[Bug 822749] Re: update-manager no longer shows packager name in changelog

[Robert Roth]

Are you sure the packager has appeared before in the changelog displayed
in update-manager? The code skipping the line with the uploader seems to
be really old ([1]). It first checks for a regexp ( ^.*--.*<.*@.*>.*$ )
and if the line contains this, it does not add it to the changes buffer.
And this seems to be like this since 2005. I also agree that it would be
nice to display it, maybe in the line with the version number, and also
add the upload date (bug #694064), something like: "Version VERSION
uploaded by PERSON<EMAIL at ADDRESS.COM> on DATE"

[1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/update-manager/main/annotate/head:/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py#L385
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Title:
  update-manager no longer shows packager name in changelog

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Since approximately when update-manager was ported to gtk3, update-
  manager no longer shows the packager name and date in the changelog
  section. If this is a design decision, I'd at least like the ability
  to change a setting to turn this back on. I prefer to use update-
  manager to install updates while I use the development release but I
  really want/need to know who was responsible for a change or an
  update. It's both a matter of trust and a matter of learning who the
  active Debian/Ubuntu packagers are.

  If this is not fixed, I'll either have to use Synaptic or apt-get
  changelog to get this information.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.152.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-7.9-generic 3.0.0
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Aug  8 11:03:07 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-06-17 (52 days ago)

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