Thanks William, this LGTM now! I've modified your debian/changelog and the XML/man pages a bit, to account for the removed handling of floating point numbers. And uploaded the package.
$ dput ubuntu ../shadow_4.8.1-1ubuntu9_source.changes D: Setting host argument. Checking signature on .changes gpg: ../shadow_4.8.1-1ubuntu9_source.changes: Valid signature from 5889C17AB1C8D890 Checking signature on .dsc gpg: ../shadow_4.8.1-1ubuntu9.dsc: Valid signature from 5889C17AB1C8D890 Uploading to ubuntu (via sftp to upload.ubuntu.com): Uploading shadow_4.8.1-1ubuntu9.dsc: done. Uploading shadow_4.8.1-1ubuntu9.debian.tar.xz: done. Uploading shadow_4.8.1-1ubuntu9_source.buildinfo: done. Uploading shadow_4.8.1-1ubuntu9_source.changes: done. Successfully uploaded packages. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/1:4.8.1-1ubuntu9 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927078 Title: Don't allow useradd to use fully numeric names To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1927078/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs