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On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 10:40 +0200, pHilipp Zabel wrote:
> On 10/9/06, Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> wrote:
> > MAINTAINER would still exists but would become a distro variable so
> > distros would still use it to set the maintainer of distributed packages
> > but since this is usually a distro contact, setting it in a distro.conf
> > file shouldn't be a problem (and it can be overridden on a per package
> > basis MAINTAINER_pn-linux-opnzaurus = "").
> 
> Does this mean we'll have additional per-distro .conf files
> which contain hundreds of MAINTAINER_pn-foo variables?

That is something for a distro to decide. In most cases, I see a distro
wanting a single point of contact so whilst it would be possible, I
don't see it happening. All current distros try and setup a single point
of contact as far as I know.

Richard