On 12-05-31 at 04:43pm, George Danchev wrote: > On Thursday 31 May 2012 16:15:31 Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > [dropping PHP Pear team as cc] > > > > On 12-05-31 at 03:16pm, George Danchev wrote: > > > On Thursday 31 May 2012 11:47:21 Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > > > You and a lot of others fail to realize that the *SPONSOR* is > > > > > responsible for the package. > > > > > > > > Huh?!? > > > > > > > > What does "Maintainer:" mean if not the entity being responsible > > > > for, well, maintaining?!? > > > > > > Who is responsible for the package maintenance in the case where a > > > non-DD is listed in "Maintainer:", and the package is obviosuly signed > > > and uploaded (effectively sponsored) by a DD? I guess it is perfectly > > > reasonable to expect that DD, being in the role of sponsor, is > > > responsible for the package quality and further maintenance. Sponsors > > > are full-fledged DDs, and trying to claim that they are not > > > responsible, or are somehow less responsible than any other > > > non-sponsoring DDs, for the uploads they have done, is obviously plain > > > wrong. > > > > You avoided my question, it seems: What does "Maintainer:" mean, then? > > What does "Uploaders:" field mean?
You still avoid my question: What does "Maintainer:" mean? - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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