Arno Töll <a...@debian.org> writes: > On 13.06.2012 17:35, Ian Jackson wrote: > > 1. Change the definition of the Maintainer field to permit multiple > > entries. > > There were probably technical reasons back then when introducing > Uploaders. Maybe someone knows.
I don't know of technical concerns there. But I do recall many discussions where a proud benefit of Debian was said to be that every package has a single person primarily responsible for it, because this mitigates the diffusion of responsibility we humans are prone to. I realise the recent trend has been toward nominating a team as “the” maintainer. -- \ “Whenever you read a good book, it's like the author is right | `\ there, in the room talking to you, which is why I don't like to | _o__) read good books.” —Jack Handey | Ben Finney
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