Re: debian/changelog and add-log-mailing-address

[Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>]

Richard Kettlewell wrote:

> Many debian/changelog files have a fragment at the end looking like this:
> 
>     Local variables:
>     mode: debian-changelog
>     add-log-mailing-address: "SOME.EMAIL.ADDRESS"
>     End:
> 
> This is wrong; the add-log-mail-address entry should be removed, as it
> can cause changes made by Emacs users to have the wrong email address
> associated with them.
> 
> The proper place for Emacs to learn add-log-mailing-address from is
> the user's ~/.emacs file.
> 
> Perhaps a lintian check could be added for this (very common!) bug?

It's a nuisance (for NMUs) but not really a bug.

But those who needed this to set their add-log-mailing-address
can now use the `customize' interface in debian-changelog-mode
to set it instead.

Peter