Hi Matt! On Sun, 01 May 2005, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 09:36:57PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > > > Actually, I don't think that the packages.*-code is part of the problem. > > Ubuntu treats the Debian maintainers at many places as "their" > > maintainers, e.g. at apt-cache show $package. The packages.*-code just > > displays that wrong information. > > [Note that this is an entirely different matter from the one mentioned in the > original post] > > Every Debian derivative I have seen does this the same way. There is some > inaccuracy in either case, but I think this is the lesser of the evils: > > - Changing the maintainer field > - "<foo> is taking credit for my work!" > - Requires modification of every source package, even if it is otherwise > identical If they change anything - this includes branding stuff too - the should change the maintainer field. If the package is identical to the debian one it could stay as it is. Just my 2 cents Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
