uploads, but I'm not sure that
would be appropriate. The sponsoring process page [1] states:
> Remember: Only Debian Developer are allowed to sponsor packages.
The glossary on the wiki [2] also states that a Sponsor is:
> A Debian Member with upload privileges
and states that a Debian Member refers to:
> Full members of the Debian Project
The entry for Debian Maintainers notes that:
> DMs aren't yet members of the Debian Project
This all seems consistent with the theory that it would be inappropriate
for me as a Debian Maintainer to sponsor an upload from a Sponsored
Maintainer, even if I have permission to independently upload my own
changes for that package.
Can anyone confirm one way or another?
Sincerely,
Cory Bloor
[1]: https://mentors.debian.net/sponsors/
[2]: https://wiki.debian.org/Glossary
