Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fearthe new maintainer process)

2000-08-03 Thread Clay Crouch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Folks, I have been reading this thread for far too long Point and counter-point; Feignt and thrust; Whine and counter-whine I just recently exited the NM que. I had to jump through all the hoops. And you know what? I agreed with every one

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-03 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 04:47:31PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Anand Kumria wrote: > > Why do you continue to confuse the issue by bringing in the onerous task > > furphy? It is all about trust. > Well, I agree that I trust a keysigner, and that trust allows me to accept > the

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fe

2000-08-03 Thread Jim Westveer
On 03-Aug-2000 Matthew Vernon wrote: > Dale Scheetz writes: > > > I just can't understand the reluctance to satisfy this requirement except > > that it is viewed by some as being too hard. I cannot, for the life of me, > > You've not been reading my emails then. I don't want random people > ha

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-03 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Thu, 03 Aug 2000, Matthew Vernon wrote: > Dale Scheetz writes: > > > I just can't understand the reluctance to satisfy this requirement except > > that it is viewed by some as being too hard. I cannot, for the life of me, > > You've not been reading my emails then. I don't want random peop

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-03 Thread Matthew Vernon
Dale Scheetz writes: > I just can't understand the reluctance to satisfy this requirement except > that it is viewed by some as being too hard. I cannot, for the life of me, You've not been reading my emails then. I don't want random people having a copy of my passport digitised (worse still,

Scanned Photos Req'd (was Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current... scheme )

2000-08-03 Thread Bolan Meek
Anand Kumria wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 07:35:40PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Matthew Vernon wrote: > > > > > Dale Scheetz writes: > > > > > > > ...Scanning a passport seems to be a reasonable skill to > > > > require of incoming members. Isn't it? > > > > > > No.

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-03 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Anand Kumria wrote: > On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 07:35:40PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Matthew Vernon wrote: > > > > > Dale Scheetz writes: > > > > > > > It comes down to: Can you do "normal" things that may be required by the > > > > task at hand? Sca

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fearthe new maintainer process)

2000-08-03 Thread Taketoshi Sano
Hi. In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on "Thu, 3 Aug 2000 13:55:43 +1000", Anand Kumria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Extrapolations: > > 1. the new-maintainer process does not trust existing developers; > having your key signed by an existing developer counts for nothing "counts for nothing" seems t

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-03 Thread Matthew Vernon
Dale Scheetz writes: > On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Matthew Vernon wrote: > > No. Why should being a debian developer require you to be able to get > > hold of a scanner? > > Why should we require them to have access to a computer? Oh come on, be reasonable. That's a non sequitur, and you know it. T

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-03 Thread Matthew Vernon
Dale wrote: > Matthew Vernon wrote: > > Therefore, what does it matter that I can't remember the face of the > > person whose key I signed six months ago? I am still happy that I saw > > good ID, and that if I get mail signed/encrypted with that key that it > > comes from that person. > >

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-03 Thread Mark Brown
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 07:35:40PM +, Dale Scheetz wrote: > This just doesn't seem to be the onerous task that several have made it > out to be. It's just another requirement for becoming a member. Why not > just obliterate all the requirements, and make signing up sufficient to > membership?