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(and that is the case if the name of the person who commits this change
is not exactly the same as any one of Maintainer or Uploader,
except if the maintainer is the qa group),
(and that is the case if the name of the person who commits this change
is not exactly the same as any one of Maintainer or Uploader,
except if the maintainer is the qa group),
able to do it on their own, a new maintainer applicant. Sponsoring a package
also means accepting responsibility for it.
<p>
able to do it on their own, a new maintainer applicant. Sponsoring a package
also means accepting responsibility for it.
<p>
New maintainers usually have certain difficulties creating Debian packages
— this is quite understandable. That is why the sponsor is there, to check
the package and verify that it is good enough for inclusion in Debian.
New maintainers usually have certain difficulties creating Debian packages
— this is quite understandable. That is why the sponsor is there, to check
the package and verify that it is good enough for inclusion in Debian.