On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 01:21:28PM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote: > Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > > > > The question is also whether he should be entitled to vote. Developership > > is not just about giving access to resources you know. > > > > Anyone who is continuing to make a reasonable contribution to debian > should be able vote and be considered part of the team. > > Social Contract. "4.Our Priorities are Our Users and Free Software" > > Translators are making the distribution available to more users (non > english speakers), it seems to me that it would be an ongoing job that > would require persistent effort to be successfull. > > Debian is so much more than just packaging.
Hear, hear. Same goes for policy, as well. There was a thread a while ago about someone who wanted to join and be a policy guy; the response was more or less, no, you can do policy from outside Debian. But, what use is being in policy when you can't even *vote*? Let the man in. (I hope it's a man, I didn't read the original, mutt over a slow SSH is painful). d -- Daniel Stone Linux Kernel Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 G!>CS d s++:- a---- C++ ULS++++$>B P---- L+++>++++ E+(joe)>+++ W++ N->++ !o K? w++(--) O---- M- V-- PS+++ PE- Y PGP>++ t--- 5-- X- R- tv-(!) b+++ DI+++ D+ G e->++ h!(+) r+(%) y? UF++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
