Document uploaders field

Author: srivasta
Date: 2004/08/23 21:27:06
Document uploaders field

git-archimport-id: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-272

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4981725b96f7042a383cad3978713ffafd733549..5eef813cdc59b5951d200efb16c06d08079a8645 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
   Manoj:
   * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
     docs", thanks to Joey Hess                             (Closes: #222553).
+  * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
+    Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
+    modified during inclusion.                              (Closes: #203145).
 
  --
 

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 57f8cea73a2150ad744cc814a36d4628f3914aa8..eaba98db50bff5a7ba43192e59890b5db9e9b456 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -2198,6 +2198,7 @@ Package: libc6
          <list compact="compact">
            <item><qref id="f-Source"><tt>Source</tt></qref> (mandatory)</item>
            <item><qref id="f-Maintainer"><tt>Maintainer</tt></qref> (mandatory)</item>
+           <item><qref id="f-Uploaders"><tt>Uploaders</tt></qref></item>
            <item><qref id="f-Section"><tt>Section</tt></qref> (recommended)</item>
            <item><qref id="f-Priority"><tt>Priority</tt></qref> (recommended)</item>
            <item><qref id="sourcebinarydeps"><tt>Build-Depends</tt> et al</qref></item>
@@ -2285,6 +2286,7 @@ Package: libc6
          <item><qref id="f-Source"><tt>Source</tt></qref> (mandatory)</item>
          <item><qref id="f-Version"><tt>Version</tt></qref> (mandatory)</item>
          <item><qref id="f-Maintainer"><tt>Maintainer</tt></qref> (mandatory)</item>
+         <item><qref id="f-Uploaders"><tt>Uploaders</tt></qref></item>
          <item><qref id="f-Binary"><tt>Binary</tt></qref></item>
          <item><qref id="f-Architecture"><tt>Architecture</tt></qref></item>
           <item><qref id="sourcebinarydeps"><tt>Build-Depends</tt> et al</qref></item>
@@ -2389,6 +2391,21 @@ Package: libc6
          </p>
        </sect1>
 
+       <sect1 id="f-Uploaders">
+          <heading><tt>Uploaders</tt></heading>
+
+          <p>
+            List of the names and email addresses of
+            co-maintaintainers of the package, if any. If the package
+            has other maintainers beside the one named in the <qref
+            id="f-Maintainer">Maintainer field</qref>, they their
+            names and email addresses should be listed here. The
+            format is the same as that of the Maintainer tag, and
+            multiple entries should be comma separated. This is an
+            optional field.
+          </p>
+       </sect1>
+
        <sect1 id="f-Changed-By">
          <heading><tt>Changed-By</tt></heading>