Re: Bug#340428: octave2.9 - lists mailing list as uploader in changelog

[Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>]

* Bastian Blank [Thu, 24 Nov 2005 23:45:02 +0100]:

> On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 10:48:39PM +0100, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
> > Yes, I have been doing things wrongly in the past, but this is not the
> > case anymore.  The Changed-By fields are correct now.  See, for instance,
> > my last upload:
> >     http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-changes/2005/11/msg01728.html
> [upload of octave2.9_2.9.4-7]

> | Maintainer: Debian/IA64 Build Daemon <buildd@caballero...>
> | Changed-By: Debian Octave Group <pkg-octave-devel@lists...>

  So a big fuss is made about this practice making buildd uploads have
  an "incorrect" Changed-By header, when such uploads contain blatant
  incorrect maintainer information themselves (yes, I know why). What
  would you think of a person filing serious bugs because of this?

  Anyway, I'll answer more productively in the new thread.

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