On 12-02-19 at 11:54am, Simon McVittie wrote: > On 19/02/12 11:40, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > In other words, can someone please help post a concrete example of a > > different changelog style than above, involving "Team upload" > > statement so that I understand what is really discussed here? > > Preconditions: minetest is maintained by the Games Team; I am a member > of the Games Team; I am not an Uploader for minetest. Suppose I want > to fix a bug in minetest, without taking future responsibility for the > package in general. > > Good: > > minetest (0.23-5) unstable; urgency=low > > * Team upload. > * Fix crash when badgers consume mushrooms (Closes: #424242) > > -- Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:49:02 +0000 > > Bad: > > minetest (0.23-5) unstable; urgency=low > > [ Simon McVittie ] > * Fix crash when badgers consume mushrooms (Closes: #424242) > > -- Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org> Sun, 19 > Feb 2012 11:49:02 +0000 > > I think this is the thing under discussion. Thanks for the clarification. Yes, I fully agree that we should get rid of such abomination! In my opinion that final line should always match the uploader, which is either a single individual or (for binNMU) a script. Yes, In my opinion that goes for sponsoring too: The sponsor should add herself/himself in the changelog to clearly advertise to the World whom within the Debian web of trust proof-read and uploaded the packaging. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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