On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 03:23:39PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Thursday 15 March 2007 21:32, dann frazier wrote: > >> Given this, I believe anyone on the kernel team should be permitted an > >> entry in the Uploaders field. I also do not believe that the presence > >> of a maintainer's name in the Uploaders field grants them any > >> additional privileges. Uploads still need to be coordinated on the > >> mailing list, etc. > > > > In the D-I team we treat the Uploaders field differently. Uploaders are > > people who actually coordinate the package or do frequent uploads because > > of their role in the project (e.g. the release manager). > > I personally like the way the uploaders field has been use on d-i and > think it would fulfill nicely the kernel team way of doing things.
Notice that Frans decided on this way of using the uploader field, and used it as weapon against me in his war against me. I remember perfectly the older days of the d-i team, where you could add yourself as uploader, when you where actually working on a d-i package. But as d-i moved away from the do-ocracy that many believe is what debian should be, into a strong tyrany of a few, things changed, and most of those changes where in reaction to needs in their fight against me. I am not entirely sure that this is what is most wanted here, this is defitively not how the kernel team used to work, when it was most succesfull, where those actually doing the work could add themselves to the Uploader field, and actually do the upload. Sure, this worked in a coordinated way, but as we where a friendly group, and worked together, and there wass no real need of hierarchies and strong order of control, this worked out well enough. But it is sure, that in the recent days, i see mostly Bastian doing uploads, and only a few active people, so things have changed indeed, and not for the best. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
