Remove MAINTAINER fields from recipes, add MAINTAINER file to replace them.

see email thread at http://lists.openembedded.org/pipermail/openembedded-devel/2006-October/000523.html for details

81 files changed, 0 insertions, 81 deletions

diff --git a/packages/python/python-ao_0.82.bb b/packages/python/python-ao_0.82.bb
index 368c01fd87..e83bd5de11 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-ao_0.82.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-ao_0.82.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ LICENSE = "GPL"
 DESCRIPTION = "Python AO Bindings"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 DEPENDS = "libao"
 SRCNAME = "pyao"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-cairo_cvs.bb b/packages/python/python-cairo_cvs.bb
index 5e93a3019f..53cbd93030 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-cairo_cvs.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-cairo_cvs.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Python Cairo Bindings"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Sandino 'Tigrux' Flores <tigrux@ximian.com>"
 DEPENDS = "python-pygtk cairo"
 SRCNAME = "pycairo"
 PV = "0.0+cvs${SRCDATE}"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-cheetah_1.0.bb b/packages/python/python-cheetah_1.0.bb
index 08d7bd63cb..20fe083d81 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-cheetah_1.0.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-cheetah_1.0.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "template engine and code generation tool"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Cliff Brake <cbrake@bec-systems.com>"
 LICENSE = "MIT-like"
 RDEPENDS = ""
 SRCNAME = "Cheetah"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-constraint_0.2.3.bb b/packages/python/python-constraint_0.2.3.bb
index 472f6bce9b..51fd1e97e1 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-constraint_0.2.3.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-constraint_0.2.3.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ constraint propagation algorithms. So far, facilities are \
 provided to work with finite domains only."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 SRCNAME = "constraint"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-crypto_1.9a6.bb b/packages/python/python-crypto_1.9a6.bb
index 39aafc0c6d..0a842e4688 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-crypto_1.9a6.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-crypto_1.9a6.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "A collection of cryptographic algorithms and protocols"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 DEPENDS = "gmp"
 SRCNAME = "pycrypto"
 LICENSE = "python-crypto"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-dbus_0.23.bb b/packages/python/python-dbus_0.23.bb
index 56bff28849..cb208d6338 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-dbus_0.23.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-dbus_0.23.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Python bindings for DBus, a socket-based message bus system for interprocess communication"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 DEPENDS = "expat glib-2.0 virtual/libintl python-pyrex-native python"
 RDEPENDS = "dbus"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-dialog_2.7.bb b/packages/python/python-dialog_2.7.bb
index 401b312d76..ca7c0ff1d8 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-dialog_2.7.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-dialog_2.7.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "dialog-like functionality in Python"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "LGPL"
 SRCNAME = "pythondialog"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-egenix-mx-base_2.0.6.bb b/packages/python/python-egenix-mx-base_2.0.6.bb
index 49a61c97b0..b31cd20cad 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-egenix-mx-base_2.0.6.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-egenix-mx-base_2.0.6.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ tools which enhance Python's usability in many important areas such as ODBC data
 processing, date/time processing and web site programming."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "EGENIX"
 SRCNAME = "egenix-mx-base"
 PR = "r1"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-fnorb_1.3.bb b/packages/python/python-fnorb_1.3.bb
index 72077e7f80..dffe42e47f 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-fnorb_1.3.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-fnorb_1.3.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "A Pure Python CORBA Package"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "FNORB"
 SRCNAME = "Fnorb"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-fpconst_0.6.0.bb b/packages/python/python-fpconst_0.6.0.bb
index df92dba6ca..8a359adb4f 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-fpconst_0.6.0.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-fpconst_0.6.0.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ It provides constants for Not-a-Number (NaN), Positive Infinity \
 to test for these values."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 SRCNAME = "fpconst"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-gammu_0.13.bb b/packages/python/python-gammu_0.13.bb
index 755e3ec3fd..610263fd93 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-gammu_0.13.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-gammu_0.13.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://cihar.com/gammu/python"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 DEPENDS = "gammu"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 PR = "ml0"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://dl.cihar.com/python-gammu/latest/python-gammu-${PV}.tar.bz2"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-gmpy_1.0.1.bb b/packages/python/python-gmpy_1.0.1.bb
index 477f5c6823..b216836785 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-gmpy_1.0.1.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-gmpy_1.0.1.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "General Multiprecision PYthon"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 DEPENDS = "gmp"
 SRCNAME = "gmpy"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-gnosis_1.1.1.bb b/packages/python/python-gnosis_1.1.1.bb
