Re: Thaddeus H. Black in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Pierre Machard wrote: > > Do not worry if I set my name as uploader, so that it's easy for me to > > track packages I am sponsoring.
The PTS does perfectly suit this, and you can even subscribe to a package before it is in the archive. There is no need to add yourself to Uploaders unless you really want to co-maintain the package. > On debian-project[1], Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Here's what I want (if anyone is interested - so far I have only > > experied hostility when I offer my weird non-sponsoring help to > > outsiders wanting packages into Debian): > > > > A requirement that the Maintainer field always either matches an entry > > in the Debian keyring or the email ends in "@debian.org" (so that > > group-maintained packages at Alioth - where at least one in each group > > must be a DD - is also allowed). > > > > A requirement that latest changelog entry must match the person signing > > the package for upload to the archive. > > If every Debian sponsor were required to do what Pierre suggests, would > it solve the problem Jonas raises? I guess yes. Apart from that the Debian keyring contains keys, not email addresses. (Yes, there are userids on the keys...) > (The question is not really meant to propose a new policy. It is just a > question, to help me to understand the issue better.) I fail to see why where that proposal would help. (If you want to know the actual uploader, check the signature on the .dsc.) Christoph -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.df7cb.de/
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