[Roberto C. Sanchez] > I am not advocating having a manager without technical competency or > the ability to understand technical issues. Just that being a > manager does not require being a fourth-degree blackbelt in Perl or > having written a textbook on C++ programming. And you think the current NM process is geared toward people who have a fourth-degree blackbelt in Perl or have written a textbook on C++ programming? My experience is that the expectations on new maintainers are far, far lower. You're supposed to know how to build packages that don't suck, but I don't remember noticing any test of my skills as a programmer, beyond simple shell scripting. If an applicant knows enough about Debian's technical side of things to be an effective manager for Debian processes, I don't see why that person should have any more trouble with NM than programmers do. Peter, also in NM
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