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(this option might +</I>><i> just be too complex) +</I> +/me notes that this might be easier done in LDAP, as a postfix alias map. +Which begs the question ... should the maintainer "database" be in LDAP +instead? + +(BTW., I was thinking along the lines of package groups, with multi-valued +attribute for package name and maintainer. e.g.: + +dn: cn=firefoxteam,ou=Packages,dc=mageia,dc=org +objectClass: mageiaPackageGroup +cn: firefox-team +mail: <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">firefox at packages.mageia.org</A> +mageiaPackage: firefox +mageiaPackage: firefox-en_gb +mageiaPackage: firefox-ext-firebug +.... +mageiaMaintainer: <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">foo at mageia.org</A> +mageiaMaintainer: <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">bar at mageia.org</A> +owner: uid=xxx,ou=People,dc=mageia,dc=org + +><i> D. if people really want to use their own personal email address, perhaps +</I>><i> one can be opted-in to use that one. (but this should be decided in a +</I>><i> policy and be strict on it either YES/NO) +</I> +Per-user options are difficult to administer, I would prefer the same +behaviour for everyone, and the choice to provide data at the user's +discretion. E.g., the current situation, where contributors are requested to +provide real givenName,sn, but are free to use whatever cn they prefer, and +all external tools use cn. sn and givenName are only used for account/identity +validation, legal requirements etc. and all uses of the data must respect +privacy policy. + +><i> personally, i like: +</I>><i> A, B, C, but vote NO for D. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> i would like to use "AL13N <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">alien at mageia.org</A>>" being used. my real name is +</I>><i> kind of not linked the the email address. +</I> +Well, I haven't seen any authoritative statement on whether all contributors +will have @mageia.org aliases, and some work needs to be done for this if it +will be provided. + +Regards, +Buchan +</PRE> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="003007.html">[Mageia-dev] xserver-1.10 +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002949.html">[Mageia-dev] Alpha2 iso content +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#3025">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#3025">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#3025">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#3025">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |