Re: how to manage d/changelog for updated but not yet sponsored package

[Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>]

* Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>, 2012-02-13, 13:40:
> > I want to keep trace of it in the d/changelog by keeping my first 
> > version entry and adding a second entry. Can I do that ? Will it 
> > confuse some Debian robots ?
>
> It's fine. I consider uploading the package to ‘mentors.debian.net’ a 
> release of the package, since at that point interested people (e.g. 
> reviewers) can rely on it, and the version should refer uniquely to 
> what I uploaded at that time.
>
> Be aware, though, that some people disagree (on the grounds that it's 
> not a new version until it enters Debian).

I believe that vast majority of sponsors disagree.

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Jakub Wilk