Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance

From	Clint Adams <clint@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.project
Subject	Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance
Date	2026-02-20 21:30 +0100
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On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 06:58:32PM +0100, Tobias Frost wrote:
>If explicit person -> package associations become optional, individual
>inactivity within teams would no longer be a project-level concern. MIA
>could then no longer operate under its current model, as one of the
>structured signals linking individuals to packages would not be
>consistently available.  While other heuristics may still exist, they
>are not equivalent to an explicit and declared association, and are
>operationally much more expensive.

I am in the Uploaders field of hundreds of packages.  I view this as
useless overhead.  If I were to disappear, how do you imagine my
name's presence or absence in debian/control would help anyone?

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unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) "Jonathan Dowland" <jmtd@debian.org> - 2026-02-05 14:20 +0100
  Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2026-02-05 15:50 +0100
  Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> - 2026-02-05 16:20 +0100
    Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> - 2026-02-05 16:50 +0100
      Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> - 2026-02-05 18:30 +0100
        Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> - 2026-02-05 19:30 +0100
          Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Fabian Grünbichler <debian@fabian.gruenbichler.email> - 2026-02-05 21:10 +0100
            Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> - 2026-02-05 23:30 +0100
              Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Antoine Le Gonidec <vv221@debian.org> - 2026-02-06 00:00 +0100
              Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> - 2026-02-06 03:50 +0100
              Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Otto Kekäläinen <otto@debian.org> - 2026-02-06 15:40 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2026-02-06 17:50 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2026-02-06 18:10 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> - 2026-02-07 11:10 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2026-02-07 19:00 +0100
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                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2026-02-08 11:00 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> - 2026-02-08 11:10 +0100
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                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2026-02-17 10:50 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2026-02-17 12:50 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> - 2026-02-17 14:40 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> - 2026-02-17 15:20 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org> - 2026-02-17 18:30 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> - 2026-02-18 16:30 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org> - 2026-02-18 21:40 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2026-02-17 10:50 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org> - 2026-02-17 09:20 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2026-02-17 10:50 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> - 2026-02-17 14:40 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2026-02-17 15:30 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance (was Re: Bits from the DPL) Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org> - 2026-02-18 21:10 +0100
              Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org> - 2026-02-07 04:00 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> - 2026-02-08 17:00 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> - 2026-02-17 23:40 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org> - 2026-02-19 08:50 +0100
                Bug#798476: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> - 2026-02-19 09:00 +0100
                Bug#798476: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org> - 2026-02-19 22:50 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> - 2026-02-20 01:10 +0100
                Bug#798476: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> - 2026-02-20 10:40 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance Dominik George <natureshadow@debian.org> - 2026-02-20 14:40 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> - 2026-02-20 15:00 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance Dominik George <natureshadow@debian.org> - 2026-02-20 15:30 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org> - 2026-02-22 04:50 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2026-02-20 19:00 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> - 2026-02-21 15:40 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org> - 2026-02-20 19:10 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance Clint Adams <clint@debian.org> - 2026-02-20 21:30 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> - 2026-02-21 16:00 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2026-02-21 19:20 +0100
                Re: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance Enrico Zini <enrico@enricozini.org> - 2026-02-21 20:10 +0100
                Bug#798476: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> - 2026-02-20 13:50 +0100
                Re: Bug#798476: unmaintained packages hidden by team maintenance Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org> - 2026-02-20 17:50 +0100

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