2008/7/9 Attila <attila@invalid.invalid>: > On Mittwoch, 9. Juli 2008 14:07 Hugo Doria wrote: > >> You can run `pacman -Si package` to get maintainer contact ou use the >> web interface on archlinux.org. > > The question is not so stupid as it sounds in the first moment > because "pacman -Si" shows only the packager but we all speaks even from the > maintainer. And i must say that this point is for me not clear too and i will > give you a example with firefox-i18n: > > pacman -Si firefox-i18n: > Packager : Jan de Groot <jgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > First lines in the PKGBUILD (i delete only the email addresses): > # Maintainer: Thomas Baechler > # Contributor: Jaroslaw Swierczynski > # Contributor: Michal Hybner > > And now? Result for me: Having the abs tree on my disk (or looking at > repos.archlinux.org) is the best solution to find out who maintains a > package.-) The best way to know who _currently_ maintains a package is looking at archlinux.org/packages/ because new maintainer may not always change the # Maintainer tag right away. > > Note: A "pacman -Si firefox" shows this "Packager : Unknown Packager". -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)
