On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 12:20:20PM -0700, Mike Markley wrote: > On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 11:06:32AM -0500, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > spake forth: > > > I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the > > > .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. > > > > I think that's correct. My understanding is that Maintainer: in the > > .changes essentially means the developer doing the upload. > > > > Changed-By: should always be the person who made the most recent > > changelog entry. > > I'm pretty sure the intent is that Maintainer: is the person primarily > responsible for the package - developer or not.
I think that's Maintainer: in the control file (and the .dsc). It makes sense to me that the maintainer of a .dsc is the person primarily responsible for the package, while the maintainer of a .changes is the person responsible for uploading this particular build. This also matches the fact that porters typically upload with their name in the .changes Maintainer: field. However, I can see we aren't going to get anywhere with argument by repeated assertion. :) -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
