The author/maintainer distinction problem (and PEP 621)

I think this is a great point. The current metadata conflates “who to contact” and “who to give credit to”.

IMO it is confusing to end users that may be multiple “avenues” of contact, and that some of them (like Author-Email) might actually be invalid (e.g. in the case that the Author still wants/deserves credit, but is no longer involved in the project).

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