Andrew Kuchling <amk@...> wrote:
> Possible attributes, based on the Linux Software Map and suggestions from
> Stephen Wynne and David Ascher:
>
> Required attributes:
...
> Author: Author(s) of package. In RFC822 format (i.e.,
> something that will fit into a From: or To: header of a
> normal Internet mail message). Preferred format:
> mailname@... (Full name)
> Multiple persons may be given, one per line.
>
> (Should there be a separate Maintainer attribute? For example, Niels
> Moller originally wrote the GMP module, but I now maintain it. So
> should the Author be me, or should there be both maintainer & author?
> IMHO the purpose of the locator is to find software and contact the
> people responsible *now*, not assign credit, so I'd say that
> Author==Maintainer, & original authors should be credited in the
> package's README.
>
> Optional attributes:
>
> Author-URL: The author's home page.

Hmm. If you *mean* something other than author, then it's probably a good idea
not to *say* author - so I would prefer this were called "Maintainer" it that's
what you want - saves a lot of grief trying to unconfuse people after the
fact...

(and then if you want a separate field called something like "original-author"
it is clearly different!)

<a little bit of pedantry can't hurt, surely> Tibs



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