Sorry for taking so long to reply to this mail. I hope my input is still useful now. Mattia Rizzolo dijo [Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 02:40:18PM +0200]: > (...) > Whilst I can see how contributing in the DebConf orga is a huge > contribution to our community, I question your technical abilities. Of > the two advocacies, one said nothing about technical aspects, and the > other is a generic "he is a DM => he has the needed background"; > besides, neither of them sponsored his uploads. > > Having upload rights to the Debian archives means you will then be able > to upload everything, and whilst I don't expect everybody to be able to > understand everything, I do expect all DDs to have enough knowledge and > abilities to be able to "find their way" in most packages, ability that > I do not believe you have publicly proved. > > I'm more than happy to be proved wrong. Being one of the people you mention, I'll quote myself: I have to say that I have *not* done any technical, packaging-oriented work with Jerome, but the fact that he is committed enough to the project and that I'm recommending him to be a DD for his non-technical contributions, together with the awareness that he is a Debian Maintainer already, makes me be sure and recommend him to become a full DD *with* upload rights. With this, I do mean I trust him to have full upload rights, and I stand by it. Jerome has proven he knows what Debian is about, and he believes in it. He has also proven to be a man of criteria. A problem solver. A guy who can defuse an escalating fight. Our work together organizing DebConf more than supports that. I have not seen a line of code written by him... But let me put this appreciation in a different light than yours: I know Jerome has been trusted to have limited upload rights, and he has modest experience in doing so. Most probably, were it not because he was running a complex conference, he would have got more time to do technical work. By taking the decisions he took (and standing by them) during the DebConf organization, I can assure you he will not be irresponsible with whatever powers we grant him. I could happily and at ease leave a printout or a digital copy of my private key material at his home, and I'm sure that –other than his kids becoming rogue about it– I'd have nothing to fear. I am sure that, when granted full DD rights, Jerome will not go berserk and upload a trojaned Linux kernel. Will he make minor packaging errors? I'm sure he would. I'm sure I have done them. Then, when I noticed, I fixed them promptly; I am sure Jerome will unscrew whatever he wrongly screws up. So, I stand by what I said: If that's what he is aiming for, I trust Jerome to be a full DD *with* upload rights.
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