Re: Why do we list individual copyright holders?
Vincent Bernat <bernat@debian.org> writes:
> ❦ 1 janvier 2018 11:31 -0800, Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> :
>> So that when someone does have a chance to update the package, they
>> know where to start from when reading the upgrading checklist.
> I never do that and I don't intend to do that in the future. Packaging
> is already too much time-consuming. My assumption is that I know the
> policy good enough to just follow the latest version. When packaging for
> the first time, I won't re-read all the policy either.
> Other answers agree with you, but I believe people not reviewing the
> checklist won't just tell it here since they may not like being shamed
> or doctored (not my case, don't worry).
Others may feel differently, but I'd prefer if you just didn't update
standards version at all for your packages in that case. I think that
would be fine -- you're indicating that you're not reviewing all changes
to Policy in a systematic way. Should you have (or later get)
co-maintainers for your package, they'll see that this is something they
could do if they wished and enjoyed that work more than you do.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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