index b9b297adef..f8a26d844e 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-gnosis_1.1.1.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-gnosis_1.1.1.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Gnosis Utils contains several Python modules for XML processing, plus other generally useful tools"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 SRCNAME = "Gnosis_Utils"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-hmm_0.4.bb b/packages/python/python-hmm_0.4.bb
index 133c2c7d15..b5f75b42c2 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-hmm_0.4.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-hmm_0.4.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ Model and associated algorithms (Viterbi and Baum-Welsh). It uses Numeric \
 Python to speed up the computations."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 RDEPENDS = "python-numeric"
 DEPENDS = "python-numeric"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-imdbpy_2.5.bb b/packages/python/python-imdbpy_2.5.bb
index 34e83ad5bd..b42c3c48d9 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-imdbpy_2.5.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-imdbpy_2.5.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "IMDbPY is a Python package useful to retrieve and manage the data of the IMDb movie database."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 SRCNAME = "IMDbPY"
 PR = "ml0"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-inotify_0.0.6.bb b/packages/python/python-inotify_0.0.6.bb
index 6b5f9fbd75..816f6e10a4 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-inotify_0.0.6.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-inotify_0.0.6.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Python Linux Inotify Wrapper"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.vanille.de/mirror/python-inotify-${PV}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-irclib_0.4.3.bb b/packages/python/python-irclib_0.4.3.bb
index 799745652d..fc1fa3c01f 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-irclib_0.4.3.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-irclib_0.4.3.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "IRC (Internet Relay Chat) Support Library"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "LGPL"
 SRCNAME = "pyirclib"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-itools_0.13.0.bb b/packages/python/python-itools_0.13.0.bb
index 7a8225879c..091026c6a6 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-itools_0.13.0.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-itools_0.13.0.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "itools is a python web technologies library"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "LGPL"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core"
 SRCNAME = "itools"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-libgmail_0.0.7.bb b/packages/python/python-libgmail_0.0.7.bb
index fca95e995e..03963243c8 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-libgmail_0.0.7.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-libgmail_0.0.7.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Python Bindings for Google's Gmail Service"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core python-netclient python-email"
 SRCNAME = "libgmail"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-libgmail_0.1.3.3.bb b/packages/python/python-libgmail_0.1.3.3.bb
index f7d91f3748..c59240e9cd 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-libgmail_0.1.3.3.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-libgmail_0.1.3.3.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Python Bindings for Google's Gmail Service"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core python-netclient python-email python-mime python-pprint python-re python-pickle"
 SRCNAME = "libgmail"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-logilab_0.4.4.bb b/packages/python/python-logilab_0.4.4.bb
index e9c0a9b110..dd2599c720 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-logilab_0.4.4.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-logilab_0.4.4.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ command line argument parsing, logging, and process \
 daemonization."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 SRCNAME = "common"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-lxml_1.0.2.bb b/packages/python/python-lxml_1.0.2.bb
index e36379fed9..de0566e38f 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-lxml_1.0.2.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-lxml_1.0.2.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://codespeak.net/lxml/"
 AUTHOR = "http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/lxml-dev"
 LICENSE = "BSD"
 DEPENDS = "libxml2 libxslt"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 PR = "ml0"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://codespeak.net/lxml/lxml-${PV}.tgz"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-m2crypto_0.13.1.bb b/packages/python/python-m2crypto_0.13.1.bb
index 1e29509ac6..009345e5a0 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-m2crypto_0.13.1.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-m2crypto_0.13.1.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "A Python crypto and SSL toolkit"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 DEPENDS = "openssl swig-native"
 LICENSE = "BSD"
 SRCNAME = "M2Crypto"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-mad_0.5.1.bb b/packages/python/python-mad_0.5.1.bb
index 1ae8053d0a..20e3af770c 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-mad_0.5.1.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-mad_0.5.1.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Python libmad Bindings"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "LGPL"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core libmad"
 DEPENDS = "libmad"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-native_2.4.0.bb b/packages/python/python-native_2.4.0.bb
index 4f5db82569..18b890203f 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-native_2.4.0.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-native_2.4.0.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://www.python.org"
 LICENSE = "PSF"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 DEPENDS = ""
 PR = "r1"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-numarray_1.1.1.bb b/packages/python/python-numarray_1.1.1.bb
index f21c377da2..c1b9340e3c 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-numarray_1.1.1.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-numarray_1.1.1.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Next Generation sophisticated Numeric Processing Package for Python"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "PYRAF"
 SRCNAME = "numarray"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-numeric_23.7.bb b/packages/python/python-numeric_23.7.bb
index e06934ece8..bd6934d711 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-numeric_23.7.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-numeric_23.7.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "A sophisticated Numeric Processing Package for Python"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "PSF"
 PR = "ml0"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-ogg_1.3.bb b/packages/python/python-ogg_1.3.bb
index 007408df6b..0a0e89b96e 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-ogg_1.3.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-ogg_1.3.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Python Ogg Vorbis Bindings"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "LGPL"
 DEPENDS = "libogg"
 SRCNAME = "pyogg"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pexpect_2.1.bb b/packages/python/python-pexpect_2.1.bb
index e23aaf5273..ae0fa2aabf 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pexpect_2.1.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pexpect_2.1.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "A Pure Python Expect like Module for Python"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "PSF"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core python-io python-terminal python-resource python-fcntl"
 SRCNAME = "pexpect"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-psyco_1.5.bb b/packages/python/python-psyco_1.5.bb
index b633b65061..5c47e6971d 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-psyco_1.5.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-psyco_1.5.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ DESCRIPTION = "Psyco lets you run your existing Python software much faster, wit
 HOMEPAGE = "http://psyco.sourceforge.net"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "dkm@kataplop.net"
 LICENSE = "PSF"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core"
 SRCNAME = "psyco"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pybluez_0.2.bb b/packages/python/python-pybluez_0.2.bb
index aa5d4fec2b..8931afcd0c 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pybluez_0.2.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pybluez_0.2.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Python bindings for the Linux Bluetooth stack"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 DEPENDS = "bluez-libs"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pychecker_0.8.14.bb b/packages/python/python-pychecker_0.8.14.bb
index df899521f7..25ae7f0ae7 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pychecker_0.8.14.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pychecker_0.8.14.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "SourceCode Test Utility"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "BSD"
 SRCNAME = "pychecker"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pycodes_1.1.bb b/packages/python/python-pycodes_1.1.bb
index 1530eef44b..c44e7d7e30 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pycodes_1.1.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pycodes_1.1.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ the Internet; and even data compression. A variety of decoding/quantization algo
 things like sum-product as well as linear programming relaxations."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "PYCODES"
 SRCNAME = "pycodes"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pycurl_7.14.0.bb b/packages/python/python-pycurl_7.14.0.bb
index f336131a63..a9480ad949 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pycurl_7.14.0.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pycurl_7.14.0.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "libcurl Python Bindings"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "LGPL"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core curl (>=${PV})"
 DEPENDS = "curl-${PV}"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pyephem_3.7b.bb b/packages/python/python-pyephem_3.7b.bb
index 10eb590cf8..5141b6e574 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pyephem_3.7b.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pyephem_3.7b.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ comets, or earth satellites whose orbital elements the user can provide."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.rhodesmill.org/brandon/projects/pyephem.html"
 LICENSE = "PSF"
 AUTHOR = "Brandon Craig Rhodes"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 PR = "ml0"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.rhodesmill.org/brandon/projects/pyephem-${PV}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pyfits_1.0.1.bb b/packages/python/python-pyfits_1.0.1.bb
index 1d1507d406..a8d336005a 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pyfits_1.0.1.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pyfits_1.0.1.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "PyFITS provides an interface to FITS formatted files under the Python scripting language."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/pyfits"
 AUTHOR = "Space Telescope Science Institute"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de"
 RDEPENDS = "python-numarray"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "AURA"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pyflakes_0.2.0.bb b/packages/python/python-pyflakes_0.2.0.bb
index 77fed35e7a..c78bccb589 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pyflakes_0.2.0.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pyflakes_0.2.0.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "SourceCode Test Utility"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "BSD"
 SRCNAME = "pyflakes"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pygame_1.6.bb b/packages/python/python-pygame_1.6.bb
index c07a07c75c..7d76a9ac99 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pygame_1.6.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pygame_1.6.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Python libSDL Bindings"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "LGPL"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core python-numeric"
 DEPENDS = "virtual/libsdl libsdl-image libsdl-mixer libsdl-net libsdl-ttf smpeg python-numeric"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pygame_1.7.1.bb b/packages/python/python-pygame_1.7.1.bb
index d80359dbba..a664c0ea0a 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pygame_1.7.1.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pygame_1.7.1.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Python libSDL Bindings"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "LGPL"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core python-numeric libsdl-x11"
 DEPENDS = "virtual/libsdl libsdl-image libsdl-mixer libsdl-net libsdl-ttf smpeg python-numeric"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pygoogle_0.6.bb b/packages/python/python-pygoogle_0.6.bb
index 4b405ce26c..87e264be6b 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pygoogle_0.6.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pygoogle_0.6.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ It allows you to do Google searches, retrieve pages from the \
 Google cache, and ask Google for spelling suggestions."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "PSF"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core python-soappy"
 SRCNAME = "pygoogle"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pygtk2_2.8.6.bb b/packages/python/python-pygtk2_2.8.6.bb
index d91e13532c..55e33eab43 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pygtk2_2.8.6.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pygtk2_2.8.6.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Python GTK+ Bindings"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 DEPENDS = "gtk+ libglade"
 RDEPENDS = "python-shell"
 SRCNAME = "pygtk"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pygtk_0.6.12.bb b/packages/python/python-pygtk_0.6.12.bb
index d01918bf05..20504f1108 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pygtk_0.6.12.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pygtk_0.6.12.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ DESCRIPTION = "Python GTK+ 1.2 Bindings"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gtk.org"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "LGPL"
-MAINTAINER = "Rob Taylor <robtaylor@fastmail.fm>"
 DEPENDS = "gtk+-1.2"
 RDEPENDS = "python-shell python-re"
 SRCNAME = "pygtk"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pyid3lib_0.5.1.bb b/packages/python/python-pyid3lib_0.5.1.bb
index 65d20d49c0..0eeca38d2d 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pyid3lib_0.5.1.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pyid3lib_0.5.1.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "A Python Wrapper for libid3."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Jason Haslup <openembedded@haslup.com>"
 LICENSE = "LGPL"
 DEPENDS = "id3lib"
 SRCNAME = "pyid3lib"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pylinda_0.6.bb b/packages/python/python-pylinda_0.6.bb
index 3bcd1a1362..ef557ccca7 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pylinda_0.6.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pylinda_0.6.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Python Implementation of Linda Tuple Space"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "LGPL"
 SRCNAME = "linda"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pylint_0.3.3.bb b/packages/python/python-pylint_0.3.3.bb
index 68b0dc8717..bd93ea4084 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pylint_0.3.3.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pylint_0.3.3.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ features, like checking line-code's length, checking if variable names are well-
 or checking if declared interfaces are truly implemented, and much more."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core python-logilab"
 SRCNAME = "pylint"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pymetar_0.11.bb b/packages/python/python-pymetar_0.11.bb
index 48b89a15e8..a73a17e516 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pymetar_0.11.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pymetar_0.11.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Access NOAA's METAR weather reports"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core"
 SRCNAME = "pymetar"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pyode_1.0.0.bb b/packages/python/python-pyode_1.0.0.bb
index 2d70f848b5..f0d5c9ec6f 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pyode_1.0.0.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pyode_1.0.0.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ DESCRIPTION = "PyODE is a set of open-source Python bindings for The Open Dynami
 an open-source physics engine. PyODE also includes an XODE parser."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "LGPL"
 SRCNAME = "PyODE"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pyqt4_4.0.bb b/packages/python/python-pyqt4_4.0.bb
index 7550e2314d..fad858d203 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pyqt4_4.0.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pyqt4_4.0.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://riverbankcomputing.co.uk"
 AUTHOR = "Phil Thomson @ riverbank.co.uk"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core"
 SRCNAME = "pyqt"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pyqt_3.13.bb b/packages/python/python-pyqt_3.13.bb
index 72efea077c..5e5f0b7256 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pyqt_3.13.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pyqt_3.13.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://www.vanille.de/projects/python.spy"
 AUTHOR = "Phil Thomson @ riverbank.co.uk"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 DEPENDS = "virtual/libqte2 virtual/libqpe1"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core python-sip"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pyqwt_3.10.bb b/packages/python/python-pyqwt_3.10.bb
index 8e47c04544..6c603df852 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pyqwt_3.10.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pyqwt_3.10.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ DESCRIPTION = "Python QWT Bindings, QtE edition"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.vanille.de/projects/python.spy"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core python-sip python-pyqt (>=${PV}) python-numeric qwt"
 DEPENDS = "virtual/libqte2 python-numeric python-pyqt qwt"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pyrad_0.8.bb b/packages/python/python-pyrad_0.8.bb
index c62580627d..6e5e08bb77 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pyrad_0.8.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pyrad_0.8.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Python Radius Client and Server"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "BSD"
 SRCNAME = "pyrad"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pyraf_1.2.1.bb b/packages/python/python-pyraf_1.2.1.bb
index 2242390853..0c9f12a69e 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pyraf_1.2.1.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pyraf_1.2.1.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "PyRAF is a Python-based interface to IRAF."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/pyfits"
 AUTHOR = "Space Telescope Science Institute"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de"
 RDEPENDS = "python-numarray"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "AURA"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pyreverse_0.5.0.bb b/packages/python/python-pyreverse_0.5.0.bb
index f46d0b0517..ab7322e9e8 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pyreverse_0.5.0.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pyreverse_0.5.0.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ tools, documentation generation, and XMI generation for importation in a UML mod
 used to generate files readable by Argo UML."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core python-logilab python-pyxml"
 SRCNAME = "pyreverse"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pyrex_0.9.3.bb b/packages/python/python-pyrex_0.9.3.bb
index 36b8370e60..d0a5f826e0 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pyrex_0.9.3.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pyrex_0.9.3.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ It's designed to bridge the gap between the nice, high-level, easy-to-use world
 and the messy, low-level world of C."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 SRCNAME = "Pyrex"
 PR = "ml0"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pyro_3.5.bb b/packages/python/python-pyro_3.5.bb
index bb3e96c89f..dd6e60d430 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pyro_3.5.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pyro_3.5.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ easy to use, and is small simple and free. Written by Irmen de Jong."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://pyro.sourceforge.net"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "JStauft <wikimail@telus.net>"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core python-crypt python-io python-lang python-math \
 python-netserver python-pickle python-re python-shell python-stringold \
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pyserial_2.0.bb b/packages/python/python-pyserial_2.0.bb
index 044c666037..d7adbe947c 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pyserial_2.0.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pyserial_2.0.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Serial Port Support for Python"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "PSF"
 SRCNAME = "pyserial"
 RDEPENDS = "python-fcntl python-io"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pyserial_2.2.bb b/packages/python/python-pyserial_2.2.bb
index 024f839351..a5d083c580 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pyserial_2.2.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pyserial_2.2.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Serial Port Support for Python"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "PSF"
 SRCNAME = "pyserial"
 RDEPENDS = "python-fcntl python-io"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pysqlite2_2.2.2.bb b/packages/python/python-pysqlite2_2.2.2.bb
index 1f10a64226..37be3bc0ea 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pysqlite2_2.2.2.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pysqlite2_2.2.2.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "A Python extension for the SQLite Embedded Relational Database"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "PSF"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core python-re python-lang python-datetime"
 DEPENDS = "sqlite3"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pysqlite_1.0.bb b/packages/python/python-pysqlite_1.0.bb
index 46ad0239ce..1c567ab6e4 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pysqlite_1.0.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pysqlite_1.0.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "A Python extension for the SQLite Embedded Relational Database"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "PSF"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core python-re python-lang"
 DEPENDS = "sqlite"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pytest_0.5.0.bb b/packages/python/python-pytest_0.5.0.bb
index 73a73ca005..72826593e4 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pytest_0.5.0.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pytest_0.5.0.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ by aggregating PyUnit tests and making them easier to call from the command \
 line and from within other unit tests."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 SRCNAME = "pytest"
 PR = "ml0"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pyvisa_0.9.7.bb b/packages/python/python-pyvisa_0.9.7.bb
index 54ece76300..5657c795a3 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pyvisa_0.9.7.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pyvisa_0.9.7.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ DESCRIPTION = "A Python package with bindings to the 'Virtual Instrument Softwar
