Re: building a sponsored package
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 11:06:32AM -0500, Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> spake forth:
> > eg -m"Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>" to dpkg-buildpackage
> > or debuild?
> >
> > I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the
> > .changes file as a result. That seems backwards.
>
> I think that's correct. My understanding is that Maintainer: in the
> .changes essentially means the developer doing the upload.
>
> Changed-By: should always be the person who made the most recent
> changelog entry.
I'm pretty sure the intent is that Maintainer: is the person primarily
responsible for the package - developer or not. Changed-By: is for who did
the last changelog entry, or someone who's otherwise uploading it but not
the primary person of responsibility for the package - NMU's, sponsored
uploads, etc.
Hence, Changed-By: should be the sponsor, Maintainer: the sponsored
developer.
AIUI, anyway :).
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