Re: Replace the TC power to depose maintainers
Paul Wise writes ("Re: Replace the TC power to depose maintainers"):
> I'd like to reframe this discussion a little bit...
>
> What exactly is the Maintainer* field for?
>
> Initially it was a way for individuals to declare their commitment to
> perform all tasks in relation to a package.
Not at all.
Mainly, it was a way to control who got email about the package.
> * and why did we make the huge mistake of not calling it Maintainers
I was there at the time; this may even have been my fault. Sorry.
> and then making the secondary mistake of introducing Uploaders instead
> of renaming it to Maintainers.
That was madness. We should have just fixed the things that wanted a
single email address for that field.
We could still do this. "Team maintained" packages would end up with
Maintainer: Alice, Bob, Cryptographic Tales Team
> I would like to see Maintainer/Uploaders replaced with some sort of
> fine-grained commitment registration system:
>
> I commit to [stuff]
Oh god please no. I wouldn't ever want to make any such statement.
Ian.
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