Re: Contacting authors

[Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE>]

Shaleh wrote:
> 
> On 07-Oct-98 Martin Schulze wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > tonight I was thinking about implementing @authors.debian.org which
> > would enable a way for us to get in touch with the upstream authors of
> > some piece of software without the need of looking into the copyright
> > file or digging in the source if the maintainer forgot to add the
> > authors email into that file.
> > 
> > What do you think about it?
> 
> This sounds good in theory.  However numerous pieces of software have no
> defined author.  Enlightenment has two, which should be listed?

Either note the leading maintainer, write down both addresses, take
its development list or leave it out.  However the development list
might not be a good idea.  I haven't made my mind up.

> How about making the field optional, and if it is not present the mail gets
> forwarded to the developer?

An optional field would be ok.

If there is no author available the mail [c/w]ould be redirected
to the current maintainer.  This mechanism is already available
through packages.debian.org.

I't like to tag it at the same priority as using @debian.org as
the maintainer address.  Read: Please do it but if not nobody
would seriously complain.

Regards,

	Joey

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