[Mageia-dev] imported .src.rpm / .spec attribution

[Buchan Milne]

On Wednesday, 11 January 2012 23:58:55 Florent Monnier wrote:

> I have also noticed that several Mageia packagers don't do any proper
> attribution to the original authors of the spec files when importing. Is it
> considered optional ?

In my case, I am mostly importing my own packages from Mageia, or entirely new 
packages ...

Maybe you could provide examples.

> because when I was a Mandriva packager, when I was
> importing Fedora spec files and debian patches I have been asked by them to
> make this proper attribution when importing. Why is it considered optional
> when it comes from Mandriva ?

Because many maintainers here maintained packages at Mandriva, and they would 
effectively attribute the package to themself?

Regards,
Buchan