On 2007-09-23 17:22 -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Sun, 23 Sep 2007, Andre Majorel wrote: > > On 2007-09-20 23:10 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > > > > > I would not be against a policy requirement that email addresses > > > in package metadata should be the literal address without > > > munging. > > > > I would not be against a policy requirement that packagers *ask* > > third parties before publishing their email addresses. > > The package should include in the copyright file the correct email > address for whatever contact information the upstream author(s) use to > receive queries from users and other people.
This email address will be used by humans. Why does it have to be machine readable ? > Contacting authors when you package something is always a good idea, > but I see no reason to make it a requirement I see no reason not to make it a requirement. -- André Majorel <http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/> M. X, éleveur de spambots, recommande lists.debian.org. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
