Sorry maintainers, if that last message was too clipped. After sending
it, I looked through the changelog, and noticed that Tuckley's doing a
lot of work on 'abcde'. Of course I'd just figured CT was some random
fella, (I still think this bug should stay open tho').
But since I'm probably not the first person to make that sort of
mistake, maybe there's another 'wishlist' in this. Maintainers change
too, but submitters and BTS browsers may not know about who has what
job. Maybe a maintainer's taglines should clearly explain the work
they do for the current package. Examples:
# the current maintainer
John Smith, current Debian Maintainer of 'foobar'
# former maintainer
John Smith, former Debian Maintainer of 'foobar'
John Smith, Debian Maintainer Emeritus of 'foobar'
# second banana
John Smith, Debian Developer and code contributor to 'foobar'
NB: the tagline shouldn't say every package whosie does, just the
relevant one(s) relative to the package being discussed.
I'd think of it like a distinctive insignia on a uniform (as with
military brass).
- Sincerely,
A. Costa, independent BTS grouser and user of 'abcde'
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