Bug#573745: Things have changed significantly for the better

[Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org>]

Hi,


* Steve Langasek (vorlon@debian.org) [100706 00:09]:
> >   and encourage both of them to find someone who cares about Debian first
> >   (so without @ubuntu.com or @canonical.com email address)
> 
> This, OTOH, is an altogether arbitrary requirement that plays into the hands
> of those repeating the tired old canard that being an Ubuntu developer is a
> conflict of interest for Debian package maintenance.

I have seen cases where this is true (or just where peoples time is
sucked up hard), so saying "for someone with an ubuntu mail address we
need to take an extra look he has proper time" is fair. The same is
obviously true for a couple of other companies (I know people who
started working for google, and completly disappeared from debian
within no time span). Also I'm convinced this isn't an issue with
Matthias.

And obviously it would make sense to have maintainers working for
different companies, so that not all of them are bitten by loads of
payed work at the same time because some important release needs to be
done.



Andi