Bug#1041464: debian-policy: make Uploaders field optional for team-maintained packages
Hello, On Wed 19 Jul 2023 at 10:48am +01, Luca Boccassi wrote: > Thanks, I skimmed through that long discussion and it seems to me it > went nowhere. I don't think there's any benefit in attempting to just > restart it. What about escalating to the CTTE and ask them to make a > decision? That way the matter can be closed one way or the other. That would be a premature escalation -- if you want to drive this, please approach the MIA team. -- Sean Whitton
Bug#1041464: debian-policy: make Uploaders field optional for team-maintained packages
On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 at 10:26, Sean Whitton wrote: > > control: forcemerge 798476 1041464 > > Hello, > > On Wed 19 Jul 2023 at 10:18am +01, Luca Boccassi wrote: > > > Assigning ownership to individuals deters group and team maintenance, > > as other team members will feel like they are overstepping when working > > on a package for which other people are marked as Uploaders. > > > > In order to remove all barriers to team contributions and maintenance, > > make the 'Uploaders' field optional instead of mandatory when the > > 'Maintainer' is a team alias. This allows packages where we do not want > > to assign ownership to any individual, but leave them be purely team > > maintained, to do so. > > I wanted to do this some years ago, but the MIA team objected. So you'd > need to speak to them first. Thanks, I skimmed through that long discussion and it seems to me it went nowhere. I don't think there's any benefit in attempting to just restart it. What about escalating to the CTTE and ask them to make a decision? That way the matter can be closed one way or the other. Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
Bug#1041464: debian-policy: make Uploaders field optional for team-maintained packages
control: forcemerge 798476 1041464 Hello, On Wed 19 Jul 2023 at 10:18am +01, Luca Boccassi wrote: > Assigning ownership to individuals deters group and team maintenance, > as other team members will feel like they are overstepping when working > on a package for which other people are marked as Uploaders. > > In order to remove all barriers to team contributions and maintenance, > make the 'Uploaders' field optional instead of mandatory when the > 'Maintainer' is a team alias. This allows packages where we do not want > to assign ownership to any individual, but leave them be purely team > maintained, to do so. I wanted to do this some years ago, but the MIA team objected. So you'd need to speak to them first. -- Sean Whitton
Bug#1041464: debian-policy: make Uploaders field optional for team-maintained packages
Package: debian-policy Assigning ownership to individuals deters group and team maintenance, as other team members will feel like they are overstepping when working on a package for which other people are marked as Uploaders. In order to remove all barriers to team contributions and maintenance, make the 'Uploaders' field optional instead of mandatory when the 'Maintainer' is a team alias. This allows packages where we do not want to assign ownership to any individual, but leave them be purely team maintained, to do so. -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi From Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luca Boccassi Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 10:14:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Make 'Uploaders' field optional for team maintenance Naming people in Uploaders assigns ownership and deters team maintenance, make the field optional --- policy/ch-binary.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/policy/ch-binary.rst b/policy/ch-binary.rst index a03a3b8..e314168 100644 --- a/policy/ch-binary.rst +++ b/policy/ch-binary.rst @@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ The format of the ``Maintainer`` control field is described in :ref:`s-f-Maintainer`. If the maintainer of the package is a team of people with a shared email -address, the ``Uploaders`` control field must be present and must -contain at least one human with their personal email address. See +address, the ``Uploaders`` control field can be present, in which case it +must contain at least one human with their personal email address. See :ref:`s-f-Uploaders` for the syntax of that field. An orphaned package is one with no current maintainer. Orphaned packages signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
