On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 10:51:17AM +0200, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > Hello, > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 11:01:35PM -0000, Aleksey Kravchenko (via > nm.debian.org) wrote: > > I would like to apply to change my status in Debian to Debian Maintainer, > > with guest account. > > I mantain rhash package for many years. Since 2018 I also participate in > > mantaining of various > > security related packages as a member of the Debian Security Tools > > Packaging Team. > > > This is a non-actionable request. You are not explaining why you would > need a guest account. > You'd need to provide an actual reason, together with the architecture > you need it for. > > You mention rhash, but that package had a last upload in July 2020 and > built fine everywhere, so I doubt you need porterbox access for that. > > Keep in mind that porterbox access is granted on a need-to-have basis, > only for single architectures, and for a limited amount of time.
Maybe the web interface should list explicitly the conditions for each status, and make the applicant confirm that. This could avoid this type of back and forth on requests for guest accounts, which has been pretty common recently.
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature
