On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:26:59AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> If we go for DDs without upload rights, I think that we should be
> extremely careful about not transforming this new kind of DDs into
> second-class members of the project. A way to do that is to avoid
> giving them a name, and emphasize the fact that they are DDs, not
> another sub-kind of project members. The "no upload rights" part would
> just be a minor technical distinction.
... and who am I to disagree with a proposal which find consensus from
Lucas to Ganneff, passing through Lars and Russ? :-)
Attached you can find a tentative wording of a proposal which remove the
term "Debian Contributors", pretty similar to the version I had before
posting (shame on me for changing that!), but maybe a bit better in that
it doesn't the horrible "non-uploading Debian Developer". How about it?
I don't consider this as something that changes the meaning of the
original GR text.
I'll let the patch linger for a couple of days — actually, I'll be away
for most part of tomorrow — and then I'll apply it, posting a new
complete draft here shortly thereafter.
Cheers.
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The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, including but not limited to: package maintenance, translations, infrastructure and website maintenance, porting, bug triaging and fixing, management activities, communication, testing, legal advice, quality assurance, etc. The Debian project acknowledges that: * To pursue Debian goals, package maintenance as well as a wide range of other technical and non-technical contributions are all valuable. * Active contributors of non-packaging work, which share Debian values and are ready to uphold Debian Foundation Documents, deserve the opportunity to become Debian Developers. The Debian project therefore invites the Debian Account Managers to: * Endorse the idea that contributors of non-packaging work might become Debian Developers, albeit without upload access to the Debian archive. * Establish procedures to evaluate and accept contributors of non-packaging work as Debian Developers. * Initiate the appropriate technical measures to enable contributors of non-packaging work, which get accepted as Debian Developers, to participate in Debian decision making and to access Debian infrastructure.
--- debian-contributors.txt 2010-09-15 20:54:06.000000000 +0900 +++ /tmp/debian-contributors.txt 2010-09-15 20:54:04.507770573 +0900 @@ -12,16 +12,17 @@ * Active contributors of non-packaging work, which share Debian values and are ready to uphold Debian Foundation Documents, deserve the - opportunity to become Debian project members. + opportunity to become Debian Developers. The Debian project therefore invites the Debian Account Managers to: * Endorse the idea that contributors of non-packaging work might become - Debian Developers without upload rights to the Debian archive. These - new developers shall be recognized as Debian Contributors (DC). + Debian Developers, albeit without upload access to the Debian archive. -* Establish procedures to evaluate and accept Debian Contributors. +* Establish procedures to evaluate and accept contributors of + non-packaging work as Debian Developers. -* Initiate the appropriate technical measures to enable Debian - Contributors to participate in Debian decision making and to access - Debian infrastructure. +* Initiate the appropriate technical measures to enable contributors of + non-packaging work, which get accepted as Debian Developers, to + participate in Debian decision making and to access Debian + infrastructure.
The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system.
To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions,
including but not limited to: package maintenance, translations,
infrastructure and website maintenance, porting, bug triaging and
fixing, management activities, communication, testing, legal advice,
quality assurance, etc.
The Debian project acknowledges that:
* To pursue Debian goals, package maintenance as well as a wide range of
other technical and non-technical contributions are all valuable.
* Active contributors of non-packaging work, which share Debian values
and are ready to uphold Debian Foundation Documents, deserve the
opportunity to become Debian [-project members.-] {+Developers.+}
The Debian project therefore invites the Debian Account Managers to:
* Endorse the idea that contributors of non-packaging work might become
Debian [-Developers-] {+Developers, albeit+} without upload [-rights-] {+access+} to the Debian archive. [-These
new developers shall be recognized as Debian Contributors (DC).-]
* Establish procedures to evaluate and accept {+contributors of
non-packaging work as+} Debian [-Contributors.-] {+Developers.+}
* Initiate the appropriate technical measures to enable {+contributors of
non-packaging work, which get accepted as+} Debian
[-Contributors-] {+Developers,+} to
participate in Debian decision making and to access Debian
infrastructure.
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