Re: Maintainer: Debian Commons

Simon Josefsson <[email protected]> Tue, 12 May 2026 10:22:59 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.general
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Paul Gevers <[email protected]> writes:

>>> DDPO shows all packages using Debian Commons together like here:
>>> https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=viking%40packages.debian.org
>> What witchery is that?
>
>
> I have no idea, I wasn't expecting it to work but just noticed
> it. There is extremely weird witchery involved though, because the
> other package that still use the old "be my guest" also show up there,
> awesome :). However, I just noticed that the witchery appears weird to
> me though, as
> https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=cppi%40packages.debian.org
> doesn't get merged into it. So I'm inferring that it checks the
> uploaders field somehow. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. I guess
> if/when this idea gets widespread the tools will be adapted by their
> owners or the commoners (via patches, MRs or straight fixes).

Indeed, it seems [email protected] somehow, I was expecting "my"
packages to show up but it doesn't seem to work.

I would still prefer some static e-mail address.  It makes things easier
for generators of debian/control and parsers for statistical purposes.
What do you think?  Would some magic static e-mail address be better?
Which one?

/Simon

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