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Re: About NM and Next Release



On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 10:30:01PM +0200, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 August 2003 18:42, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote:
> > Your conclusion that long DAM wait times leads to slow releases has
> > little or no basis in fact.  You do not need to have completed the NM
> > process to contribute to Debian.  In fact, I believe the whole DAM
> > process would be more effective if we *required* that you made
> > non-trivial contributions to Debian *before* the DAM would create an
> > account for you.
> 
> Why not make Debian Developer a title of honour, given out by invitation only. 
> 5 DDs together can propose someone to be invited, whereupon the 50 DDs strong 
> Debian Parliament will discuss the proposal and decide if the new DD is 
> invited in.

Y'know, not that I'd recommend it for Debian, but that's not *that* much
of an exaggeration over FreeBSD's model.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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