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most concise entry and the easiest to integrate with the text of the
<file>changelog</file>.
<p>
-If an upload is identified as <ref id="nmu" name="Non-maintainer upload (NMU)">
+If an upload is identified as <qref id="nmu">Non-maintainer upload (NMU)</qref>
(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>
+ <!-- FIXME: service down
If you wish to volunteer as a sponsor, you can sign up at <url
id="&url-sponsors;">.
<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.