Can Debian Maintainers sponsor packages?

[Cordell Bloor]

Hello,

I'm a Debian Maintainer with upload permissions for various packages in
the ROCm GPU compute stack. The Debian ROCm Team has a few Sponsored
Maintainers contributing to our packages, but is short on Debian
Developers to review them. One of the DDs that I work with has suggested
that I should be reviewing and sponsoring uploads, but I'm not sure that

Remember: Only Debian Developer are allowed to sponsor packages.
A Debian Member with upload privileges
Full members of the Debian Project
DMs aren't yet members of the Debian Project

This all seems consistent with the theory that it would be inappropriate
for me as a Debian Maintainer to sponsor an upload from a Sponsored
Maintainer, even if I have permission to independently upload my own
changes for that package.

Can anyone confirm one way or another?

Sincerely,
Cory Bloor

[1]: https://mentors.debian.net/sponsors/
[2]: https://wiki.debian.org/Glossary

[Geert Stappers]

Post by Cordell Bloor
Hello,

Hi there,

Post by Cordell Bloor
I'm a Debian Maintainer with upload permissions for various packages in the
ROCm GPU compute stack. The Debian ROCm Team has a few Sponsored Maintainers
contributing to our packages, but is short on Debian Developers to review
them. One of the DDs that I work with has suggested that I should be
reviewing and sponsoring uploads, but I'm not sure that would be

Remember: Only Debian Developer are allowed to sponsor packages.
A Debian Member with upload privileges
Full members of the Debian Project
DMs aren't yet members of the Debian Project

This all seems consistent with the theory that it would be inappropriate for
me as a Debian Maintainer to sponsor an upload from a Sponsored Maintainer,
even if I have permission to independently upload my own changes for that
package.
Can anyone confirm one way or another?

Yes and that anyone will be you.

Just try it and report back.


Upon reporting back: Tell about the package you have in mind. Like RFS.

Post by Cordell Bloor
Sincerely,
Cory Bloor

Groeten
Geert Stappers



[1]: https://mentors.debian.net/sponsors/
[2]: https://wiki.debian.org/Glossary

[Andrey Rakhmatullin]

Post by Geert Stappers

Post by Cordell Bloor
This all seems consistent with the theory that it would be inappropriate for
me as a Debian Maintainer to sponsor an upload from a Sponsored Maintainer,
even if I have permission to independently upload my own changes for that
package.
Can anyone confirm one way or another?

Yes and that anyone will be you.
Just try it and report back.

(The question, of course, was not about the technical possibility.)

[Tiago Bortoletto Vaz]

Hi Cordell,

Post by Cordell Bloor
Hello,
I'm a Debian Maintainer with upload permissions for various packages in the
ROCm GPU compute stack. The Debian ROCm Team has a few Sponsored Maintainers
contributing to our packages, but is short on Debian Developers to review
them. One of the DDs that I work with has suggested that I should be
reviewing and sponsoring uploads, but I'm not sure that would be

Remember: Only Debian Developer are allowed to sponsor packages.
A Debian Member with upload privileges
Full members of the Debian Project
DMs aren't yet members of the Debian Project

This all seems consistent with the theory that it would be inappropriate for
me as a Debian Maintainer to sponsor an upload from a Sponsored Maintainer,
even if I have permission to independently upload my own changes for that
package.
Can anyone confirm one way or another?

It is very much appreciated that you were diligent and consulted
documentation (and this list) before trying to sponsor packages as a DM.
Technically, it's not possible. See:

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer#Granting_Permissions

You can check which packages you have permission to upload here:

https://ftp-master.debian.org/dm.txt

For now, I'd suggest you to become co-maintainer for the packages that
you will be reviewing, ask a DD to give you upload rights for these
packages, and then, as you're in a team, do a team-upload.

https://wiki.debian.org/TeamUpload

Also, if other DDs who work with you think that you are capable of
reviewing and sponsoring packages, you could check what they think about
advocating you to become a DD. If you're interested and feel ready for
that too, of course.

Thanks for contributing to Debian.

Bests,

--
Tiago