Marcus Better wrote: > The Maintainer has ultimate responsibility for the package, so there is > someone to blame if the package rots. :-)
What if this person becomes MIA? We then know (better) who to blame but the situations does not improve compared to now. I'm listed as uploader in serveral packages and have been mostly inactive for about two years. I should have removed myself from all these packages. So if someone wants to remove me in the next uploads, that's fine. The main problem IMHO is that most of the team members are only active for a (shorter or longer) period of time and then get busy with other things. Some return after a cople of months, others don't. Some (like me) still have the hope to return in the future. I think it's more dangerous if people are listed in the Maintainer: field and then become more and more inactive. A single maintainer might keep others from stepping in. To me, a group maintainer looks more like an invitation to participate. Also I don't think that we'll find people who want to become the ones to blame for all the packages in the reprsitory. :-) But I don't want to keep you from trying. I (as an inactive member) should not tell active members what to do. Stefan
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