 (VISA) library, in order to control measurement devices and test equipment via GPIB, RS232, or USB."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "BSD"
 SRCNAME = "PyVISA"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pyweather_0.5.0.bb b/packages/python/python-pyweather_0.5.0.bb
index 7f630030d0..4a51d6eb9b 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pyweather_0.5.0.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pyweather_0.5.0.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ DESCRIPTION = "PyWeather is a collection of weather related modules \
 that are capable of performing conversion calculations for many common meteorological units."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 SRCNAME = "pyweather"
 PR = "ml0"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pyxml_0.8.4.bb b/packages/python/python-pyxml_0.8.4.bb
index edf1d21542..2bfe7ebcae 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pyxml_0.8.4.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pyxml_0.8.4.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "A sophisticated XML Processing Package for Python"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "PSF"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core python-xml python-netclient"
 SRCNAME = "pyxml"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-pyxmlrpc_0.8.8.3.bb b/packages/python/python-pyxmlrpc_0.8.8.3.bb
index 652b4cb1d3..406e9af2b0 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-pyxmlrpc_0.8.8.3.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-pyxmlrpc_0.8.8.3.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Fast Python XMLRPC Library"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "LGPL"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core"
 SRCNAME = "py-xmlrpc"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-quicklauncher_0.0.1.bb b/packages/python/python-quicklauncher_0.0.1.bb
index c675a2f0fc..33609dfe08 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-quicklauncher_0.0.1.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-quicklauncher_0.0.1.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "A PyQt-optimized Python Quicklauncher for Qt/Embedded based Palmtop Environments"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 RDEPENDS = "python-pyqt"
 PR = "ml1"
 SRC_URI = "${HANDHELDS_CVS};module=opie/noncore/tools/pyquicklauncher"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-scapy_0.9.17.bb b/packages/python/python-scapy_0.9.17.bb
index 30b380d2f3..f9cc0eb6a1 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-scapy_0.9.17.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-scapy_0.9.17.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ It can for the moment replace hping, 85% of nmap, arpspoof, arp-sk, arping, \
 tcpdump, tethereal, p0f, ...."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core python-netclient python-netserver"
 SRCNAME = "scapy"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-scons_0.96.90.bb b/packages/python/python-scons_0.96.90.bb
index 3db28863ba..dc5b40243e 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-scons_0.96.90.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-scons_0.96.90.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "A Software Construction Tool"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 SRCNAME = "scons"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-sgmlop_1.1.bb b/packages/python/python-sgmlop_1.1.bb
index 46498959c4..7e2fc5adff 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-sgmlop_1.1.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-sgmlop_1.1.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Pythonware Fast SGML Parser for Python"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 SRCNAME = "sgmlop"
 LICENSE = "python-sgmlop"
 SRC_URI = "http://www.vanille.de/mirror/${SRCNAME}-${PV}.tar.bz2"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-sip4_4.4.5.bb b/packages/python/python-sip4_4.4.5.bb
index 4bdc8ed769..000aa8b86f 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-sip4_4.4.5.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-sip4_4.4.5.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ DESCRIPTION = "Runtime helper for sip-generated python wrapper libraries"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/sip"
 AUTHOR = "Phil Thompson"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 DEPENDS = "python"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-sip_4.1.1.bb b/packages/python/python-sip_4.1.1.bb
index 8fd2e08c7d..8e118ea7de 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-sip_4.1.1.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-sip_4.1.1.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Runtime helper for sip-generated python wrapper libraries"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 DEPENDS = "virtual/libqte2 python"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-snmplib_0.1.1.bb b/packages/python/python-snmplib_0.1.1.bb
index ad75fbeb61..1af8ebbe51 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-snmplib_0.1.1.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-snmplib_0.1.1.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "A Pure Python SNMP Package"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core"
 SRCNAME = "libsnmp"
 LICENSE = "LGPL"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-soappy_0.11.3.bb b/packages/python/python-soappy_0.11.3.bb
index 21107933ef..6ae59ac515 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-soappy_0.11.3.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-soappy_0.11.3.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Python SOAP Bindings"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "BSD"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core python-xml python-fpconst"
 SRCNAME = "SOAPpy"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-spydi_0.9.3.bb b/packages/python/python-spydi_0.9.3.bb
index e20bf754de..b03d9980db 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-spydi_0.9.3.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-spydi_0.9.3.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ to create distributed full text indexing systems and distributed search engines.
