Bug#678607: debian-policy: "original authors" in 12.5 is unclear
Le Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 03:38:05AM -0500, Jonathan Nieder a écrit :
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> Just like naming the location from which the upstream source code was
> downloaded is useful, giving contact information (at least a name,
> mailing list, or web forum) for the upstream maintainer is useful, no?
Hi,
the problem is that the upstream maintainer, the contact information and the
original authors can be different persons.
It is an established practice to list upstream maintainers or contact
information in debian/copyright, but my personal opinion is that there are
betters containers for this information, that hopefully can be shared across
distributions.
Nevertheless, listing the original authors does not give an accurate
information about who currently develops a program, and who to contact.
Cheers,
--
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging team,
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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