Nacho Barrientos Arias wrote: > > It appears to me that the DM concept as sketched in the GR is mainly > > meant to let NMs upload earlier, i.e. it tries to fix the fact that > > front-desk or DAM approval take too long. I think the fix for that is > > just to find someone besides Joerg to also read the AM reports. DMs as > > in the GR are a workaround, not a solution. > > IMHO DMs is something Debian needs, a bunch of people stuck at NM is > perfectly able to upload high quality packages themselves but > otherwise I completely agree with the paragraph above. DMs is a small > patch, not a solution.
With your rationale, NMs who maintain packages well and are sufficiently clueful should be granted upload rights even before finishing NM, instead of the invention of a second class of maintainers. Regards, Joey -- A mathematician is a machine for converting coffee into theorems. Paul Erdös -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]