On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 09:25:19PM +0800, Andrew Shugg wrote:
> > You see, even here we would need the suggested patch that I provided.
> > What about using the email-address as an anchor? That should be unique
> > enough. People that using different mailaddresses for different
> > packages are rare, I guess. And should be larted anyway ,-)
>
> IMO they should be anchored by the Debian username. Even if they use
> different email addresses in their packages the Debian username will
> obviously be unique. The problem though may be mapping those usernames
> to certain people, if they do not use their Debian address in any of
> their package descriptions.
Many developers don't use their Debian email in Maintainer: fields, and many
aren't official (they're sponsored) and thus don't have a Debian username.
Neeeext! :)
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