On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 12:22:25AM +0200, Christian Schwarz wrote: > > The reason why I object to the `multi-maintainer' idea is my experience > with software development: I haven't seen a _working_ example of a > software program yet, which had multiple _release integrators_ (that's > what I think the `Maintainer:'s job is) at the same time. If someone would > show me a good example for this, maybe I'd change my mind. > > The Lintian package has the following Maintainer field: > > Maintainer: Christian Schwarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > This makes it very clear that the package is maintained by a single person > (me), but the email address is a mail aliases for Richard and myself. This > has the advantage, that bug reports are sent to both of us--and most users > use this address for sending us feedback. I'd propose that other > `multi-maintainer' packages use the same format for the Maintainer field > (e.g., dpkg and boot-floppies).
For boot-floppies it is: Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Many people work in the code and I usually do the uploads, altough there have been "non-release-integrator-uploads" when the need have arisen. So, what are the differences between the "multi-maintainer" packages being discussed (boot-floppies and dpkg have been cited as examples) and the "lintian-type"? -- Enrique Zanardi [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
