>>>>> " " == Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> 1. Raising the NM entry requirement in order to improve >> Debian's quality. Which is a very good thing. The quality of Debian is hard to measure. Does a single package in unstable by a single maintainer have any effect on debian? If the maintainer of a package in not capable, the package should never make it out of unstable. Debian protects itself from to buggy packages. Since the quality of a maintainer is very hard to measure and I don't see a reason why someone not able to programm should not become maintainer I would allways opt for removing this aspect. As long as someone tries hard and is willing he should be able to become maintainer no matter what his skills. Only time can tell if someone is a good or bad maintainer. I see a problem in the way becoming a Debian maintainer is an on/off thing. Why not introduce levels of maintainers. - First you become an aprentice assigned to a mentor. Uploads can only be done on the aprentice own Packages, no NMU's. On upload the mentor gets a note to check the package and if he approves it gets moved to unstable. - Secondly (after 3 month and/or 3 releases of you package) you become a joung maintainer. A joung maintainer may upload his own package but still no NMUs. - Then, after some time, he can become a full maintainer with full rights. This stepp could take long, since the abilities a joung maintainer needs are seldomely needed. - When needed and again some time later one can become a Wizzard, which would be the core team of debian, like the DAM. Those have spezial rights like creating homedirs or maintainance of the systems. Of cause those rights should be per person. Just my 2c of thought. MfG Goswin