Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> writes: > Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> writes: > > Suggestion: > > > The maintainer name and email address used in the changelog > > should be the details of the person releasing this version. > > They are not necessarily those of the usual package maintainer > > or those of the uploader. [footnote] > > This is okay, although personally I'd mildly prefer "the person who > prepared this release of the package," since still the uploader in a > sponsoring situation is the one doing the releasing in Debian. > Preparing the release is not the same thing as doing most of the work > on the new version, and I think still keeps that distinct.
FWIW, I'd second either of those formulations. They both address the concerns I raised. (In case it's not clear: I have no special status WRT policy so no-one is waiting on my seconding :-) -- \ “Telling pious lies to trusting children is a form of abuse, | `\ plain and simple.” —Daniel Dennett, 2010-01-12 | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/874oelrh91....@benfinney.id.au
