On 11184 March 1977, Joey Hess wrote: >> Now, nothing on debian-newmaint (except for someone not in the DM >> keyring). Using google with a search on lists.debian.org for the 3 names >> that are currently in returns - nothing that is an advocation mail.
> I think it's not unreasonable to defer announcements of additions to the > keyring until we've finished putting into place the system to manage and > use the keyring. In that case - use keys generated by a DD for the test. In case you dont want that - do an announcement and include a paragraph saying "we are currently testing the system, this DM agreed to beta-test, please wait until we do a public announcement before you advocate other people, thanks". > The debian-maintainers source package contains information about who > advocated each DM, as part of the changeset that adds them to the > keyring: Its not what the GR says. That says -project is informed. I havent written that GR, please do not blame me for its text. And note that I havent said anything against the three DMs you selected. > If a DM is in NM, we're also currently accepting an advocation in the NM > process in leu of a mailing list post. Thats bad, simply because I know multiple people that wouldnt be able to finish the NM process *and* some of them shouldnt even be allowed to upload, even DM-restricted, packages yet without one more looking at them... Ok, if the post to -project is there one could immediately say veto, but thats one additional step. A little mail from the AM to -newmaint (or -project, the process is a bit open here) for someone that wants DM shouldnt be too hard? > | You should only advocate someone if you think that they are ready to be a > | developer. > And being a NM is a subset of being a DD, so.. Yes, but that unfortunately doesnt mean everyone is doing that (past experience speaking). :() -- bye Joerg <Aquariophile> geht nur in IE <Aquariophile> unter win <Aquariophile> autsch ich glaub das war ein eigentor
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