Re: Debian Installer sends acknoledgements to uploader, doesn't it?
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 06:51:07PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com> writes:
> > * Andreas Metzler <ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org> [2003-10-21 09:34]:
> > > I don't have a m68k machine and did not do the upload, so I wonder how
> > > this ended up in my inbox, with me in the To:. I know you get these
> >
> > The guy who built the package fucked up.
> ...
> > exim4
> > Maintainer: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>
> > Changed-By: Goswin von Brederlow
>
> Sorry, I only go told after the build to use -m instead of -e. I
> thought the uploader (sponsor) would override my entry when he signs
> the changes too but that seems not to be neccessary.
Boggle. Your sponsor just signed something you'd built? Sponsors are
supposed to build packages themselves, not accept binaries from
elsewhere.
> Does the acknoledgements actually go to the uploder, i.e. the person
> signing the changes, or just to the Maintainer and Changed-By persons?
They go to the Maintainer: in the .changes file.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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