Re: On demotions to DM status.

2019-01-07 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Mon, Jan 07, 2019 at 10:03:06PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > Does the project want to say that a DM is less trustworthy than a DD? > > Yes, obviously. Just like a DM is more trustworthy than a non-DM. > > It would be more accurate to say that a DD is more *trusted* than a DM, > and a DM i

Re: On demotions to DM status.

2019-01-07 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2019-01-07 at 12:02 +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On Mon, Jan 07, 2019 at 12:47:34AM +, Richard Hecker wrote: > > Does the project want to say that a DM is less trustworthy than a DD? > Yes, obviously. Just like a DM is more trustworthy than a non-DM. It would be more accurate to

Re: On demotions to DM status.

2019-01-06 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Mon, Jan 07, 2019 at 12:47:34AM +, Richard Hecker wrote: > Does the project want to say that a DM is less trustworthy than a DD? Yes, obviously. Just like a DM is more trustworthy than a non-DM. > Should a DM becoming a DD be viewed as a promotion? But it is, isn't it? Or, at least, as a n

Re: On demotions to DM status.

2019-01-05 Thread Joseph Herlant
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 (tho

On demotions to DM status.

2019-01-05 Thread Charles Plessy
Hi all, last month I expressed concerns related to the idea of demoting DDs to DM status. I quote them at the end of the message for convenience. Later, there has been a discussion on the theme that technical excellence should not be a reason for tolerating misbehaviours (https://lists.debian.or