Scripsit Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org> > Maintainer != Developer. I don't think that there is any consistent terminology in wide use that takes maintenance of sponsored packages into account. For example, the process whereby new voting members of the project are recruited is known as the "New *Maintainer* process"... -- Henning Makholm "We're trying to get it into the parts per billion range, but no luck still."