maintainer

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

maintainer
    n 1: someone who upholds or maintains; "firm upholders of
         tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy"
         [syn: {upholder}, {maintainer}, {sustainer}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Maintainer \Main*tain"er\, n.
   One who maintains.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

maintainer

   <software> The person responsible for coordinating changes to
   a package of {software} and arranging the distribution of
   updates.  The term usually applies only to {free software}
   where the maintainer (often the author) is doing it as a free
   public service.

   (2001-01-27)

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

maintainer

       <Debian> A member of the Debian project who looks
       after a Debian package.

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