martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > also sprach Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.02.12.1426 +0100]: >> Why wouldn't they get a _Debian membership_ status like any other >> contributor? Isn't it unfair not to do so? > > Every additional member with write access to the archive is an > additional threat to the integrity of the archive in case of > a developer gone bad or a compromised key; also, every additional > member is another to keep track of to make sure they don't go MIA.
All of this is very questionable, IMHO. I can't make mistakes that easily. At least, people notice mistakes very quickly. > Just my two cents. I think we should introduce a new state of > contributor: the person gets an @debian.org email address and voting > rights and even -private for all I care, but write access to the > archive should be restricted to developers. This is exactly what I had in mind. I makes senses. > We should push that people can contribute without being "second > class" or otherwise inferior. We should make sure that people want > to help but don't want to get flamed in the daily developer debates. Exactly. -- Jérôme Marant http://marant.org
