[Pkg-octave-devel] Mailing list vs. real person name in changelog

folajimi folajimi at speakeasy.net
Wed Nov 30 00:29:07 UTC 2005


On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:

> People are complaining that we use a mailing list instead a real person
> name in the debian/changelog trailer lines.  After this bug report has
> been filed:
>
>     http://bugs.debian.org/340428
>
> I moved the discussion to debian-devel and it got heated:
>
>     http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/11/msg01378.html
>
> Since no consensus was found, I asked at debian-policy:
>
>     http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/2005/11/msg00066.html
>
> but got no response.
>
> This looks like a minor issue, but it is bothering me.  I do not really
> care doing one way or the other, provided that it is what the majority
> prefer.
>
> Please tell me how do you feel about this issue.  If you guys prefer
> using real person names in debian/changelog, I will make the necessary
> changes in the DOG Guidelines.
>
> --
> Rafael

Most of the *automated* responses usually get the delete key from me (unless it
has something to do with Colin.) I wondered if there was an easier way to
identify most of the "botmail," but I did not want to be pegged as the one that
"doth protest too much..."

JA



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