XPost: linux.debian.project, linux.debian.policy   
   From: ballombe@debian.org   
      
   On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 08:50:55AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:   
   > Le Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 07:31:44AM +0100, Tobias Frost a écrit :   
   > >   
   > > the information in the Uploaders field is less about determining activity   
   and   
   > > more about enabling action once inactivity has been established.   
   > >   
   > > If team membership is not clearly documented, we cannot easily determine   
   > > which team should be contacted when someone goes missing.   
   >   
   > Le Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 10:41:51PM +0100, Tobias Frost a écrit :   
   > >   
   > > Do you have some concrete query in mind that you could share with me, which   
   > > would tell (quickly and with accuracy) that someone stopped working on a   
   > > package and we need to tell someone, e.g a team?   
   >   
   > Hi Tobias,   
   >   
   > this is the whole point of making the Uploader field optional.  When absent,   
   it   
   > means that every team member is equally in chage for the package, and that   
   when   
   > one member of the team leaves or becomes inactive, nobody changes for that   
   > package.   
      
   So if a team-maintained package without an Uploader field is not effectively   
   maintained, it can be salvaged/orphaned/hijacked by any DD exactly as if it was   
   not team-maintained ?   
      
   Cheers,   
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