Re: Adopting: maintainer change in debian/changelog

[Robert James Clay <jame@rocasa.us>]

On Nov 6, 2010, at 9:00 AM, Daniel Stender wrote:
> question: if I am adopting a packet, what's the procedure for  
> altering debian/copyright (dep5)?
> Since I've learned that the "Maintainer:" field is for the upstream  
> developer, should I just "take
> over" the copyright for "Files: debian/*"?

     You would add yourself to that section, including the  
appropriate copyright date(s) for whatever work you do in the debian/  
directory...



Jame