On ti, 2010-09-14 at 13:14 +0200, Christoph Berg wrote: > Re: Lars Wirzenius 2010-09-14 <1284461384.2573.26.ca...@havelock> > > I do not like the introduction of yet another class of person developing > > Debian. I propose we call everyone with voting rights in Debian a > > "Debian Developer" (development not being restricted to coding and > > packaging). > > We are calling everyone "Debian Developer" (cf. the constitution). DCs > are a subset of DDs. We realize that we probably need a handy > expression for "DD with upload rights" [1], but we don't have one yet. > (Ideas?)
Could we please instead not invent new names and call ourselves "DD with upload rights" and "DD without upload rights"? We already have a problem with terminology for various kinds of memberships. Let's not make it worse. > I do agree with the idea, but it opens up gray areas. There will be > DCs who maintain some (maybe documentation-only?) packages, and will > become DM for these. With the no-difference idea, it is unclear where > the line to "classic DD" is. And voila, you end up being a fully > uploading DD who has skipped T&S in the NM process. > > It's probably possible to do, but it has to be well-thought. Making > T&S a formal (and technical) prerequisite to the "uploading" part cuts > a clear line. I re-iterate that I think the important distinction is one of trust. Not skills. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1284464484.2573.39.ca...@havelock