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

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 10:25:02AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> 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.

Looks good, thanks.

(what's the vi magic to DTRT for policy.sgml?)

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 - mdz