On 2025-03-02 Blair Noctis <
ncts@debian.org> wrote:
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2. Let PTS automatically subscribe maintainers to packages they are Uploaders of
In the current version of the PTS, subscribing to a package means either a. after logging in, clicking the Subscribe button on tracker.debian.org/pkg/foo, and optionally changing topics ("keywords"); b. with devscripts installed, running `pts-subscribe
foo [--forever]`, with no way to change topics. For each package one maintains, this has to be done once.
Instead of asking every maintainer to repeat that for every package they maintains, we can have the PTS automatically subscribe them to packages they are, and in the future, when they become, an Uploader of.
Conversely, also unsubscribe those who are removed from Uploaders of a package. Though it's possible some want to continue receiving updates of a package even after stepping down as its Uploader.
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Hello,
This should be easily scriptable, using grep-dctrl to find the Packages
you are are uploader for and subscribing by mail.
There is another downside to the BTS sending mails to uploaders. - There
is no simple unsubscribe, it would need a sourceful upload.
cu Andreas
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