I suggest we remove this paragraph as it's not true. A DD *is* generally someone with a key in the keyring, so an official member of the project. The point this is trying to make is much better made in the following paragraph, which was contradictory before my patch.
Index: newmaint.wml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/devel/join/newmaint.wml,v retrieving revision 1.66 diff -u -r1.66 newmaint.wml --- newmaint.wml 27 Aug 2007 17:11:11 -0000 1.66 +++ newmaint.wml 8 Oct 2007 15:21:50 -0000 @@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ different steps of the process, and how to track the process of their ongoing application.</p> -<p>(<em>Note:</em> the <q>developer</q> in DD basically means <q>someone -involved with improving Debian in some way</q>. This might mean package -maintainer, translator, documentation writer, website maintainer, etc.)</p> - <p>The first important point to make is that you do <em>not</em> need to be an official Debian developer in order to help improving Debian. In fact, you should already have a track record of earlier contributions to Debian before you apply for lapse:..ml/eng -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck - http://debiansystem.info `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems "first get your facts; then you can distort them at your leisure." -- mark twain
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