Re: Fwd: Rejecting NM applicant Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>
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Hey, folks, if you're going to talk about me in the third person on a
public list, do me the courtesy of a CC: would you? Especially if
you're going to speculate about why I might or might not have done
something.
/ csmall@enc.com.au (Craig Small) was heard to say:
| On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 10:41:04AM -0400, mark@dulug.duke.edu wrote:
|> > Dang. Maybe we should streamline our process.
|>
|> Double dang. If we can't find a way to get Norm in (who BTW offered to maintain
|> all the DocBook packages), then something about the application process needs to
|> be fixed.
|>
|> He's clearly qualified, and we should be honored that an individual of his
|> stature would like to become a DD. FWIW, we could also use his help. Shame on us.
|
| The fact that he knows a lot about DocBook (I understand who he is)
| doesn't mean he knows anything at all about Debian packages or
| processes.
|
| But if he cannot be bothered to pass the NM process then the NM process
| is working. The questions asked are not exactly rocket science stuff
| and don't take that long to answer. While I don't know him that well,
| I'm pretty sure he knows English pretty well so the difficulty in
| understanding the language should not be a barrier.
|
| It's probably a good thing. If he doesn't have the time to answer some
| reasonably simple questions about things he already should know (if he's
| clearly qualified for packaging) then its likely he might not have time
| to do packaging well (because, for example his upstream work consumes
| all his time).
|
| The again, he may of chosen not to complete the NM process for totally
| different reasons. Anyone is free do to that.
|
| To say there is a problem with the NM process just because someone is
| a prolific Free Sfotware developer chooses not to follow it is not a good
| reason at all. Being a maintainer in Debian is more than coding
| software. Your comments show your ignorance of what the process is
| trying to do.
|
| I don't see anywhere in our documents where it says if you are a
| well-known Free Software developer you automatically get Debian
| maintainership.
|
| This got on debian-private somehow as well as other mail lists. My stuff
| doesn't have to be private.
|
| - Craig
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Be seeing you,
norm
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Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> | The perfect man has no method; or
http://nwalsh.com/ | rather the best of methods, which is
| the method of no-method.--Shih-T'ao
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