From 2aa2a2ed39619fc8b6d7f9dc9dc74a8d3b536025 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 18:35:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] 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
---
 debian/changelog |  7 ++++++-
 policy.sgml      | 13 ++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3f1e236..226df10 100644
--- 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 ae9d173..fbbe4a3 100644
--- 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
-- 
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