Quoting Paul Wise (2021-09-27 01:53:41) > On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 10:14 AM Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > In PureOS we are currently discussing how to most sensibly handle > > Uploaders field when forking packages. > > I think the right way to deal with the Uploaders field in any > situation is to pretend we live in a world where we have a single > Maintainers field instead of Maintainer+Uploaders. The Uploaders field > is a historical wart that really should never have been invented in > the first place. > > > What do others think? > > Translating the suggested pretending to the real world, I would say > one of two options: > > if you rename Maintainer to Original-Maintainer then also rename > Uploaders to Original-Uploaders. > > if you replace Maintainer then drop or replace Uploaders. Fair enough - I have updated https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Guidelines#Packages to have Uploaders field follow same logic as Maintainer field. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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