Re: proposal: add "packagers" field (list of strings (names)) to package definition

[Florian Paul Schmidt <mista.tapas@gmx.net>]

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On 12/02/2015 05:12 PM, Andy Wingo wrote:

> If there are other ways we can recognize people's work, we should 
> consider them :)  Think of it this way though, a packager is a
> person who packages.  The value is in the verb, not the noun;
> packaging is an ongoing process.  We should reward the process, via
> NEWS, and perhaps in other ways.
> 
> Besides, no one wants to be the person that removes a name from a
> list of a package's packagers!

Why remove a name that made it into the list ever? Did the package
packagers package packages somewhere in the past or didn't they (or
contributed to packaging packages - contest: What sentence can include
the most occurences of "package" and still make sense)?

Like I said in the other reply: It's just a proposal to ponder a bit.
Maybe it does make sense, maybe it doesn't. To me it still seems it does
..

Flo

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