And "contact for security stuff". On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Steffen Mueller <nj88ud...@sneakemail.com> wrote: > David Golden wrote: >> >> 22. Clarify author field > > Consider that it's currently, practically used as a "contact" field. I get > lots of mail that should have gone to a mailing list instead. > > Therefore, I'm for: > > - Remove the ambiguous "author" field > - Add "contact" field. Potentially with a type associated (person or mailing > list). > - To compensate, add a copyright holder field in some form. Though I realize > that this may be impossible due to conflicting copyright of the package > content. Maybe a field in the spirit of "contact for legal stuff". > > The idea is to make it very clear where normal inquiries should go without > removing the mention of a single person in case of legal issues where > mailing lists and other media are inappropriate. > > Steffen >
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