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Mageia has a legal structure (Mageia.org), and is still a +</I>><i> serious, dependable project. +</I> +Sure the trust is in Mageia the association and it's reputation that will +build up over time, some random names of packagers don't have an effect on +the trust. + +><i> > In a lot of FOSS projects all contributors are only known by their +</I>><i> > nicknames +</I>><i> > so that's common practice. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> In all that I can think of, people use their nickname, yes, but have +</I>><i> too a clearly stated real name and email contact available. +</I> +That is often not the case, and doesn't make any difference anyway because +even real sounding names could be aliases. + +><i> And that's not only common, but good practice to know who is actually +</I>><i> packaging some software for a distribution. +</I> +So some random name means you trust a package more than if there is a +nickname? +How do you know the real sounding name isn't a fake name anyway? + +Like I said the trust comes through the Mageia association and the fact +that packages are built on the official Mageia build system, not from the +names of packagers. + +><i> > At the very least each packager should be able to decide +</I>><i> > him/herself if +</I>><i> > they want their real name or their nickname to appear in the rpm +</I>><i> > changelogs. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Depends on the project policy - maybe to be written down. +</I> +At the very least this should be discussed in the dev forum that the +packagers read, not here, hidden away in the sysadm forum. I only +discovered this thread since I maintain the Mageia ML gateway and noticed +this thread in the "Last message on the forum" entry on the main page. + +-- +Mageia ML Forum Gateway: <A HREF="http://mageia.linuxtech.net/forum/">http://mageia.linuxtech.net/forum/</A> +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002958.html">[Mageia-sysadm] [RPM] cauldron core/release tagtool-0.12.3-2.mga1 +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002963.html">[Mageia-sysadm] [RPM] cauldron core/release tagtool-0.12.3-2.mga1 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2959">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2959">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2959">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2959">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-sysadm">More information about the Mageia-sysadm +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |