Comment 13 for bug 250820

On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 09:53 +0000, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> A complete example:
>
> Subject: [ubuntu/intrepid] hello 2.2-2 (Accepted)
> X-Launchpad-Component: component=universe, section=devel
>
> hello (2.2-2) intrepid; urgency=low
>
> * Removed all traces of checkroot. It's not really debian/rules job,
> and the binary target will fail anyway if not invoked as root,
> as there is a chown call.
>
> -- Santiago Vila <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:05:12 +0200
>
> Changed-By: Some Ubuntu Dude <email address hidden>
> Signed-By: Some sponsor <email address hidden>
> Origin: Debian/unstable
>
> Changed-By and Signed-By should be omitted if they're the same as
> Maintainer. Origin should only be provided for syncs. Here it is in
> terms of the .changes fields etc.:
>
> Subject: [%(Distro)s/%(DistroSeries)s] %(Package)s %(Version)s (%(Status)s)
> X-Launchpad-Component: ...
>
> %(Source)s (%(Version)s) %(Distribution)s; urgency=%(Urgency)s
>
> %(Decoded-Changes)s
>
> -- %(Maintainer)s %(Date)s
>
> Changed-by: %(Changed-By)s
> Signed-By: %(Email-Address-Matching-Key)s
> Origin: %(Origin)s

Hello Matt,

thanks again for the complete example provided above. Celso pointed out
that the 'Origin:' field is not a documented one (he was referring to
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html).

Could you please explain why you are requesting that field to be
included?

Best regards

--
Muharem Hrnjadovic <email address hidden>
Canonical Ltd.

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