On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 10:17:25PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Jamin W. Collins wrote: > >On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 11:09:05AM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > >> Work requiring CVS access is made more awkward without developer > >> status, as is work requiring access to the random architecture boxes. > > > >So, there are times that working through a sponsor is a hinderance and > >burnden. However, rather than addressing the real problem (everyones > >wait time for DAM approval), special case kludges were put in place that > >only serve to piss off those that are then made second class citizens by > >them. > > What's the alternative? The DAM is responsible for making the final > decision that leads to someone entering Debian. It's a position that > requires someone who can spend sufficient time and effort to go beyond > what the AM does - stuff like behaviour on mailing lists and past > interaction with Free software development is outside the remit of the > application manager, but should be taken into account when a developer > is accepted. As an AM, I do the best I can to check these things (although I don't think everybody else does). Part of the role of the AM (as I see it) is to prevent any people from being rejected by the DAM by not letting them get that far in the first place - thereby increasing the amount of time the DAM can spend on processing applicants who should be accepted. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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