Re: NM non-process
* Nathanael Nerode (neroden@twcny.rr.com) [030721 16:20]:
> FYI, I'm one of the people who hasn't applied to become a maintainer
> because of the New Maintainer "process". I intended to do more QA work,
> but a lot of it is difficult or pointless if one isn't a DD (what fun it
> is to submit trivial one-line packaging patches which will be ignored,
> with no recourse to NMUs; and trying to clean up the disorganized web
> pages isn't a reasonable task without access), and for some of the rest
> one tends to get ignored if one isn't a DD. ("He's not a DD -- he can't
> ask for a package to be removed.") So I considered becoming a DD. But
> I looked at the current state of the NM process, and decided it wasn't
> worth it to go through the process in order to wait for months without
> response, especially since the system seems set up to encourage only
> package maintainers to apply.
Totally true. That's e.g. the reason why announcing the removal of old
RFPs didn't appear in debian-devel-announce where it would have
belonged - the submission was rejected by the moderators for the
formal reason I'm not a DD.
Cheers,
Andi
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