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Bug#459868: debian-policy: Definition of Maintainer: when using a mailing list



On 24/01/08 at 23:22 +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote:
> >> +++---+++
> >> If the Maintainer: field points to a mailing list then the Uploader:
> >> field has to contain at least one human.
> >> ---+++---
> > This is a good requirement, I think.  (Actually, I would have expected
> > Uploader to contain only humans ...)
> 
> True, I expect Uploaders to only contain humans, nothing else makes any
> sense. This is for people who try uploading packages with Maintainer set to
> "the foo group of bar <bar@foo.com>" and no other information about who
> really maintains it...
 
In the ruby-extras team, we use:
Maintainer: the team member "mainly" responsible for the package
Uploaders: the team mailing list, and the other team members who keep a
look on the package.

And I think that makes perfect sense ;)
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