Re: Bug#593611: Clarify whose signature should go in debian/changelog (4.4)

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

Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> writes:

> +	  should be the details of the person who prepared this release of
> +	  the package.  They are <em>not</em> necessarily those of the
> +	  uploader or usual package maintainer.<footnote>
> +	    In the case of a sponsored upload, the uploader signs the
> +	    files, but the changelog maintainer name and address are those
> +	    of the person who prepared this release.  If the preparer of
[…]

I find the footnote confusing, in part because of the two conflicting
uses of signing.

Perhaps clarify the distinction between the uploader adding a
cryptographic signature to the files, versus the maintainer adding a
signature line on the changelog entry.

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Ben Finney