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Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)"

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Carsten Schoenert <c.schoenert@t-online.de> writes:

> There is a private list there such information *can* be given, again, 
> there is no rule that I need to do this.
> There are options if some other DD believes a package is needing an 
> update, that process is called NMU (non maintainer upload). Or if you 
> think the other maintainer isn't doing his work in a time able manner, a 
> DD can salvage a package.
> But these options are only doable by DDs! And that for a reason.
>

Yes, a new contributor requires a DD for sponsored uploads; however, new
contributors are not discriminated against when salvaging a package.
"Thanks to this [salvaging] process, new contributors should no longer
be afraid to take over packages that have been neglected or entirely
forgotten."
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#package-salvaging

While it's true that no one can force anyone to do anything in Debian,
it's also true that if someone salvages a chronically ignored package,
that is a consequence of not having taken care of it, and then not
having replied to the ITS bug for a month.  All this assumes both good
faith, and that new contributors educate themselves sufficiently well to
submit upload candidates on debian-mentors (and file RFS) that
sufficiently improves on the status quo of a neglected or forgotten
package.

It's important to note that the value expressed by this policy is that
consistent, periodic (or better) long-term contributions are valued in
Debian.  It's also important to highlight that this value is attainable
as a Debian Maintainer (uploading a set of approved packages), or as a
Debian Contributor who requires a sponsor for all uploads.

Best,
Nicholas

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[backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)" c.buhtz@posteo.jp - 2023-06-12 10:00 +0200
  Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)" Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org> - 2023-06-12 10:50 +0200
    Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team  (DPT)" <c.buhtz@posteo.jp> - 2023-07-23 09:10 +0200
      Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)" Carsten Schoenert <c.schoenert@t-online.de> - 2023-07-23 09:50 +0200
        Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team  (DPT)" <c.buhtz@posteo.jp> - 2023-07-27 22:00 +0200
          Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)" c.buhtz@posteo.jp - 2023-07-28 09:20 +0200
          Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)" Carsten Schoenert <c.schoenert@t-online.de> - 2023-07-28 12:00 +0200
            Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)" c.buhtz@posteo.jp - 2023-07-28 13:10 +0200
              Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)" Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2023-07-28 14:40 +0200
              Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)" Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@wrar.name> - 2023-07-28 15:40 +0200
            Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)" Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> - 2023-07-28 14:50 +0200
              Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)" c.buhtz@posteo.jp - 2023-07-28 15:00 +0200
            Re: [backintime] Switch the maintainer to "Debian Python Team (DPT)" Nicholas D Steeves <sten@debian.org> - 2023-07-28 21:40 +0200

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