[Bug 812685] [NEW] dch -r should detect when update-maintainer needs to be run

[Steve Langasek]

Public bug reported:

When making first modifications to a package on the UDD branch, I
frequently get caught out by not having run 'update-maintainer' until I
get to the point of running 'bzr bd -S'.  I frequently don't build the
source package until *after* I've finished developing and have already
pushed the branch to launchpad... complete with a release tag on the
wrong revision, because I then have to update the branch again with the
result of update-maintainer.

Catching update-maintainer at the source building stage isn't a problem
for classic workflows, but for UDD, where I'll have already committed
the change to bzr, it can be a real pain.  I think either 'dch -r' or
'debcommit -r' should catch the fact that update-maintainer hasn't been
run yet, and abort with the same error that dpkg-buildpackage outputs.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: devscripts 2.11.0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-5.6-generic 3.0.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-5-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 18 21:24:43 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: devscripts
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-06-27 (21 days ago)

** Affects: udd
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: devscripts (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric unity-2d

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Title:
  dch -r should detect when update-maintainer needs to be run

Status in Ubuntu Distributed Development:
  New
Status in “devscripts” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When making first modifications to a package on the UDD branch, I
  frequently get caught out by not having run 'update-maintainer' until
  I get to the point of running 'bzr bd -S'.  I frequently don't build
  the source package until *after* I've finished developing and have
  already pushed the branch to launchpad... complete with a release tag
  on the wrong revision, because I then have to update the branch again
  with the result of update-maintainer.

  Catching update-maintainer at the source building stage isn't a
  problem for classic workflows, but for UDD, where I'll have already
  committed the change to bzr, it can be a real pain.  I think either
  'dch -r' or 'debcommit -r' should catch the fact that update-
  maintainer hasn't been run yet, and abort with the same error that
  dpkg-buildpackage outputs.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: devscripts 2.11.0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-5.6-generic 3.0.0-rc7
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-5-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Jul 18 21:24:43 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: devscripts
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-06-27 (21 days ago)

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