Re: developer status again
On Fri, Oct 30, 1998 at 01:57:58PM +0000, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi
> >>"David" == David Welton <davidw@gate.cks.com> writes:
>
> David> Are the requirements spelled out somewhere? I feel rather strongly,
> David> that, if we are to reject people, the criteria ought to be clear.
> David> Either that, or it ought to clear that certain people have the final
> David> say over who qualifies, and it is totally up to their judgement.
>
> This came up before (beginning of the month), and I think we
> agreed on
> a) The applicant provide a means of proving identity
> b) The applicant read the social contract, and the DFSG, and the
> applicant understand and endorse those documents [quick rationale:
> a group like debian depends on cooperation and common goals to not
> thrash itself apart; and the dfsg is a core component of debian
> developers common beliefs]
> c) The applicant provide a telephone number or other means of direct
> contact.
>
> People are rejected if
> (a) they do not agree to support the DFSG, and not be
> destructive/malicious, and to be responsible for their packages,
> and serious about the project,
> (b) their identities can not be verified.
That looks good. Could we include this somewhere on the web pages?
Maybe the 'becoming a debian developer' page?
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David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw
Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org
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