On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:06:09 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
If packages without Uploaders turn out to be problematic, we could adopt a simple r-pkg-team rule: the next person who uploads Uploaderless packages becomes the Uploader by default, using something like the one‑liner above.
That's what's happening in the Debian Perl Group (in practice, I don't think it's written down somewhere and I guess people do it manually).
Still, I think making the Uploader field optional is the cleaner long‑term solution, especially since this kind of metadata can be maintained outside the archive.
Ack. Cheers, gregor -- .''`. https://info.comodo.priv.at -- Debian Developer https://www.debian.org : :' : OpenPGP fingerprint D1E1 316E 93A7 60A8 104D 85FA BB3A 6801 8649 AA06 `. `' Member VIBE!AT & SPI Inc. -- Supporter Free Software Foundation Europe`-
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