#581572 [debchange] --maintmaint should keep timezone as-is

Package:
devscripts
Source:
devscripts
Description:
scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier
Submitter:
Jakub Wilk
Date:
2015-03-27 20:03:10 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#581572#5
Date:
2010-05-13 19:54:08 UTC
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It would be nice if dch in the "--maintainer" mode didn't change
timezone of the top changelog entry.
#581572#10
Date:
2010-05-13 20:39:35 UTC
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"--maintmaint" mode? :-)

Does -t / --mainttrailer do what you want?  Or were you looking for the
datestamp to update, but maintaining the existing timezone?

Regards,

Adam
#581572#15
Date:
2010-05-13 20:49:00 UTC
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retitle 581572 [debchange] --maintmaint should keep timezone as-is
thanks

* Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>, 2010-05-13, 21:39:

Erm, yes.

The latter.
#581572#22
Date:
2015-03-13 04:06:58 UTC
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What's the use case here?  If the trailer is being changed by someone in
a different timezone, why should the datestamp of their change reflect
someone else's timezone?

Cheers,
#581572#25
Date:
2015-03-27 19:59:21 UTC
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* James McCoy <jamessan@debian.org>, 2015-03-13, 00:06:

When you use --maintmaint, dch updates the timestamp, but keeps the
maintainer's name in the trailer. This may create false impression that
the maintainer lives in a wildly different timezone than they actually
do.

That said, I don't use --maintmaint these days, so if nobody else cares,
feel free to close the bug.