On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 06:03:41PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > [ The original post I'm replying to is at > http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2008/10/msg00145.html ] > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 11:44:03AM +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > I do not like the way Joerg wants to change the way people become and > > are members of the Debian project. It's not all bad, but on the whole it > > makes some of the worst parts of Debian become worse. It concentrates > > power into fewer hands, removes some of the benefits of the Debian > > Maintainer process, adds more hoops to jump through, and makes the whole > > question of what it means to be a member of Debian massively > > complicated. > > > > I think we should go in the opposite direction: massively simplify > > the whole membership thing. > > This proposal received a lot of interest back then, but in the end > went nowhere. I think we should resurrect it and put into use at least > some of its parts. In particular, the part about "expiration of DD > rights" received only minor criticisms; criticisms which I've tried to > address. > > The essence of the proposal I'm advancing follows; if there is > interest, it should then be converted into a GR text and voted upon. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > * DDs which are not active for 2 years or more automatically loose > vote and upload rights. > > * Activity is defined as not having neither voted nor signed any > upload (in the past 2 years). > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have nothing against this in principle, but how is this any different from the people who manage the MIA database? -- The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is trying to fool the system. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
