Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-10 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Colin Watson wrote: If this is your only rationale, it is spurious, as you're talking about Maintainer: in debian/control while I'm talking about Maintainer: in the .changes file. The two are *distinct*. They are not (any more), with the caveat you can override it using a -m option

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 12:05:16PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: Previously Colin Watson wrote: If this is your only rationale, it is spurious, as you're talking about Maintainer: in debian/control while I'm talking about Maintainer: in the .changes file. The two are *distinct*. They

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 07:30:53PM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: Colin == Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Colin I think that would be appropriate. Colin Exactly what are the intended semantics of Maintainer: and Colin Changed-By: in the .changes file (not the .dsc)? In

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-10 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Colin Watson wrote: If this is your only rationale, it is spurious, as you're talking about Maintainer: in debian/control while I'm talking about Maintainer: in the .changes file. The two are *distinct*. They are not (any more), with the caveat you can override it using a -m option

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 12:05:16PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: Previously Colin Watson wrote: If this is your only rationale, it is spurious, as you're talking about Maintainer: in debian/control while I'm talking about Maintainer: in the .changes file. The two are *distinct*. They

building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Is the correct way to build a sponsored package with just eg -mHamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] to dpkg-buildpackage or debuild? I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. thanks Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Mike Markley
Try -e... On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:29:39PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake forth: Is the correct way to build a sponsored package with just eg -mHamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] to dpkg-buildpackage or debuild? I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Mike Markley
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 11:06:32AM -0500, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake forth: eg -mHamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] to dpkg-buildpackage or debuild? I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. I think that's

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 12:20:20PM -0700, Mike Markley wrote: On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 11:06:32AM -0500, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake forth: I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. I think that's correct. My

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Erich Schubert
I think that's Maintainer: in the control file (and the .dsc). It makes sense to me that the maintainer of a .dsc is the person primarily responsible for the package, while the maintainer of a .changes is the person responsible for uploading this particular build. This also The Maintainer

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 08:40:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: However, I can see we aren't going to get anywhere with argument by repeated assertion. :) Do we need to take this to debian-devel, and find out what the dpkg developers (Wichert, Adam etc) intended with the new field? Hamish --

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 08:40:46AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 08:40:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: However, I can see we aren't going to get anywhere with argument by repeated assertion. :) Do we need to take this to debian-devel, and find out what the dpkg

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Sam Hartman
Colin == Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Colin I think that would be appropriate. Colin Exactly what are the intended semantics of Maintainer: and Colin Changed-By: in the .changes file (not the .dsc)? In Colin particular, when sponsoring a package, which field in the

building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Is the correct way to build a sponsored package with just eg -mHamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] to dpkg-buildpackage or debuild? I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. thanks Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Mike Markley
Try -e... On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:29:39PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake forth: Is the correct way to build a sponsored package with just eg -mHamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] to dpkg-buildpackage or debuild? I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:29:39PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: Is the correct way to build a sponsored package with just eg -mHamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] to dpkg-buildpackage or debuild? I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the .changes file as a result. That seems

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Mike Markley
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 11:06:32AM -0500, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake forth: eg -mHamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] to dpkg-buildpackage or debuild? I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. I think that's

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 12:20:20PM -0700, Mike Markley wrote: On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 11:06:32AM -0500, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake forth: I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. I think that's correct. My

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Erich Schubert
I think that's Maintainer: in the control file (and the .dsc). It makes sense to me that the maintainer of a .dsc is the person primarily responsible for the package, while the maintainer of a .changes is the person responsible for uploading this particular build. This also The Maintainer

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 08:40:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: However, I can see we aren't going to get anywhere with argument by repeated assertion. :) Do we need to take this to debian-devel, and find out what the dpkg developers (Wichert, Adam etc) intended with the new field? Hamish --

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 08:40:46AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 08:40:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: However, I can see we aren't going to get anywhere with argument by repeated assertion. :) Do we need to take this to debian-devel, and find out what the dpkg

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Sam Hartman
Colin == Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Colin I think that would be appropriate. Colin Exactly what are the intended semantics of Maintainer: and Colin Changed-By: in the .changes file (not the .dsc)? In Colin particular, when sponsoring a package, which field in the