Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL)

Le Thu, Feb 05, 2026 at 10:58:22PM +0100, Simon Josefsson a écrit :
> It seems to me that the Uploaders: fields doesn't really reflect any
> relevant information, or at least none that is kept up to date.

It depends on the team. In the Games Team, I tend to add myself in Uploaders
for any package I care about enough to sponser uploads. So any non-DD contributor
can look at that field and find a list of people who might be willing to sponsor
their work.

In the same way, when I need to know if a given package is still maintained or
is technically orphaned, it’s the people in this field I get in touch with.

Of course an Uploaders field is useful only if it is kept up-to-date,
for a reasonable reading of "up-to-date".

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