Hi Charles, While I understand the concern you're voicing, I think there's a part that's missing here (and my apologies in advance for adding to the mass of emails that has been going on recently).
To me, the difference between the DM and DD status stands on a matter of trust in 3 components (those are the main ones I have in mind right now): * trust from the rest of the community that the contributor will act/behave in the best interest of the project * trust from the rest of the community that the contributor read and will follow the project documentation and standards and make it evolve (in the best interest of the project) * trust from the rest of the community that the contributor have the technical expertise to help the project move forward And I think that the demotions DD -> DM (the ones I'm aware of) did happen because the trust in one of those 3 components was broken. The status of DM is, to me, a status where you work on (re)building the trust. I don't think being a DM means less technical expertise. That would seem a bit reductive. Cheers, Joseph
