Re: Bug#340428: octave2.9 - lists mailing list as uploader in changelog
Stephen Gran wrote:
> This one time, at band camp, Thiemo Seufer said:
> > Stephen Gran wrote:
> > > This one time, at band camp, Thiemo Seufer said:
> > > > Btw, about this simple-minded test:
> > > > 299 of those are maintained by the Debian Install System Team, and
> > > > nobody there felt compelled to put debian-boot@l.d.o in the changelog
> > > > for whatever reason.
> > >
> > > What is the difference betwen this:
> > >
> > > Maintainer: Debian Octave Group <pkg-octave-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
> > > Changed-By: Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org>
> > >
> > > and this:
> > >
> > > Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
> > > Changed-By: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
> > >
> > > If you can show me where one is wrong and the other is right, I'll keep
> > > quiet.
> >
> > None is "wrong" or "right". Both are contents of a .changes file,
> > unavailable for a (re-)build from source.
>
> But the .dsc is.
Which has no Changed-By: field.
> This stuff is easily traceable, if we want to. I can
> see the benefit of having the same name in the Maintainer field and in the
> changelog for some.
A better one than "Because I want to"? Note that the Maintainer field is
changed by buildds, their uploads count as (binary) NMU.
> I can see arguments against it, but none that make
> it an RC bug.
Policy violations are RC by definition.
> We still have the original signatures on the dsc and
> changes to find out who uploaded it, if we're interested.
Only by tracking down the .changes file of the original upload.
Thiemo
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