Stephen Gran wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Thiemo Seufer said: > > Stephen Gran wrote: > > > This one time, at band camp, Thiemo Seufer said: > > > > Btw, about this simple-minded test: > > > > 299 of those are maintained by the Debian Install System Team, and > > > > nobody there felt compelled to put [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the changelog > > > > for whatever reason. > > > > > > What is the difference betwen this: > > > > > > Maintainer: Debian Octave Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Changed-By: Rafael Laboissiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > and this: > > > > > > Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org> > > > Changed-By: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > If you can show me where one is wrong and the other is right, I'll keep > > > quiet. > > > > None is "wrong" or "right". Both are contents of a .changes file, > > unavailable for a (re-)build from source. > > But the .dsc is.
Which has no Changed-By: field. > This stuff is easily traceable, if we want to. I can > see the benefit of having the same name in the Maintainer field and in the > changelog for some. A better one than "Because I want to"? Note that the Maintainer field is changed by buildds, their uploads count as (binary) NMU. > I can see arguments against it, but none that make > it an RC bug. Policy violations are RC by definition. > We still have the original signatures on the dsc and > changes to find out who uploaded it, if we're interested. Only by tracking down the .changes file of the original upload. Thiemo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
