On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 10:30:01PM +0200, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > On Wednesday 06 August 2003 18:42, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > > Your conclusion that long DAM wait times leads to slow releases has > > little or no basis in fact. You do not need to have completed the NM > > process to contribute to Debian. In fact, I believe the whole DAM > > process would be more effective if we *required* that you made > > non-trivial contributions to Debian *before* the DAM would create an > > account for you. > > Why not make Debian Developer a title of honour, given out by invitation > only. > 5 DDs together can propose someone to be invited, whereupon the 50 DDs strong > Debian Parliament will discuss the proposal and decide if the new DD is > invited in.
Y'know, not that I'd recommend it for Debian, but that's not *that* much of an exaggeration over FreeBSD's model. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]