On 2025-03-02 Blair Noctis <[email protected]> wrote:
[...]
> 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.
[...]
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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