Bug#459868: debian-policy: Definition of Maintainer: when using a mailing list
Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> writes:
> What is it, then, that distinguishes conformant packages from packages
> that simply have a ‘debian/’ directory? If the result is a working
> package that otherwise conforms, what more is needed, exactly?
> In other words, why is it not enough to simply say:
> Every package must have a maintainer.
> to satisfy all the points you raised?
Maybe that would be best. The concern that I had is that it wouldn't be
clear that a package just being maintained upstream isn't sufficient;
someone needs to be responsible for the package as it exists in Debian.
But that's probably sufficiently obvious in context; both you and Charles
feel like it would be.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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