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From: Florian Paul Schmidt <mista.tapas@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: proposal: add "packagers" field (list of strings (names)) to
	package definition
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 13:59:02 +0100
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On 12/01/2015 09:12 AM, Florian Paul Schmidt wrote:
> 
> ...and encourage its use. The intended semantics is to list people 
> that have contributed to the packaging effort. The motivation
> behind

[...]

Something like:

diff --git a/guix/packages.scm b/guix/packages.scm
index 68fb091..efe1dbf 100644
--- a/guix/packages.scm
+++ b/guix/packages.scm
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
             package-home-page
             package-supported-systems
             package-maintainers
+            package-packagers
             package-properties
             package-location
             package-field-location
@@ -266,6 +267,9 @@ name of its URI."
                      (default %supported-systems))
   (maintainers package-maintainers (default '()))

+  (packagers package-packagers (default '()))     ; list of people
that worked
+                                                  ; on the package
+
   (properties package-properties (default '()))   ; alist for
anything else

   (location package-location


Regards,
Flo

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