On 19/08/10 19:05, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Thu, 19 Aug 2010, Felipe Sateler wrote: >> Policy 4.4 currently says: >> >>> The maintainer name and email address used in the changelog should be >>> the details of the person uploading this version. They are not >>> necessarily those of the usual package maintainer. >> >> One person I'm sponsoring misread this and put my name in the >> changelog, since I'm the one actually doing the upload. I can't >> think of a better wording, though. Perhaps a footnote is enough? > > The maintainer name and email address used in the changelog should be > the details of the person uploading _this_ version. > > Perhaps changing it to > > The maintainer name and email address used in the changelog > should be the details of the person primarily responsible for the > preparation of this version. > > In the most usual case, the person doing the preparation is also the > person doing the upload, but it need not be the case. AFAICT, this > also documents current standard practice even in team maintained > packages.
I like this wording. I think it clarifies a lot. -- Saludos, Felipe Sateler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
