[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#340845: knemo - lists mailing list as uploader in changelog

Bastian Blank bastian at waldi.eu.org
Sat Nov 26 10:54:52 UTC 2005


Package: knemo
Version: 0.3.1-4
Severity: serious

> knemo_0.3.1-4_s390.changes:
> Format: 1.7
> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:05:38 +0100
> Source: knemo
> Binary: knemo
> Architecture: s390
> Version: 0.3.1-4
> Distribution: unstable
> Urgency: low
> Maintainer: s390 Build Daemon <buildd at debian-31.osdl.marist.edu.bblank.thinkmo.de>
> Changed-By: Debian KDE Extras Team <pkg-kde-extras at lists.alioth.debian.org>

knemo lists a mailing list as uploader in the changelog. The policy
specifies:

| 4.4 Debian changelog: debian/changelog
[...]
| The maintainer name and email address used in the changelog should be
| the details of the person uploading this version. They are not
| necessarily those of the usual package maintainer. The information here
| will be copied to the Changed-By field in the .changes file (see
| Changed-By, Section 5.6.4), and then later used to send an
| acknowledgement when the upload has been installed.

and

| 5.6.4 Changed-By
|=20
| The name and email address of the person who changed the said package.
| Usually the name of the maintainer. All the rules for the Maintainer
| field apply here, too.

A mailing list is no person which can do uploads.

Bastian





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