Le Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:14:41AM -0700, Russ Allbery a écrit : > > How about something like: > > <footnote> > If the developer uploading the package is not one of the usual > maintainers of the package (as listed in the > <qref id="f-Maintainer"><tt>Maintainer</tt></qref> or > <qref id="f-Uploaders"><tt>Uploaders</tt></qref> control fields of > the package), the first line of the changelog is conventionally used > to explain why a non-maintainer is uploading the package. The > Debian Developer's Reference (see <ref id="related">) documents the > conventions used. > </footnote>
I like it a lot. I attached it as a patch for your convenience. Have a nice day, -- Charles
>From 1b362ded3dcf54c8c97fa9b39c5b802de26a99d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:06:45 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Mention optional special role for the first changelog line as a footnote. Points at the Debian Developer's Reference, that documents standardised changelog first entries for NMU, QA, security and team uploads. --- policy.sgml | 10 +++++++++- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 847f716..19eea87 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -1636,7 +1636,15 @@ The maintainer name and email address used in the changelog should be the details of the person uploading <em>this</em> version. They are <em>not</em> necessarily those of the - usual package maintainer. The information here will be + usual package maintainer<footnote> + If the developer uploading the package is not one of the usual + maintainers of the package (as listed in the + <qref id="f-Maintainer"><tt>Maintainer</tt></qref> or + <qref id="f-Uploaders"><tt>Uploaders</tt></qref> control fields of + the package), the first line of the changelog is conventionally used + to explain why a non-maintainer is uploading the package. The + Debian Developer's Reference (see <ref id="related">) documents the + conventions used.</footnote>. The information here will be copied to the <tt>Changed-By</tt> field in the <tt>.changes</tt> file (see <ref id="f-Changed-By">), and then later used to send an acknowledgement when the -- 1.6.5.7
