Policy regarding maintainer field (Re: [ubuntu/intrepid] gnome-build 2.24.0-1ubuntu1 (Accepted))

[Colin Watson]

On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 04:57:10PM +0100, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> Rather than just remind ubuntu-devel@, how about:
> 
> --- policy.sgml	2008-09-19 19:40:11 +0000
> +++ policy.sgml	2008-10-08 15:56:41 +0000
> @@ -1021,7 +1021,10 @@
>  	    </list>
>  	  If the <tt>Maintainer</tt> field is modified, then the old
>  	  value must be saved in a field named
> -	  <tt>XSBC-Original-Maintainer</tt>.
> +	  <tt>XSBC-Original-Maintainer</tt>.  Because it is mandated and very
> +      common, it is not necessary or appropriate to document this change
> +      in <file>debian/changelog</file>.
> +
>  	</p>
>        </sect>
> 

Seconded (modulo tab damage), with one further tweak:

=== modified file 'policy.sgml'
--- policy.sgml	2008-09-19 19:40:11 +0000
+++ policy.sgml	2008-10-09 09:22:56 +0000
@@ -1021,7 +1021,10 @@
 	    </list>
 	  If the <tt>Maintainer</tt> field is modified, then the old
 	  value must be saved in a field named
-	  <tt>XSBC-Original-Maintainer</tt>.
+	  <tt>XSBC-Original-Maintainer</tt>.  Because it is mandated and
+	  very common, it is not necessary or appropriate to document this
+	  change in <file>debian/changelog</file>, unless it is the only
+	  change involved in the upload.
 	</p>
       </sect>
 

I've applied this in bzr, though haven't uploaded yet.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]