Hi Tiago, On 2025-01-17 14:51, Tiago Bortoletto Vaz wrote: > 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
I think there might be a misunderstanding here: the above article is about granting someone else upload privileges. Whereas here, we have a DM who already has upload privileges, who would upload a version of a team-maintained package that was prepared by another team member who themselves aren't a DM yet. This obviously cannot be a problem if contributions to the new version were split 50/50 or even 80/20 between the DM and non-DM, as that is the nature of a team-maintained package. I posit that it shouldn't be a problem for the DM to upload even in the 0/100 case. If the DM is given trust do to uploads, that implies trust that the DM will review the uploads, and has the necessary skills to identify and correct any defects, including those caused by other team members (DD or not). This is just the "formal" view. On a technical level, I don't see what could stop a DM for going ahead with this regardless, as the only obstacle could possibly be the Changes line, and the DM could simply change that before upload. Best, Christian
