Well, when my information was wrong.. please update the wiki! http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Package_Maintainer
Am Sonntag, den 05.04.2009, 13:09 -0400 schrieb Daenyth Blank: > On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 13:03, Jens Maucher <jensmauc...@online.de> wrote: > > Am Sonntag, den 05.04.2009, 18:49 +0200 schrieb Stefan Husmann: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I think we some time ago came to the conclusion that the one who > >> actually takes care of the package _now_ is the Maintainer, and everyone > >> who formerly maintained the package is a contributor. > > > > A Package Maintainer, in the context of Arch Linux, is either one of the > > following: > > *A core Arch Linux developer who maintains software packages in the > > official repositories (core, extra, or testing). > > > > *A Trusted User of the community who maintains software packages in the > > unsupported/unofficial community repository. > > > > > > A Contributor is a non-TU who maintain packages in AUR > >> > >> IMHO exactly this are the meanings of the words "maintainer" and > >> "contributor". But I may be completely wrong. > > > >> > >> Regards Stefan > > > > Cheers > > > > -- > > Jens Maucher <jensmauc...@online.de> > > Gnupg: 44FF54EA > > Fingerprint: 0E54 F345 E7C9 0295 90F8 2B56 CD9A EE71 44FF 54EA > > > That is no longer the case. I could dig up the ML thread in which it > was discussed, but I'm rather lazy. Can you link to the page that has > that wording so it can be updated? > Maintainer is the person responsible for updating the package, > contributors are as Stefan said, previous maintainers (or people who > have submitted updates) -- Jens Maucher <jensmauc...@online.de> Gnupg: 44FF54EA Fingerprint: 0E54 F345 E7C9 0295 90F8 2B56 CD9A EE71 44FF 54EA
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