Re: upload with name of sponsored person?

2000-08-24 Thread Peter S Galbraith
tony mancill wrote: - bug reports, etc. go to the sponsee, because the control file has their email address in it. This helps them get the real maintainer experience. Just to clarify that using the following: $ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -mSponsor Name [EMAIL PROTECTED] - does not

upload with name of sponsored person?

2000-08-23 Thread Joop Stakenborg
I am sponsoring drew parsons and would like to upload his packages with only his entry in the changelog. Is that possible? My guess is that the package will be rejected because he is not a debian maintainer yet Thanks, Joop -- Joop Stakenborg - Debian GNU/Linux developer [EMAIL

Re: upload with name of sponsored person?

2000-08-23 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Joop Stakenborg wrote: I am sponsoring drew parsons and would like to upload his packages with only his entry in the changelog. Is that possible? Yes. $ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -m"Joop Stakenborg [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (or whatever name you usually use). Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: upload with name of sponsored person?

2000-08-23 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Peter S Galbraith wrote: I am sponsoring drew parsons and would like to upload his packages with only his entry in the changelog. Is that possible? Yes. $ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -m"Joop Stakenborg [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (or whatever name you usually use).

Re: upload with name of sponsored person?

2000-08-23 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Adrian Bunk wrote: There's another possibility that I do use together with my sponsor Tony Mancill: I build the package unsigned: dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc And my sponsor only signs the package using debsign (and doesn't rebuild it). There's still my name in the

Re: upload with name of sponsored person?

2000-08-23 Thread tony mancill
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Joop Stakenborg wrote: I am sponsoring drew parsons and would like to upload his packages with only his entry in the changelog. Is that possible? My guess is that the package will be rejected because he is not a debian maintainer yet Ah, finally something I

Re: upload with name of sponsored person?

2000-08-23 Thread Seth Cohn
I much prefer to get their source package, md5sum the .orig.tar.gz against upstream, and read the diff. Only then build the package and sign it. Call me paranoid. It's really not a lot harder though. I don't think you're all that paranoid. It's part of the responsibility of the sponsor to

upload with name of sponsored person?

2000-08-23 Thread Joop Stakenborg
I am sponsoring drew parsons and would like to upload his packages with only his entry in the changelog. Is that possible? My guess is that the package will be rejected because he is not a debian maintainer yet Thanks, Joop -- Joop Stakenborg - Debian GNU/Linux developer [EMAIL

Re: upload with name of sponsored person?

2000-08-23 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Joop Stakenborg wrote: I am sponsoring drew parsons and would like to upload his packages with only his entry in the changelog. Is that possible? Yes. $ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -mJoop Stakenborg [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or whatever name you usually use). Peter

Re: upload with name of sponsored person?

2000-08-23 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Peter S Galbraith wrote: I am sponsoring drew parsons and would like to upload his packages with only his entry in the changelog. Is that possible? Yes. $ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -mJoop Stakenborg [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or whatever name you usually use).

Re: upload with name of sponsored person?

2000-08-23 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Adrian Bunk wrote: There's another possibility that I do use together with my sponsor Tony Mancill: I build the package unsigned: dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc And my sponsor only signs the package using debsign (and doesn't rebuild it). There's still my name in the

Re: upload with name of sponsored person?

2000-08-23 Thread tony mancill
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Joop Stakenborg wrote: I am sponsoring drew parsons and would like to upload his packages with only his entry in the changelog. Is that possible? My guess is that the package will be rejected because he is not a debian maintainer yet Ah, finally something I

Re: upload with name of sponsored person?

2000-08-23 Thread Joey Hess
tony mancill wrote: The advantages to this method (over, say building the package yourself from sources) are: - bug reports, etc. go to the sponsee, because the control file has their email address in it. You can keep their name in the control file and build the package. Just make your name

Re: upload with name of sponsored person?

2000-08-23 Thread Seth Cohn
I much prefer to get their source package, md5sum the .orig.tar.gz against upstream, and read the diff. Only then build the package and sign it. Call me paranoid. It's really not a lot harder though. I don't think you're all that paranoid. It's part of the responsibility of the sponsor to