On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 05:08:20PM -0600, Adam DiCarlo wrote: > For now, I was planning on recommending something like this:
> We recommend that you add the upstream author's name, email address, > and the URL for the package's homepage to the package description in > debian/control. It should be added at the end of description, using > the following format: Some authors may not WANT their email in the package description. At least one of my upstreams would probably shoot me if I tried that. (Even on his own web page, his address is only available as a GIF.) IMO, any "best practices" recommendation should recommend NOT posting ANYONE'S email address in any public place unless the owner of the address has OK'd it. > Author: Norman Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Author" is a bit of a misnomer. There may be a team of authors, and/or the actual author may no longer be the upstream maintainer. > Homepage: http://docbook.sourceforge.net/ Ditto for this: some packages may have only an ftp: URI, which doesn't exactly qualify as a "homepage", IMO. But my objections to this are much milder. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra- osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico- to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku
