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It seems like restdoc is another example. The owner should be still Xavier, but in the ext_emconf.php definitions look like this:

    'author' => 'Xavier Perseguers',
    'author_email' => 'xavier AT causal.ch',
    'author_company' => 'Causal Sàrl',

Exactly. The interesting point is that I have another extension, namely EXT:egovapi, that has the same author_email and provides the name I see in front of EXT:restdoc: "Xavier Perseguers / SECO". Perhaps there is some cache between email address and corresponding name, that seems like the best guess so far.

Extension easytabs has no email set in ext_emconf.php, which somehow maps this to a different user (Detlev F.) instead of showing the value from ext_emconf.php (Julian F.)

It's not even better to show only the owner of an extension. The idea behind the solution was that the authors may vary per version. Someone can join the team or one other leaves. Therefore only the authors of the last version are really meaningful. And because the list shows only the last version of each extension it's absolutely correct to show only the authors of this last version there.

What is the status here?

Yes, I would be very interested to!

Kai committed a bugfix to not search the author if no email is set.
Helmut committed on the wrong repository I think. :)
I think it's also in Ingo's mind to define what to show in list/search view.
We should define what to show in detail view.

What is more important for the user? To know who is the owner or the current maintainer of the extension?
I think the maintainer is more important.
On single view we can show the owner too, if it's a different person.
In the list view it's not important to show the possible owner.

So, who gives me a +1 for that solution? :)
I would do it as fast as possible.

This commit is only for new uploaded extensions.