On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 10:53:18AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > So, my idea was, in short: Thinking in a post-Buster world, do we even > need the finalized line? I mean, take a look at debian/changes. The > archive handling tools do get both «Date» and «Changed-By» fields, > which reflect when the package was last *built* (which has a much > clearer meaning than a nondescript finalization line). Debian tools > can act from there. We could then just remove this dissonant bit :-)
The final line of a finalised changelog indicates who signed off on the package: the person who said "it's time to upload this". I think that we should continue to record the person who made that judgement. Someone who made a small change and whose name appears [in square brackets ] shouldn't automatically have responsibility for the whole upload -- but *someone* should have that overarching responsibility. -- Sean Whitton
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