Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 06:49:35PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 06:23:05PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >> > I have nothing against this in principle, but how is this any >> > different from the people who manage the MIA database? > >> The main difference is the automation of the process. MIA, which >> currently is 1 person, requires manual activity and efforts. If we >> agree that automatically, if you stop exercising your DD rights, you >> go away after 2 years, the energy which we currently spend in MIA [1] >> can be better spend in doing other QA activities. > >> I really don't see the benefit in the added MIA layer. You stop >> working for Debian for a long period: you go away; the day you'll >> re-gain interest: you can come back. > > If it's going to be automated, does it behoove us to also send automated > mails to DDs that are getting close to the two-year limit, warning them? Or > is it your view that 2 years without activity is so far beyond what's > reasonable that there's no reason to give such a warning?
Just as a side note: I've been much less active in the last 2 years than I used to be, but I'm still involved in TeX packaging and reading some of -devel and -project, and I feel like a DD. I'm not sure when my last upload was before I did the oldstable uploads for teTeX and TeXLive a couple of weeks ago - and had that not become necessarz at a time where Norbert was VAC, it might have taken a couple of months more until my next upload. I did contribute to the uploaded packages, though, and wouldn't feel like going into emeritus state. Since there are not many DDs (and no DM so far) in the TeX team, I guess the existence of a second DD in the team is of value for the project too. Therfore, I would have appreciated a note about loosing upload rights if the rules discussed here would have already been in place. Regards, Frank -- Dr. Frank Küster Debian Developer (TeXLive) VCD Aschaffenburg-Miltenberg, ADFC Miltenberg B90/Grüne KV Miltenberg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
