Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.0.0 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Dear all,
during the discussion about team uploads (http://wiki.debian.org/TeamUpload), it was proposed to send a patch to the Policy, to include a footnotes that reminds that sometimes the first line of a changelog has a special meaning, and point at the Developer's Reference for more information. Here is tha patch: diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 0b3c1a1..e64b18b 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -1608,7 +1608,24 @@ 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> + When the developer uploading the pacakge is not listed in + the <qref id="f-Maintainer"><tt>Maintainer</tt></qref> or + <qref id="f-Uploaders"><tt>Uploaders</tt></qref> fields, + the first line of the changelog may be used to indicate + a justification of the upload. In particular, the following + lines are currently used: + <example> + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Non-maintainer upload by the Security Team. + * QA upload. + * Binary-only non-maintainer upload for <var>architecture</var>; no source changes. + * Team upload. + </example> + Most of these uses are described in more details in the <tt><url + name="Debian Deveper's Reference" + id="http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/";></tt>. + </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 In addition, there is currently a typo in the master branch of the policy: - example, <prng>dpkg</prng> will consider "96May01" to be + example, <prgn>dpkg</prgn> will consider "96May01" to be Have a nice day, -- Charles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
