Re: Re-thinking Debian membership - take #1: inactivity
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 06:03:41PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> [ The original post I'm replying to is at
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2008/10/msg00145.html ]
>
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 11:44:03AM +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> > I do not like the way Joerg wants to change the way people become and
> > are members of the Debian project. It's not all bad, but on the whole it
> > makes some of the worst parts of Debian become worse. It concentrates
> > power into fewer hands, removes some of the benefits of the Debian
> > Maintainer process, adds more hoops to jump through, and makes the whole
> > question of what it means to be a member of Debian massively
> > complicated.
> >
> > I think we should go in the opposite direction: massively simplify
> > the whole membership thing.
>
> This proposal received a lot of interest back then, but in the end
> went nowhere. I think we should resurrect it and put into use at least
> some of its parts. In particular, the part about "expiration of DD
> rights" received only minor criticisms; criticisms which I've tried to
> address.
>
> The essence of the proposal I'm advancing follows; if there is
> interest, it should then be converted into a GR text and voted upon.
>
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>
> * DDs which are not active for 2 years or more automatically loose
> vote and upload rights.
>
> * Activity is defined as not having neither voted nor signed any
> upload (in the past 2 years).
>
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I have nothing against this in principle, but how is this any different
from the people who manage the MIA database?
--
The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters
works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is
trying to fool the system.
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html
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