GitHub usernames as maintainers

[Brandon Allbery]

On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Clemens Lang <cal at macports.org> wrote:

> > When we were originally planning the transition to GitHub, I suggested
> > that we allow an "@" syntax in the maintainers line for GitHub
> > usernames (i.e. "maintainers @neverpanic" for Clemens). I don't
> > remember right now why we then decided that wasn't a good idea.
>
> I think we should re-visit that decision. Maybe I'll find a couple of
> minutes to implement this in base. If so, I'll send a PR for discussion.


For me, it looks too much like an email address when combined with other
things (e.g. "maintainers openmaintainer @foo").

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