Reminder to update timestamps before sponsoring (was: Re: [ubuntu/oneiric] smarty3 3.0.8-0ubuntu1 (Accepted))

[Scott Kitterman]

On Thursday, July 07, 2011 01:19:07 AM Micah Gersten wrote:
> smarty3 (3.0.8-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low
> 
> > * New upstream release. (LP: #801924)
> > 
> > Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:38:31 +0100
> > Changed-By: Mat Scales <mat at wibbly.org.uk>
> > Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Signed-By: Micah Gersten <launchpad at micahscomputing.com>
> > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+source/smarty3/3.0.8-0ubuntu1
> 
> I goofed here, but seems like it's a good opportunity for another PSA
> (Public Service Announcement) since I found a handful of others like
> it in the last 24 hours.  One should try to update the timestamp
> before sponsoring/uploading a package.  This can be accomplished with
> either 'dch -m -r' for sponsoring or just 'dch -r' for one's own upload.

Why should one do this?

Scott K