Re: Few ideas...

[Krzysztof Halasa]

Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> d: I think it would not bad if it were included in the resulting
> object file like MODULE_AUTHOR is.

I specifically don't want it in the binary - maintainers change, it's
not a point of contact for end users. It would be for source code ops
only.

> If anything, MODULE_AUTHOR could be removed, because the original
> author(s) are usually listed at the top of the .c file and not
> always the ones to talk to when there is a bug (=> the maintainer
> is).

Perhaps it's there because of copyright.
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Krzysztof Halasa
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