>>>>> "Dale" == Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes:
Dale> On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Matthew Vernon wrote:
>> Dale Scheetz writes:
>> > It comes down to: Can you do "normal" things that may be
>> > required by the task at hand? Scanning a passport seems to be
>> > a reasonable skill to require of incoming members. Isn't it?
>> No. Why should being a debian developer require you to be able to get
>> hold of a scanner?
Dale> Why should we require them to have access to a computer?
Dale, pleeease...
Name just *one* task in Debian that requires a maintainer to use a
scanner. Just one. Apart from joining, that is.
If you can (and I don't think so), I'd admit it to be "a reasonable
skill" (by the way, good scans are not as easy as it looks).
Now name any tasks that can be done w/o any computer access. Things
you need a GnuPG key for. Ooop, you need a computer to use that key.
Dale> We don't require this. We do require them to be "competent"
Dale> enough to be able to crate an image file from a
Dale> document. Consider this a technical performance test. "Can
Dale> the applicant provide a specific document in digital format,
Dale> properly signed?"
Why should he need this? Again, name *one* task. Just one.
Dale> This just doesn't seem to be the onerous task that several
Dale> have made it out to be. It's just another requirement for
Dale> becoming a member. Why not just obliterate all the
Dale> requirements, and make signing up sufficient to membership?
Dale> We did that at one time, why not now?
"This just doesn't seem"... to you. And, mind you, this sounds
arrogant... it gets worse the more you repeat it.
[...]
Dale> We wish to restrict membership [...]
Nicely put. As Jim said "what a welcoming attitude".
Bye, J
PS: To the "showing their face"... I showed my face to Debian
developers at last year's LinuxTag and Linux Kongress, and this year's
LinuxTag. Heck, a couple of them even saw me in the nude (in the
shower ;-) Still, I wouldn't go to the trouble (yep, trouble) to get
an ID (any kind) scanned for NM...
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