Re: Don't use dpkg-buildpackage -m, especially not with NMUs
On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 01:10:28PM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote:
> Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@wolffelaar.nl> wrote:
>
> > Regarding actual problem, from the archives, I see at least this
> > thread[1] about incorrect use of -m.
>
> And Andreas Metzler explained a couple of ways how to do it right. However...
>
> > Another thing that occasionally goes
> > wrong[2] is using -e for sponsored uploads, and is why I originally
> > thought that the difference changed-by <-> maintainer is sourceful
> > .changes is the reason for being considered NMU (and I now realize that
> > it is 'is changed-by part of maintainer or uploaders in the .dsc?').
>
> I could find nowhere a clear description of the (intended and actual)
> differences between -m and -e. Furthermore, when using
> dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us together with debsign, there's no mention of
> the actual uploader e-mail in the .changes file, is it?
That's true indeed. Developers reference 7.5.2 Managing sponsored
packages:
| [Use] dpkg-buildpackage -kKEY-ID
|
| The Maintainer field of the control file and the changelog should list
| the person who did the packaging, i.e., the sponsoree. The sponsoree
| will therefore get all the BTS mail about the package.
|
| If you prefer to leave a more evident trace of your sponsorship job,
| you can add a line stating it in the most recent changelog entry.
> Before I came aware of this thread, I just uploaded my first package as
> a sponsor, and I used "dpkg-buildpackage -efrank@debian.org -uc -us" and
> debsign, resulting in
>
> $ grep @ fityk_0.4.2-1_i386.changes
> Maintainer: Carlo Segre <segre@iit.edu>
> Changed-By: frank@debian.org
>
> This looks good to me from a documentation point of view: The sponsee is
> listed as maintainer, I was the one who last touched the package, and am
> responsible for correct compilation (and responsible for everything,
> anyway).
This is not how the developers reference says how to sponsor, and also
not the way I get myself sponsored.
> >From reading this thread, I guess this will be treated as an NMU. But
> how else can I document that it was me who actually uploaded?
See above, it's in the developers reference.
--Jeroen
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