Enrique Zanardi wrote: >> Nope, the dreaded `exactly one maintainer' clause in 2.3.2 is still >> very much in place as of the latest policy. > >You're right. We should fix the policy. Anyone with good skills in >english writing that wants to modify that clause?
How about the following: ============================= 2.3.2 The maintainer of a package Every package must have at least one maintainer. The maintainers are responsible for ensuring that the licence of a package's software complies with the policy of the distribution the package is included in. The maintainer must be specified in the Maintainer control field with the correct name and a working email address for the Debian maintainer of the package. If one person maintains several packages he/she should try to avoid having different forms of their name and email address in different Maintainer fields. Where a group of maintainers handle a single package, the email address should be an alias that translates to the addresses of all of them. The group alias will be listed in the Maintainer control field. <debate> However, one of the group should be nominated to have the prime responsibility for the package. This maintainer's address should be listed in the Group-leader control field. The group leader has the particular responsibility of ensuring that Debian policy is followed and is the person who will be contacted if messages to the group alias get no response. </debate> If the only maintainer of a package quits the Debian project, the Debian QA Group takes over the maintainership of the package until someone else volunteers for that task. Such packages are called orphaned packages. ============================= -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 ======================================== "For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgement, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you." Romans 12:3
