Hi Alexandru,

The two changes in your proposed upload are good to include but I think
it would be better if you had at least one material change (such as a
bugfix) to justify the upload.

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 09:04:42AM +0200, Alexandru Mihail wrote:
>  mini-httpd (1.30-16) unstable; urgency=medium
>  .
>    * Modify all patches headers to specify being forwarded via email to
> upstream
>      by me. Upstream has no official git or mailing list, so I
> established
>      by convention Forwarded: not-needed (sent by email; upstream
>      has no public tracker)
>      Upstream is rather slow, I forwarded everything and confirmed they
> were
>      received anyway.

This is good housekeeping but I would simply commit your updated DEP-3
metadata to your packaging repo and include with your next material
upload.

This is verbose; changelog entries should be succinct. Something like:

  * Mark all patches as forwarded upstream by email

I think 'not-needed' is the wrong value for this field anyway. It's a
freeform field so you could put the e-mail address to which you sent
them, 'email', or simply 'yes'.

>    * Declare compliance with Standards-Version 4.7.3.
>      (Removed Priority from control).

The new policy simply clarifies an already-relaxed requirement, that
you can commit this field because a default applies - it does not
necessitate a change that you have to make, so would itself not be a
reason for an upload.

The package tracker makes a lot of noise about standards version but you
need to apply your own judgment too and not let the tail wag the dog!

Andrew

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