From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:44:32 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Document uploaders field
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=24f7a284f8a0a48fd950d6a66d77967c6b5d181a;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git

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 4981725..5eef813 100644
--- 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 57f8cea..eaba98d 100644
--- 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>