Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 04:56:36PM -0300, Felipe Sateler wrote: >> My name is on the Maintainer field of 2 packages in main, and I >> think we can consider the Maintainer fields as "a list of >> contributors" (evidently, not all of them). I haven't (formally) >> agreed to any document, my key is not signed by anyone in the >> project, I haven't been advocated by anyone and certainly have not >> answered any set of predefined questions. Why should the bar for >> non-developing contributors should be different than mine (ie, they >> have to do more than just the work they are contributing)? > > Nobody is saying that to contribute in general you will need something > more than at present. For example, nobody is proposing to get rid of > sponsors (which are now, and will be also in the future, to sponsor > anybody's work), or to inhibit people submit patches to the BTS (they > are contributors too!). > > Still (part of) the proposal is to introduce a particular class of > contributors which is also able to vote on choices of the Debian > project (elections and GR). In the initial proposal that class happens > to be called "Debian Contributors", but that's just a matter of > naming, and you can argue that it is an inappropriate one.
The Debian Contributor class is a class of people that can't do anything. Debian Members can vote. I think that the Debian Contributor class (which in the end is a mere ACK that their work is appreciated) should have a particularly low bar. Perhaps one advocation or two. > > Still, I hope you see the reason for adding some checks before letting > people to vote upon choices which are bounding for the Debian > project. > > After all sponsored uploads and patches are subject to review, why > voting rights shouldn't? And note that the "bar" would basically be > ID+P&P, which boils down to checking that you have an identity and > that you share the ideals of the Debian project. Of course. I have to note that I'm arguing against parts of the proposal that I think aren't OK, not the whole thing. I think that the general idea of the proposal is good, but it is not correctly implemented. -- Felipe Sateler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
