Joerg Jaspert wrote: > Now let us describe the way the account status is meant to be handled > in future.
This mail has mixed future and present tense. Have these changes already been implemented, or are planned? > > A new user can start out in two ways depending on their personal > preference. The first is the non-technical way: > > Debian Contributor > ------------------ > A DC is someone that has a strong relation with Debian through the work > they are doing for/around Debian. Possible examples are translators and > documentation writers. > > DC have to pass the ID check, agree to the Social Contract/DFSG and have > successfully answered a set of questions[DCDMQ] similar to the ones used > in the current first P&P step.[TEMPL] Basically, they need to pass the ID check, agree to the Social Contract/DFSG and have successfully answered a set of questions similar to the ones used in the current first P&P step, to keep doing the same thing they have been doing all this time. > The second way is the technical one: > > Debian Maintainer > ----------------- > A DM has the same strong relation with Debian a DC has, but additionally > wants to maintain a limited set of packages without the help of a sponsor. > > A DM has to pass the same checks a DC has and very few questions from the > T&S part[DCDMQ]. > > A (very) small T&S basically, the most important T&S questions for them. > > They are allowed to upload their own (source) package. The allowed list > of (source) packages to upload can be edited by any member of the NM > committee[NMC], who will do a package check before they add new packages > to the DM's list. > In contrast to current DM this is based on source packages and allows > uploads of new binary components, which have to pass NEW, too. > > While, strictly speaking, this increases the barrier to get DM compared > to the current implementation of DM, we do not think it is an > unreasonable or too high level. Anyone who is able to get a package put > together in a lintian clean way will be able to get DM without much > effort or time used. So this basically requires DMs to do the (somewhat reduced) P&P and T&S questions, and I don't see the real reason for this. The idea behind DMs is to maintain a package one knows how to maintain. The only reason I can see here is that DDs are not being trusted in their advocations, which is a far worse problem that won't get solved by this. > Those two "classes" are the initial set in which every NM will end > up. After six months as DC or DM one might chose to become a > Debian Member or Debian Developer. This > - ensures that the interest in Debian isn't short-term. Why do people keep thinking this is a good thing? > - enables them to learn more about the workings in Debian and generally > helps them for the next step. They should be doing this on their own, and not force an arbitrary limit on them. What if they did this _before_ applying for DD/DME/DM/DC status? > - leaves everyone the option to stay DC or DM, if they do not want/need > more rights. > > > After the 6 months time in Debian Contributor/Maintainer are passed, > applicants can apply to get Debian Developer status. There are now 2 > different "classes" of DD status available, one with and one without > upload rights. To not add confusion we selected to name them "Debian > member" (no upload rights) and "Debian Developer" (upload rights). > Both are project members, i.e. with voting and all other constitutional > rights, the term "classes" does not indicate any kind of "first" or > "second" level membership. While you might not intend that, it still does. DDs would be DMEs + general upload rights, which is clearly a DME < DD relationship. > > > Changes to existing Debian Developers > ------------------------------------- > No changes are done to existing Debian Developers, until they ask for > it. If you want to drop down to DME, no matter if you want to keep a few > packages maintained like a DM does, drop the NM-Committee a mail. You say there is no firs or second class, but DDs would drop _down_ to DMEs. This all smells like a whole lot of bureocracy for no gain to me. -- Felipe Sateler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
