On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 03:36:15PM -0700, Cordell Bloor wrote: > Hello, Hi there,
> 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? Yes and that anyone will be you. Just try it and report back. Upon reporting back: Tell about the package you have in mind. Like RFS. > Sincerely, > Cory Bloor Groeten Geert Stappers [1]: https://mentors.debian.net/sponsors/ [2]: https://wiki.debian.org/Glossary -- Silence is hard to parse
