On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 22:29:54 +0900 JC Helary wrote: > The bug is in the relation between "from new maintainer->to > developer" and the corollary "other contributors don't _need_ to > become developers". > > However true that technically is, it clearly does not contribute to > the well-being of non-maintainer contributors in the Project.
No, the bug is in realizing that a "New Maintainer" does not imply _package_ maintainance - it is just the most common maintainance task, and, it seems, the simplest to judge during the NM process. Contribution is (sometimes) a single action, while maintainance implies steady commitment. Lots of people contribute to Debian. I find it sane to draw the line between those just doing that and those committed to continuously maintain package/translation/legal/whatever contributions (their own and those of others). - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm
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