Hi, On Wed, 22 Sep 2010, Bill Allombert wrote: > > 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.<footnote> > > - If the developer uploading the package is not one of the usual > > - maintainers of the package (as listed in > > + should be the details of the person who prepared this release of > > + the package. They are <em>not</em> necessarily those of the > > + uploader or usual package maintainer.<footnote> > > + In the case of a sponsored upload, the uploader signs the > > + files, but the changelog maintainer name and address are those > > + of the person who prepared this release. If the preparer of > > + the release 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 > > As I said earlier, I do not think that this matches current practices.
I think you're just misreading: > As I see current practices: > 1) the name in the changelog in the one of whoever ran dch last, i.e. > the name of the developer who changed the date in the changelog last. "the person who prepared this release" == the person who ran "dch -r" > 2) Someone sponsoring a package does not change it in any way. That's explicitly said: "the uploader signs the files, but the changelog maintainer [doesn't change]" Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer ◈ [Flattr=20693] Follow my Debian News ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.com (English) ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.fr (Français) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
