Re: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2018-10-14

[Andrew Savchenko]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 20:09:39 -0400 Alec Warner wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 5:24 PM Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:35:13 +0200 Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> > > >>>>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018, Alec Warner wrote:
> > >
> > > > My reading of ulm's proposal is that it is allowed.
> > >
> > > > Ebuilds "shall" use the simple attribution, not that they "must" use
> > it.
> > >
> > > > To me that implies the simple attribution should be the default, but
> > the
> > > > complex attribution is acceptable in the ::gentoo repo.
> > >
> > > > Maybe I'm misunderstanding the proposal?
> > >
> > > No, you've understood it exactly how it was meant.
> >
> > Then please write this explicitly in the proposed change. Right now
> > it is only "shall" vs "must" difference which may confuse people
> > and create misunderstanding in future.
> >
>
> If we update the wording, are you happy with the proposal now that we have
> a shared understanding of its intent?

Yes, I'll be happy as long as alternate form (explicit authors list
with optional "and others") will be allowed with clear wording.

Best regards,
Andrew Savchenko