Bug#609409: dh-make-perl

[gregor herrmann]

On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 20:20:42 +0000, Nicholas Bamber wrote:

> 1.) Using the pkg-perl option would make dh-make-perl use the
> default mapping, say /etc/dh-make-perl/emails.lst .
> 2.) There would also be an email-mapping option/configuration
> setting that would specify a different mapping which would be useful
> for other users.

Hm, sounds interesting.
 
> I guess there would be a question over whether we want to distribute
> the mapping file so as to not encourage spam, but rather I thought
> the damage was done in that regard.

It should probably on an opt-in base anyway.

Another thought that crossed my mind:
The problem usually arises when dh-make-perl's refresh recreates the
list by parsing the changelog entries and thereby overwrites already
updated email addresses. Maybe most of the troubles could be solved
by addressing this issue, i.e. keep names from old d/copyright and
compare them to the search result in some way?

Cheers,
gregor
 
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