 It supports harvesting, crawling (pull methods), and push methods (via a Web \
 interface or SPyRO Web services)."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.spyron.org/spydi.html"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-spyro_0.9.14.bb b/packages/python/python-spyro_0.9.14.bb
index 73ba6ae2a6..745bdfbc5e 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-spyro_0.9.14.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-spyro_0.9.14.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ DESCRIPTION = "Simplified Python Remote Objects is a multilingual object request
 SPyRO uses the most efficient (or available) connection between peers to minimize costs \
 of transport and parsing in the communication."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.spyron.org/"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-sword_1.5.8.bb b/packages/python/python-sword_1.5.8.bb
index ddbebb503a..b8e319c693 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-sword_1.5.8.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-sword_1.5.8.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Python bindings for the sword library"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Matt Reimer <mreimer@vpop.net>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core sword"
 DEPENDS = "sword-${PV} swig-native"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-tlslite_0.3.0.bb b/packages/python/python-tlslite_0.3.0.bb
index d121610118..f860b4b1b4 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-tlslite_0.3.0.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-tlslite_0.3.0.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ authentication methods such as SRP, shared keys, and cryptoIDs, in addition to X
 Python, however it can access OpenSSL or cryptlib for faster crypto operations."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "PD"
 SRCNAME = "tlslite"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-urwid_0.8.4.bb b/packages/python/python-urwid_0.8.4.bb
index 0c0a13c52f..ca068ecf49 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-urwid_0.8.4.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-urwid_0.8.4.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "A Python Widget library based on python-curses."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "LGPL"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core python-curses"
 SRCNAME = "urwid"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-vmaps_1.1.bb b/packages/python/python-vmaps_1.1.bb
index 8faf1de55c..3cbdec4245 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-vmaps_1.1.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-vmaps_1.1.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Python Arrays on mmap()"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "GPL"
 SRCNAME = "vmaps"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python-vorbis_1.3.bb b/packages/python/python-vorbis_1.3.bb
index 97ddf8caf5..7e839d1af4 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-vorbis_1.3.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-vorbis_1.3.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Python Vorbis Bindings"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "LGPL"
 RDEPENDS = "python-core libvorbis python-ogg"
 DEPENDS = "libvorbis python-ogg"
diff --git a/packages/python/python-webpy_0.138.bb b/packages/python/python-webpy_0.138.bb
index f7c8aa821c..a6a36faedc 100644
--- a/packages/python/python-webpy_0.138.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python-webpy_0.138.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "A Lightweight Web Application Framework"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 LICENSE = "PSF"
 RDEPENDS = "python-netserver python-netclient python-pprint"
 
diff --git a/packages/python/python_2.4.3.bb b/packages/python/python_2.4.3.bb
index 2af6789b7a..1380c2e40f 100644
--- a/packages/python/python_2.4.3.bb
+++ b/packages/python/python_2.4.3.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://www.python.org"
 LICENSE = "PSF"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
-MAINTAINER = "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@Vanille.de>"
 DEPENDS = "python-native readline zlib gdbm openssl tcl tk"
 DEPENDS_sharprom = "python-native readline zlib gdbm openssl"
 PR = "ml6"