Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Scripsit Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> If they are also compiled with a toolchain unchanged from Debian, >> the binaries can legitimately have the same Maintainer: field as in >> Debian, because they are essentially the same package. > >> If not, the binary packages should have different Maintainer: >> fields, unless the maintainer agrees to have his name on it. > > You seem to require a standard of attribution in the Maintainer field > that Debian does not itself follow in our default procedures. To wit: > NMUs _within_ Debian keep the Maintainer field unchanged.
The difference is that a Debian Maintainer can replace the NMU any time he wants with his own package. I don't have the same ability to replace a non-Debian altered package. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
