Re: Adding module descriptions

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 20:03 +0200, Cosimo Cecchi wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 11:46 -0400, Owen Taylor wrote:
> 
> > Duplication is certainly bad. We have two ways to go:
> > 
> >  A) Not put the maintainers list in the DOAP files and have them in 
> >     the MAINTAINERS file. The plan is that Pulse will be able to take
> >     the .doap files from the module and add in things like release
> >     information to create a more complete DOAP file. So maintainers
> >     could be added at that step.
> > 
> >  B) Drop MAINTAINERS and move the information to the DOAP file. 
> >     (There would be some sort of transition period where we would
> >     support both.)
> > 
> > I like B) better; I'd rather one file than a collection of little files.
> 
> +1 from me too.
> 
> Though I remember that the SVN policy required a MAINTAINERS file inside
> the module in order to commit to it. Is this still valid for git?
> (please forgive me if this has already been brought up in some other
> thread).

"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams."

i.e. it was our rule, and we can change it.

--
Shaun