I second the proposal cited below. On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 10:34:52AM +0300, Kalle Kivimaa wrote: > I second the following proposal (by my count it is still missing at > least two seconds, if anybody is interested in seconding). > > ==== Debian Maintainers Proposal ==== > > The Debian Project endorses the concept of "Debian Maintainers" with > limited access, and resolves to > > 1) A new keyring will be created, called the "Debian maintainers keyring". > It will be initially maintained in alioth subversion using the jetring > tool, with commit priveleges initially assigned to: > > * the Debian Account Managers (Joerg Jaspert, James Troup) > * the New-maintainer Front Desk (Christoph Berg, Marc Brockschmidt, > Brian Nelson) > * the FTP masters (James Troup, Ryan Murray, Anthony Towns) > * the Debian Keyring maintenaners (James Troup, Michael Beattie) > * the Jetring developers (Joey Hess, Anthony Towns, Christoph Berg) > > The team will be known as the Debian Maintainer Keyring team. Changes > to the team may be made by the DPL under the normal rules for > delegations. > > The keyring will be packaged for Debian, and regularly uploaded > to unstable. > > 2) The initial policy for an individual to be included in the keyring > will be: > > * that the applicant acknowledges Debian's social contract, > free software guidelines, and machine usage policies. > > * that the applicant provides a valid gpg key, signed by a > Debian developer (and preferably connected to the web of > trust by multiple paths). > > * that at least one Debian developer (preferable more) is willing > to advocate for the applicant's inclusion, in particular to the > fact that the applicant is technically competent and good to work > with. > > All additions to the keyring will be publicly announced to the > debian-project list. > > 3) The initial policy for removals for the keyring will be under any of the > following circumstances: > > * the individual has become a Debian developer > * the individual has not annually reconfirmed their interest > * multiple Debian developers have requested the individual's > removal for non-spurious reasons; eg, due to problematic > uploads, unfixed bugs, or being unreasonably difficult to > work with. > * the Debian Account Managers have requested the individual's > removal for any reason. > > 4) The initial policy for Debian developers who wish to advocate > a potential Debian maintainer will be: > > * Developers should take care in who they choose to advocate, > particularly if they have not successfully participated as an > Application Manager, or in other mentoring roles. Advocacy should > only come after seeing the individual working effectively within > Debian, both technically and socially. > > * Advocacy messages should be posted to debian-newmaint or > other relevant public mailing list, and a link to that mail > provided with the application. > > * If a developer repeatedly advocates individuals who cause > problems and need to be removed, the Debian Maintainer Keyring > team may stop accepting advocacy from that developer. If the > advocacy appears to be malicious or particularly careless, the > Debian Account Managers may consider removing that developer > from the project. > > 5) The intial policy for the use of the Debian Maintainer keyring with the > Debian archive will be to accept uploads signed by a key in that keyring > provided: > > * none of the uploaded packages are NEW > > * the Maintainer: field of the uploaded .changes file matches the > key used (ie, maintainers may not sponsor uploads) > > * none of the packages are being taken over from other source packages > > * the most recent version of the package uploaded to unstable > or experimental lists the uploader in the Maintainer: or Uploaders: > fields (ie, cannot NMU or hijack packages) > > * the usual checks applied to uploads from Debian developers pass > > 6) The initial relationship to the existing new-maintainer (n-m) procedure > will be as an independent means of contributing to Debian. This means, > among other things, that: > > * Applicants in the n-m queue may choose to apply to be a Debian > maintainer while finishing their application or waiting for > it to be accepted. > > * Individuals may apply to the n-m process, and pass through it > without becoming a Debian maintainer at any point. > > * Individuals may apply to become a Debian Maintainer without being > in the n-m queue, or having any intention of joining the n-m queue. > > * Appication Managers may advocate their n-m applicants but > are not required to. They may decide to only advocate applicants > who have passed some (or all) of the T&S or P&P checks. > > 7) There is no initial policy or plans for use of the keyring outside > the archive. Individuals who wish to reuse the keyring for granting > access to services to some or all Debian Maintainers may do so > according to their own judgement, of course. > > In particular, this means that Debian maintainers do not participate > in the general resolution procedure defined in the Debian constitution, > and cannot vote in Debian elections. > > ==== Debian Maintainers Proposal ==== > > -- > * Sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology (T.P) * > * PGP public key available @ http://www.iki.fi/killer *
-- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho, Jyväskylä http://antti-juhani.kaijanaho.fi/newblog/
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