[Pkg-freeipmi-devel] Bug#717255: Bug#717255: src:freeipmi: maintainer address rejects mail

[Helmut Grohne]

On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:10:04PM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote:
> the Debian policy says
> 
> "The email address given in the Maintainer control field must accept mail from
> those role accounts in Debian used to send automated mails regarding the
> package. This includes non-spam mail from the bug-tracking system, all mail from
> the Debian archive maintenance software, and other role accounts or automated
> processes that are commonly agreed on by the project."

I could not verify whether it is also rejecting mail from role accounts
and chose a non-rc severity accordingly.

> It does not require to accept mail from everybody. As you can see that the email
> address is a list, you are free to join the list on alioth, then you are allowed
> to post to it. Or contact the maintainers using the bug tracking system. as you
> can see, the BTS mails arrive just fine.
> 
> To avoid having yet another list catching tons of spam, I don't think it will be
> opened for public postings.

Your reasoning makes sense. Still it makes discovering the contact for a
random package a little harder and that is unfortunate. This issue
recently popped up on -devel during the Mayhem reports. If you have a
suggestion on how to mechanically determine the (public/private)
security contacts of a random package, that would be appreciated.

Helmut