Re: Beyond QA: Uploaders field hygiene

Holger Levsen <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.project
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sun, Aug 16, 2026 at 02:20:00PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> > As a reminder, having a human maintainer in a team-maintained package is
> > a Policy "must".
> What exactly does that mean for my control file?

it means, that if your control file doesnt contain a human uploader or
maintainer, your package is seriously buggy.


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cheers,
	Holger

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