[Pkg-jed-commit] r1025 - www

[Guenter Milde]

Author: milde-guest
Date: 2008-01-09 14:33:29 +0000 (Wed, 09 Jan 2008)
New Revision: 1025

Modified:
   www/DJG-Guidelines.txt
Log:
Edit of Rafael's change-tagging proposal


Modified: www/DJG-Guidelines.txt
===================================================================
--- www/DJG-Guidelines.txt	2008-01-09 13:39:11 UTC (rev 1024)
+++ www/DJG-Guidelines.txt	2008-01-09 14:33:29 UTC (rev 1025)
@@ -44,19 +44,17 @@
       -- Sam Uploader <sam.u at lists.example.org>  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 09:29:18 +0100
 
 Where JD, SD and SU are the initials of the developers associated with each
-change and should appear at the end of each entry.  Avoid repetition of the
-tags in sequential or grouped changelog entries, like this::
+change and should appear at the end of each entry. Changes by the uploader
+do not need a tag. (Cf. the last change in the above example)
 
+In sequential or grouped changelog entries, you can void repetition of the
+tags like this::
+
      * Updated debconf templates translations: [RL]
        + German: thanks to Helge Kreutzmann (closes: #424115)
        + Dutch: thanks to Bart Cornelis (closes: #424664)
-       + Marmish: thanks to Mar Mish [GM]
+       + Marmish: thanks to Mar Mish [SU]
 
-The Debian policy requires the trailer line to contain the real name and
-the email address of the person preparing the corresponding release.  If
-this person is the only one who contributed to changes in this release,
-there is no need for adding tags with the initials in the changelog
-entries.
 
 URLs of the SVN repository can be added to the Source section of the
 debian/control file, which will appear in the Package Tracking System