(this should probably move to -devel or somewhere)
On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 11:23:32AM +0000, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote:
> On 22 March 2013 22:17, Nicolas Boulenguez <nicolas@debian.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 09:50:07PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> >> > e2fsprogs (1.42.5-1.1) unstable; urgency=low
> >> > * Non-maintainer upload.
> >> This shouldn't have been uploaded to unstable without first getting
> >> permission from the Debian Release team (and preferably me --- it
> >> would have been nice if you had asked me before uploading the NMU)
> >
> > Sorry to be fussy, but I only suggested the patch via the BTS.
> > Dmitrijs, please put your own name into debian/changelog next time you
> > sign an NMU.
>
> Ok, I can see how it can be confusing. who-uploads does show that it
> was my gpg signature on the upload. It's just this way I sponsor any
> other uploads were the code/changes I am not the author of. How should
> I credit the author?
There are no hard and fast rules, but conventionally:
- if you are preparing an upload that incorporates a patch from someone
else, thank them in the changelog:
* Do some stuff (Closes: #n) Thanks to $person for the patch
- if you are sponsoring a whole upload prepared by someone else, just
sign and upload
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