Am Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 11:06:09PM +0900 schrieb Charles Plessy:
>
> 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.
As a team member of this team I support this *conditional* setting
(= *if* Uploaders is empty *then* set it to the current Uploader).
Perhaps this automatism should be avoided if the Upload is explicitly
marked as NMU.
> This doesn’t increase anyone’s workload; it just preserves the status
> quo and avoids unnecessary noise.
ACK
> 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.
+1
Kind regards
Andreas.
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