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

Sean Whitton <[email protected]> Sun, 08 Feb 2026 12:54:41 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.project
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Hello,

Russ Allbery [07/Feb  9:28am -08] wrote:
> I am increasingly inclined to remove the requirement that Uploaders be
> present for team-maintained packages, though. My vague recollection is
> that the last time this came up, the FTP team raised the primary
> objections on the grounds that they needed someone specific to contact if
> there was a problem with a package. But I'm not sure this still makes
> sense (this was many years ago), and the correct contact point for nearly
> all purposes I can think of is indeed the team.

No, it was the MIA team who were opposed to us making that change,
nothing to do with the FTP team.  Their workflow would have been broken
by the change and they weren't happy with the alternatives.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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