From: Russ Allbery Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 16:00:16 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Avoid the phrase "Debian maintainer" when defining maintainer X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=aec9d4c18aff8e61e119cfe1f48fdfdf83dedf63;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git Avoid the phrase "Debian maintainer" when defining maintainer --- diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 1a21a51..fe194cc 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -890,8 +890,8 @@ The maintainer of a package

- Every package must have a Debian maintainer. The maintainer may - be one person or a group of people reachable from a common email + Every package must have a maintainer. The maintainer may be one + person or a group of people reachable from a common email address, such as a mailing list. The maintainer is responsible for maintaining the Debian packaging files, evaluating and responding appropriately to reported bugs, uploading new