Jonas Smedegaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:18:13 +0100 MJ Ray wrote: > > [...] It seems better to name it after the > > target of the process, what they become - a Developer. > > The Maintainer mentioned in a package control field is a Package > Maintainer. > > I fail to see why details about maintaining _packages_ should make > us avoid the same term for other maintainance tasks.
Of your last 20 recorded uses of the word "Maintainer" on debian lists before this thread that I found, you use it once in another meaning (webmaster) and that was uncapitalised. I think I recall you using "maintainers and contributors" to refer to all the maintainers of a package group before, too. What are the contributors doing if not helping to maintain the package, in your opinion? In the debian context, I think Maintainer is commonly understood as a package maintainer. We have a less confusing word for a developer ("Developer"), so why not use it? Hope that helps you see, -- MJR/slef Laux nur mia opinio: vidu http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Bv sekvu http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]