Re: We have a problem
On 05/06/2015 08:47 PM, Jaime Robles wrote:
> I don't really see the need to remove the names from the list as it is not adding any value to do it but to reducing some (not really too much) value.
This list isn't supposed to improve your internet karma, it has an
actual function. It is intended to give users and other developers an
information who is now responsible for the package and can answer any
questions regarding to it and whom you should complain to when something
is not working.
I don't see any point in putting someone's name into that list if they
are not an active maintainer of a package. It's handled the same
anywhere else in the free software world. Maintaining a project or a
package means that you should actually be doing something to deserve
that title.
This has nothing to do with credits or copyrights, but it is supposed to
be a useful feature. And if Patrick is not the active maintainer of a
certain package, he will as much as any other developer outside the
package team of that particular package meaning that he himself will
have to dig through the code to figure out what's wrong in case of a bug
report or a problem.
This is the primary reason why the maintainer field exists in the first
place. To be able to have someone who is responsible and knowledgeable
about a particular package.
Adrian
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