Bug#51879: PROPOSAL: package may be maintained by a group

[Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>]

Package: debian-policy
Severity: wishlist

Raul Miller wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 03:41:34PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> > * "Every package must have exactly one maintainer at a time." This statement
> >    is violated by so many packages (including dpkg) that it should be removed.
> 
> I think it's being interpreted as "one maintainer email address".  But
> you're right, the language should be cleaned up, as in a number of
> cases that email address is a mailing list.

Ok, this is worth a separate proposal, so I now formally make one. I think I
have you and Brandon as seconds, please confirm.

I propose the following modification of policy:

--- policy.text.orig	Fri Dec  3 15:50:05 1999
+++ policy.text	Fri Dec  3 15:55:36 1999
@@ -466,8 +466,9 @@
 2.3.2. The maintainer of a package
 ----------------------------------
 
-     Every package must have exactly one maintainer at a time.  This person
-     is responsible that the license of the package's software complies
+     Every package must have exactly one maintainer at a time.  The
+     maintainer may be a mailing list. The maintainer is responsible
+     for ensuring that the license of the package's software complies
      with the policy of the distribution this package is included in.
 
      The maintainer must be specified in the `Maintainer' control field

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