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Problem with reformatting package announcements

As I understand it the current proposal for package announcements is
that the developer uploads the announcement in `dchanges' format in
the .changes file with the package's other files, or mails it to some
special address.  Some program on the master site or somewhere
reformats it to a better[1] format before posting it to the actual
list.

Unfortunately this idea doesn't work well if we want package
maintainers to PGP sign their release announcements.  If we want that
(which I think is a good idea) then the package maintainer will have
to sign the final form of the announcement, which basically means that
they'll have to ship it in the form the user sees it.

Ian.

[1] More human-readable, and (for example) suitable for `md5sum -cv',
&c.