@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@

 FROM docs/base:oss

-MAINTAINER Docker Docs <docs@docker.com>

-

 ENV PROJECT=engine

 # To get the git info for this repo

 COPY . /src

@@ -196,3 +196,7 @@ Since 1.9, Docker Content Trust Offline key has been renamed to Root key and the

 - DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST_OFFLINE_PASSPHRASE is now named DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST_ROOT_PASSPHRASE

 - DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST_TAGGING_PASSPHRASE is now named DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST_REPOSITORY_PASSPHRASE

+### `MAINTAINER` in Dockerfile

+**Deprecated In Release: v1.13.0**

+

+`MAINTAINER` was an early very limited form of `LABEL` which should be used instead.

@@ -486,13 +486,6 @@ before each new `FROM` command.

 assumes a `latest` by default. The builder returns an error if it cannot match

 the `tag` value.

-## MAINTAINER

-

-    MAINTAINER <name>

-

-The `MAINTAINER` instruction allows you to set the *Author* field of the

-generated images.

-

 ## RUN

 RUN has 2 forms:

@@ -687,6 +680,20 @@ To view an image's labels, use the `docker inspect` command.

         "other": "value3"

     },

+## MAINTAINER (deprecated)

+

+    MAINTAINER <name>

+

+The `MAINTAINER` instruction sets the *Author* field of the generated images. 

+The `LABEL` instruction is a much more flexible version of this and you should use

+it instead, as it enables setting any metadata you require, and can be viewed

+easily, for example with `docker inspect`. To set a label corresponding to the

+`MAINTAINER` field you could use:

+

+    LABEL maintainer "SvenDowideit@home.org.au"

+

+This will then be visible from `docker inspect` with the other labels.

+

 ## EXPOSE

     EXPOSE <port> [<port>...]

@@ -1676,8 +1683,6 @@ something more realistic, take a look at the list of [Dockerization examples](..

 # VERSION               0.0.1

 FROM      ubuntu

-MAINTAINER Victor Vieux <victor@docker.com>

-

 LABEL Description="This image is used to start the foobar executable" Vendor="ACME Products" Version="1.0"

 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y inotify-tools nginx apache2 openssh-server

 ```

@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ building your own Sinatra image for your fictitious development team.

     # This is a comment

     FROM ubuntu:14.04

-    MAINTAINER Kate Smith <ksmith@example.com>

     RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ruby ruby-dev

     RUN gem install sinatra

@@ -277,7 +276,7 @@ is capitalized.

 > **Note:** You use `#` to indicate a comment

 The first instruction `FROM` tells Docker what the source of our image is, in

-this case you're basing our new image on an Ubuntu 14.04 image. The instruction uses the `MAINTAINER` instruction to specify who maintains the new image.

+this case you're basing our new image on an Ubuntu 14.04 image.

 Lastly, you've specified two `RUN` instructions. A `RUN` instruction executes

 a command inside the image, for example installing a package. Here you're

@@ -294,10 +293,7 @@ Now let's take our `Dockerfile` and use the `docker build` command to build an i

     Sending build context to Docker daemon

     Step 1 : FROM ubuntu:14.04

      ---> e54ca5efa2e9

-    Step 2 : MAINTAINER Kate Smith <ksmith@example.com>

-     ---> Using cache

-     ---> 851baf55332b

-    Step 3 : RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ruby ruby-dev

+    Step 2 : RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ruby ruby-dev

      ---> Running in 3a2558904e9b

     Selecting previously unselected package libasan0:amd64.

     (Reading database ... 11518 files and directories currently installed.)

@@ -432,7 +428,7 @@ Now let's take our `Dockerfile` and use the `docker build` command to build an i

     Running hooks in /etc/ca-certificates/update.d....done.

      ---> c55c31703134

     Removing intermediate container 3a2558904e9b

-    Step 4 : RUN gem install sinatra

+    Step 3 : RUN gem install sinatra

      ---> Running in 6b81cb6313e5

     unable to convert "\xC3" to UTF-8 in conversion from ASCII-8BIT to UTF-8 to US-ASCII for README.rdoc, skipping

     unable to convert "\xC3" to UTF-8 in conversion from ASCII-8BIT to UTF-8 to US-ASCII for README.rdoc, skipping