My main problem with this text is that while it may fit to the current realities, it makes no sense from a formalistic point of view, as large parts of the text seem to imply there was no way for non-packagers yet and there were no procedures for that.
* Stefano Zacchiroli <lea...@debian.org> [100915 14:00]: > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, > including but not limited to: package maintenance, translations, > infrastructure and website maintenance, porting, bug triaging and > fixing, management activities, communication, testing, legal advice, > quality assurance, etc. > > The Debian project acknowledges that: > > * To pursue Debian goals, package maintenance as well as a wide range of > other technical and non-technical contributions are all valuable. > > * Active contributors of non-packaging work, which share Debian values > and are ready to uphold Debian Foundation Documents, deserve the > opportunity to become Debian Developers. How about "deserve an easier opportunity to become Debian Developers than they currently have"? > The Debian project therefore invites the Debian Account Managers to: > > * Endorse the idea that contributors of non-packaging work might become > Debian Developers, albeit without upload access to the Debian archive. How about * Endorse the idea of Debian Developers without upload access to the Debian archive, to reduce perceived barriers hindering non-packagers. > * Establish procedures to evaluate and accept contributors of > non-packaging work as Debian Developers. Trying to reword this I must say that I do not know what it is supposed to say. Does it mean DAM should think again which parts of NM are not needed when one does not want upload access? > * Initiate the appropriate technical measures to enable contributors of > non-packaging work, which get accepted as Debian Developers, to > participate in Debian decision making and to access Debian > infrastructure. Does this imply a DD without direct upload access also does not have access to the infrastructure? Bernhard R. Link -- 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/20100915144542.ga22...@pcpool00.mathematik.uni-freiburg.de