Policy: Clarify whose signature should go in debian/changelog (4.4)

Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
Closes: #593611

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3f1e23602e68277b7ad636222a8eaabb9831b8cd..226df101f50278cbee45acc97134de3d0e73ca94 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ debian-policy (3.9.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
     Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
     Closes: #555980
+  * Policy: Clarify whose signature should go in debian/changelog (4.4)
+    Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
+    Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
+    Closes: #593611
   * virtual-package-names-list: Update java runtime list
     Wording: Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>
     Seconded: Tony Mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
@@ -74,7 +79,7 @@ debian-policy (3.9.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Closes: #613143
 
- -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:43:08 +0200
+ -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>  Sat, 02 Aug 2014 22:04:19 +0200
 
 debian-policy (3.9.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
 

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index ae9d1737831f7983bc9c986254f541ed0041a98d..fbbe4a307c08cf0ee810a0b8ceb9f111723b8582 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -1746,11 +1746,14 @@ zope.
 
        <p>
          The maintainer name and email address used in the changelog
-         should be the details of the person uploading <em>this</em>
-         version.  They are <em>not</em> necessarily those of the
-         usual package maintainer.<footnote>
-           If the developer uploading the package is not one of the usual
-           maintainers of the package (as listed in
+         should be the details of the person who prepared this release of
+         the package.  They are <em>not</em> necessarily those of the
+         uploader or usual package maintainer.<footnote>
+           In the case of a sponsored upload, the uploader signs the
+           files, but the changelog maintainer name and address are those
+           of the person who prepared this release.  If the preparer of
+           the release is not one of the usual maintainers of the package
+           (as listed in
            the <qref id="f-Maintainer"><tt>Maintainer</tt></qref>
            or <qref id="f-Uploaders"><tt>Uploaders</tt></qref> control
            fields of the package), the first line of the changelog is