Re: Towards consensus of our usage of the Uploaders field

[sven@powerlinux.fr (Sven Luther)]

On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 09:59:36AM +0200, Jurij Smakov wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 02:32:29PM -0600, dann frazier wrote:
> > According to policy 5.6.3:
> > 
> >  List of the names and email addresses of co-maintainers of the
> >  package, if any. If the package has other maintainers beside the one
> >  named in the Maintainer field, their names and email addresses should
> >  be listed here.
> > 
> > Given this, I believe anyone on the kernel team should be permitted an
> > entry in the Uploaders field. I also do not believe that the presence
> > of a maintainer's name in the Uploaders field grants them any
> > additional privileges. Uploads still need to be coordinated on the
> > mailing list, etc.
> > 
> > Does this match other people's interpretations? Let's please use this
> > thread to achieve consensus on Uploaders usage.
> 
> I do agree with this interpretation. I also think it's really sad that 
> we have to invoke policy to regulate the use of the Uploaders field. 
> There is no reason whatsoever (other than Bastian's anti-social 
> tendencies) to keep people out of Uploaders if they think/feel that 
> they should be there.

So, will you try to expulse him too, like Frederik and Andres did to me ? 

Friendly,

Sven Luther