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Re: AMs: The Identification Check stage



Hi.  I'll update nm-step2 page based on this.
Please let me know (or fix directly, web people!) if there will be
something wrong in that page.

In <[🔎] 87r94kr5ax.fsf@dt-jtlaptop.datatrans>,
 on "10 Nov 2000 01:20:38 +0000",
 with "AMs: The Identification Check stage",
  James Troup <james@nocrew.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> The primary and vastly preferred[1] method of passing the ID check is
> to have a Debian developer's signature on your key.  Please always
> check to see if it's possible for your applicant to get his key signed
> by meeting another developer (the web pages give some tips about
> this).  Obviously if your applicant is our first developer from the
> Antarctic, then it'll be infeasible to require him to get his key
> signed, but I'm seeing far too many applicants in, e.g.  major
> American cities where I know there are other developers, falling back
> on the scanned ID thing without even trying to find someone to sign
> their key.  In the future, I'm going to start throwing such reports
> back at AMs, and asking them to try to get the applicant to get his
> key signed[2].
> 
> Assuming I'm not completely wrong/insane/whatever about this, it'd be
> nice if someone could update the docs.  TIA.
> 
> -- 
> James
> 
> [1] by the DAM at least ;-)
> [2] So if it's not possible, be sure to mention that you tried in your
> report.

-- 
  Taketoshi Sano: <sano@debian.org>,<sano@debian.or.jp>,<kgh12351@nifty.ne.jp>



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