* David Weinehall (tao@acc.umu.se) wrote: > On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 04:49:07PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > * Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> [2004-02-20 04:03]: > > > > I'm not sure I understand the question, but there's only one form of > > > > acceptance[*]. Once someone has been approved as a Debian developer > > > > > > If the DAM accepts someone can the NM-committe overrule him? > > > > The reason why a short public AM report for each applicant is posted > > to the -newmaint mailing list (a public list) is so people (NM > > committee members and others) can raise their objections to the > > recommendation of that person (or support it). > > A rejection from the DAM must be considered a pretty strong vote of > misconfidence of the AM's job, no? No. There's alot more to it than what the AM does, as is obvious when you look at the AM templates and then consider what people tend to get rejected by the DAM for. The AMs do a pretty good job and handle alot of the 'easier' questions for the AM report but the DAM has to look at more than just the report for each applicant. Stephen
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