On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 03:16:54PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > But when he doesn't know about lintian that means he hasn't even read > > > the "Debian New Maintainers' Guide" [1]. I think we should expect from > > > a new member of Debian who wants to maintain packages that he has at > > > least read the (good) documentation for beginners, shouldn't we? > > > > Or didn't read all of it, read it and then forgot about the bit with > > lintian while actually making the package build or whatever. It's > > certainly not a good thing but I think it's a little extreme to reject > > things out of hand based on it. > > My point is: Is the applicant at the point that we can say "tasks and > skills check passed" or not? If not, this doesn't mean that he can't > become a member of Debian but that he should work on his skills before > he'll get accepted.
FWIW I also think that the AM should assist his NM more when he notices that the NM needs the assistance. (nothing personal Gopal) -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
