On 23/07/10 04:09, Charles Plessy wrote: > --- 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
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