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>>>>> On Tue, 30 Sep 2014, Jeroen Roovers wrote: |
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> <maintainer> |
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> <email>[address of the herd]</email> |
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> <name>[name of the herd]</name> <!-- if you like --> |
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> </maintainer> |
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The same tags shouldn't be used for different things. First of all, |
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the <name> tag is optional, so we cannot rely on its being present. |
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Second, for a given e-mail address, some information is needed where |
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to look it up. If it is a developer, their name can be found in the |
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developers' database. If it is a herd, its description can be found in |
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a different place, currently herds.xml. |
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Even if this information had only marginal importance, I don't see why |
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we should drop it. |
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> Please provide some examples of when and how that piece of |
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> information, "herd", is important. |
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Don't shift the burden of proof, please. |
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Ulrich |
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