Re: Debian needs more buildds. It has offers. They aren't being accepted.
* Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> [2004-02-14 19:00]:
> > This would be mine. I wasn't the only one that saw a problem with
> > the NM process at the time. Improvement in the situation require
> > the DPL stepping in.
>
> I didn't think the DPL did step in.
Yes, I did. I did have various discussions with the Debian Accounts
Manager about the situation with my DPL hat on.
> Martin usually makes it very clear when he's acting as the DPL and
> when not, and every time I've ever seen him working on
> new-maintainer issues he's doing that with his NM Front Desk hat on.
That's true. Usually when I speak for new-maintainre I talk as NM
Front Desk; but in that specific case I did talk to James as DPL;
however, these were private discussions.
> This is an important distinction: acting as the DPL implies going over
> the head of a delegate, while acting as NM Front Desk implies working
> with a delegate. Do you see the distinction?
Hmm, I'd think you can also act as DPL by working with a delegate. It
doesn't necessarily have to be "over the head of [them]". (But
perhaps I misunderstand what you're trying to say; in my language,
"over the head" sounds quite negative? i.e. working against them.)
--
Martin Michlmayr
leader@debian.org
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