Re: debian/control Uploaders field

[Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>]

Harry Serenis <chserenis@ee.auth.gr> writes:

> Debian policy states that in the Uploaders field the names and e-mails
> of any co-developers must be listed.
> 
> Is it possible not to list the e-mails of some co-developers if they
> wish so? Simply the names?

Policy requires both name and email address for each uploader, if any
<URL:http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Uploaders>.
So if nothing else, it's a policy violation to have an Uploaders field
not conforming to that format.

I believe that these are used just as for the Maintainer field: to
determine the correct GnuPG key for verifying uploads. If I'm right,
that means the tools require both a name and an email address for each
maintainer and each uploader.

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