Re: DDPO lists email addresses no longer in use

Guillem Jover <[email protected]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:01:11 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.quality-assurance
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sat, 2026-03-28 at 01:28:14 +0530, Nilesh Patra wrote:
> On 27/03/26 3:45 am, Guillem Jover wrote:
> > On Fri, 2026-03-27 at 01:23:54 +0530, Nilesh Patra wrote:
> >> If I take a look at my DDPO page, it lists 3 email addresses, while I would like it
> >> to only use my @debian.org -- that's the only address I use for uploads and would like
> >> all pages to track stuff only via this address.
> >>
> >> My gmail address for instance was last used more than 5 years for uploads and 
> >> currently it's not used as an uploader address on any package, nor is it in my pgp keyring.
> > 
> > By default DDPO merges all addresses for the same name for your login.
> 
> Even the ones that are outdated and no longer used anywhere? That'd be
> a bit surprising.

I think it keeps historic data around yes.

> >> Does anyone know what needs to be done to remove this from the display? 
> > 
> > I guess you want to just disable that behavior for your name, which
> > while it feels a bit like a hack, that's the only way I know how to do
> > it, like I did with:
> > 
> >   https://salsa.debian.org/qa/qa/-/commit/6fd4ea5ddfaf95fa8e981d0fd27fe2be806563eb
> > 
> > You can then still access the DDPO via specific emails (instead of
> > Debian login name) to get the other views if you want to.
> 
> I can even search you with your debian login name, it defaults to your
> @d.o - this is what I'd like too.

Yes, previously it would mix my Debian hat with my Work hat. Now I can
use either:

  https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=guillem (Debian)
  https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?email=gjover%40sipwise.com (Work)

> I don't have commit access to that repo, so I've opened a MR
> https://salsa.debian.org/qa/qa/-/merge_requests/66
> 
> Would you or anyone else consider to merge this?

Sorry, I don't have the needed perms there.

Thanks,
Guillem