Hi Cordell, On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 03:36:15PM GMT, Cordell Bloor wrote: > 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?
It is very much appreciated that you were diligent and consulted documentation (and this list) before trying to sponsor packages as a DM. Technically, it's not possible. See: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer#Granting_Permissions You can check which packages you have permission to upload here: https://ftp-master.debian.org/dm.txt For now, I'd suggest you to become co-maintainer for the packages that you will be reviewing, ask a DD to give you upload rights for these packages, and then, as you're in a team, do a team-upload. https://wiki.debian.org/TeamUpload Also, if other DDs who work with you think that you are capable of reviewing and sponsoring packages, you could check what they think about advocating you to become a DD. If you're interested and feel ready for that too, of course. Thanks for contributing to Debian. Bests, -- Tiago
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