On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 10:21:25AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:12:32 +0100, Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 12:21:41PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > >> Are all DDs equal? > > > No. Debian is a meritocracy; "those who do, get to decide". There is > > nothing wrong with that. On the contrary -- there /would/ be > > something wrong with a Debian where anyone, even those who maintain > > just one small unimportant package and do nothing more, get to make > > important decisions on core principles of Debian. > > Mostly agreed, though I would say that it is the quality of > contribution to the discussion, and peoples perception of the > judgement of the person, rather than package count, that matters in > the latter case.
Sure. When I mentioned "one small unimportant package", it was meant as an example of a way in which someone can contribute some work, but not much; as a porter, I'll be the first to agree that there are many ways to contribute, of which package maintenance is just one. -- <Lo-lan-do> Home is where you have to wash the dishes. -- #debian-devel, Freenode, 2004-09-22 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]