From: Russ Allbery Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:47:21 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Reformat information about first changelog line X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1f73071f581d5e268835a278a7a74a4234386735;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git Reformat information about first changelog line --- diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 83d42a9..85e4062 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -1636,19 +1636,20 @@ The maintainer name and email address used in the changelog should be the details of the person uploading this version. They are not necessarily those of the - usual package maintainer + usual package maintainer. If the developer uploading the package is not one of the usual - maintainers of the package (as listed in the - Maintainer or - Uploaders control fields of - the package), the first line of the changelog is conventionally used - to explain why a non-maintainer is uploading the package. The - Debian Developer's Reference (see ) documents the - conventions used.. The information here will be - copied to the Changed-By field in the - .changes file (see ), - and then later used to send an acknowledgement when the - upload has been installed. + maintainers of the package (as listed in + the Maintainer + or Uploaders control + fields of the package), the first line of the changelog is + conventionally used to explain why a non-maintainer is + uploading the package. The Debian Developer's Reference + (see ) documents the conventions + used. + The information here will be copied to the Changed-By + field in the .changes file + (see ), and then later used to send an + acknowledgement when the upload has been installed.