Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 10:11:57AM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: >> > The difference is who does the work. >> I a well-team-maintained package, the work is actually done by "the >> team", and decisions are made after finding a consensus solution in the >> team. > > It's nice to know who the team actually *is* though; having a > team.debian.org webpage or something where such things could be listed > would be lovely. > > (So that you can tell if both/all the team is on holidays, if a response > from someone is official, who to try talking to on irc to get an immediate > response, etc; looking through changelogs, or mailing list archives > is okay, but not terribly convenient, especially for team members who > happen not to post a lot, or happen not to upload a lot) > > I really hate looking at packages maintained by a list because > I never know who's actually behind it.
You are right. Since I won't have time to setup and advertise a teams.debian.org webpage, what do people suggest as a short-term solution? Should we agree on a standardised file in /usr/share/doc/<package>, either an item in README.Debian or copyright, or a separate file TEAM.Debian? > (There's plenty of ways to make that not a problem, such as using the > Uploaders: field; but the above might be a useful datapoint) With the Uploaders field, you miss all non-DD team members, which might be quite significant contributors and decision makers. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich Debian Developer
