MAINTAINER lines and Real Names

Stephen Montgomery-Smith stephen at missouri.edu
Tue Sep 11 21:14:39 UTC 2012


On 09/11/2012 03:59 PM, Chris Rees wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Ever since I peeked at OpenBSD's ports [1] to see how they handle
> headers, I've noticed something else nice that they do.
>
> Instead of the plain, boring who-the-hell-is-this MAINTAINER line that we have;
>
> MAINTAINER=crees at FreeBSD.org
>
> they have the much more pleasant and personal style;
>
> MAINTAINER=Chris Rees <crees at FreeBSD.org>
>

I think it is a good idea.  (But I thought I suggested the same idea a 
few days ago!)



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