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

[Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <gaia@iki.fi>]

On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 03:56:35PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> +     Every package must have exactly one maintainer at a time.  The
> +     maintainer may be a mailing list.

A mailing list is a computer file in a mail server, or (alternatively) an
email address that delivers mail to multiple human recipients.  It cannot
fix bugs, it cannot maintain software, it cannot debate technical points.

I suggest you replace "a mailing list" with "a group of people reachable
from a common email address, such as a mailing list".

Yes, this is nitpicking.  Policy is a spec, and it needs to be treated
as such.

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