It is, in general, difficult to find the upstream developers of a given
debian package. The package page does not include any mention of a web
site or mailing list where actual development occurs. The .dsc files
also do not generally list how to find upstream.
I suggest that when there is an upstream, debian should include a link
to it on the package page (for instance, a link to the sourceforge
project page or the project's home page), and/or a development mailing
list if one exists. The same information should be in the .dsc file for
the package somehow.
Any thoughts on this?
Cheers,
Bob McElrath [Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, Department of Physics]
"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to
be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge
gives. A popular government without popular information or the means
of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy or
perhaps both."
- James Madison (4th President of the U.S.)
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