Wichert Akkerman writes ("Re: smarter way to differ architectures needed?"): > Previously Ian Jackson wrote: > > No, it shouldn't. There should possibly be a new field, but > > Maintainer is for the maintainer. > > A Compiled-by: field would be useful. You can also use that to track > down who compiled the package for another architecture. I also still > think the Maintainer: entry in a .changes file should be renamed..
OK, how about this: we rename (in a phased manner) Maintainer (in .changes) to Uploader. Also, we arrange for this new field to appear in the package control file, if it is different from Maintainer. ? Ian.