On Fri, 04 Aug 2017, Adrian Bunk wrote: > Regressing on being able to orphan all packages of a known-MIA/retired > maintainer would be very bad. > > Think of it as a 3 step process:
[...] > 3. for every package where the maintainer is in Maintainer or Uploaders > the MIA team either orphans the package, or informs team or > co-maintainers through an "Updating the <package> Uploaders list" bug. [...] > The part where removing the Uploaders: requirement could cause > regressions is step 3. > > Give for a person a complete list of all packages where this person > was active" - if we regress on this, it means that packages will > continue to bitrot in cases where they can currently be orphaned. MIA could find #3 by looking for all packages where the maintainer is the most recent uploader, and no other individual has recently uploaded the package. This would work even if Uploaders: lists people who are not MIA but have stopped being involved in the team. If there was any question, filing an O: bug against the package and marking it affects wnpp should notify the team who can close the O: bug if the package is still being maintained. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com With one simple pill we cured unhappiness and art -- a softer world #437 http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=437
