Re: Developer names within debian/changelog

[Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam@benfinney.id.au>]

Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> writes:

> I don't know if it's worth being more formal here in Policy or not.
> It might be more of a devref thing.

I'm less interested in strictness in Policy than I am in finding out
how this is *specified* for all consumers, rather than merely
*implemented* in specific programs.

Life is too short to go chasing down the difference between "that's
the way it's specified so all consumers of the format can expect it",
versus "that's the way it's implemented and who knows whether other
implementations might be just as acceptable".

If the answer is "there is no specification", than what on earth
should a programmer looking to consume this format actually expect to
consume?

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Ben Finney