Sean Whitton dijo [Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 04:33:15PM -0700]: > > So, my idea was, in short: Thinking in a post-Buster world, do we even > > need the finalized line? I mean, take a look at debian/changes. The > > archive handling tools do get both «Date» and «Changed-By» fields, > > which reflect when the package was last *built* (which has a much > > clearer meaning than a nondescript finalization line). Debian tools > > can act from there. We could then just remove this dissonant bit :-) > > The final line of a finalised changelog indicates who signed off on the > package: the person who said "it's time to upload this". At least according to some readings. Up to now, I never gave any thought to this line; usually dch updates the date for me, but I often upload packages "signed by" others, or the opposite. > I think that we should continue to record the person who made that > judgement. Someone who made a small change and whose name appears [in > square brackets ] shouldn't automatically have responsibility for the > whole upload -- but *someone* should have that overarching > responsibility. I see, and it is a valuable reading. I wonder if I'm alone in not considering it important so far (after all, I've only been a DD for 14 years...)
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