On Thu, 7 Sept 2023 at 18:19, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think projects would just put <project> as the name and dev@project... as > the mail address. But there is already a mail-list field so it seems > redundant. > > So I agree that we should drop "maintainer".
Agreed; it can be dropped from the create form. If there is to be a default, it should be private@ Not all projects have a dev list; ultimately it is the PMC that is responsible for the DOAP. > Craig > > > On Sep 7, 2023, at 10:08, rbo...@rcbowen.com wrote: > > > > With some attention on projects.a.o at the moment, I'd like to raise > > the subject of the "maintainer" field in the DOAP files. That field > > doesn't make sense in ASF-style projects. The "maintainer" is always > > going to be the project's PMC. > > > > I came across a few DOAP files that listed an individual name in that > > field, and that's misleading, at best. > > > > I'd like to drop 'maintainer' from the DOAP creation form. Are there > > any objections to that? > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > > > Craig L Russell > c...@apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org