Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com> writes: >>> Then I would say it might make sense to send an announcement to any >>> DD with experience over X month and Y packages maintained if they >>> want to be just considered for AM process. >> Right, because *new* developers have no idea about the NM process and >> just need the reminder that it exists to jump up and help. Sorry, the >> whole thing doesn't work this way: You need to invest a lot of time >> into AM work, so you need to care about it. Just asking every new >> developer will not help. > I'm sorry to clarify myself. I gratefully respect time spent by any DD > working on the project and tenfold time of any AM interfacing with NM -- > NMs (like me probably :-)) can be "pain in the butt" to deal with. > > I was talking about X>=12 and Y>=5 which wouldn't name any > such developer as *new* under my classification. My idea is just to > delegate AM duties to the DDs mature enough and able/willing to help. That wasn't my point. Not everybody with a few packages and a few months old account is a good AM, so you can't ping anybody. These people need to be interested and care about the NM process. Marc -- BOFH #88: Boss' kid fucked up the machine
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