Re: Work-needing packages report for Jul 11, 2003
Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@raw.no> writes:
> They do. They just get to wait less, since at some point (at least
> for debian-installer), we get tired of applying their patches and give
> them a CVS account. After that has gone on for a while, we get tired
> of uploading and checking their packages, so we pester the DAM to get
> the account created.
So, you're saying that the NM process is redundant. I could get DD
status by simply contributing enough until enough people like my stuff
and get tired of constant uploads - why should I try to go through the
NM process at all?
> Sure, just whine.
An NM can do little more if he sees a problem in the Debian way of
doing things.
I'm actually starting to reconsider my NM application in light of this
discussion. Currently I'm maintaining two low-importance packages and
skimming the orphaned-list every now and then for possible additions.
It seems to me that I belong to the class of people Debian Project
expects to contribute via bug reports and patches, not as a DD. At
least the DAM would have one application less to consider...
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