Sorry for taking so long to reply to this mail. I hope my input is
still useful now.
Mattia Rizzolo dijo [Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 02:40:18PM +0200]:
> (...)
> Whilst I can see how contributing in the DebConf orga is a huge
> contribution to our community, I question your technical abilities. Of
> the two advocacies, one said nothing about technical aspects, and the
> other is a generic "he is a DM => he has the needed background";
> besides, neither of them sponsored his uploads.
>
> Having upload rights to the Debian archives means you will then be able
> to upload everything, and whilst I don't expect everybody to be able to
> understand everything, I do expect all DDs to have enough knowledge and
> abilities to be able to "find their way" in most packages, ability that
> I do not believe you have publicly proved.
>
> I'm more than happy to be proved wrong.
Being one of the people you mention, I'll quote myself:
I have to say that I have *not* done any technical,
packaging-oriented work with Jerome, but the fact that he is
committed enough to the project and that I'm recommending him to
be a DD for his non-technical contributions, together with the
awareness that he is a Debian Maintainer already, makes me be sure
and recommend him to become a full DD *with* upload rights.
With this, I do mean I trust him to have full upload rights, and I
stand by it.
Jerome has proven he knows what Debian is about, and he believes in
it. He has also proven to be a man of criteria. A problem solver. A
guy who can defuse an escalating fight. Our work together organizing
DebConf more than supports that.
I have not seen a line of code written by him... But let me put this
appreciation in a different light than yours: I know Jerome has been
trusted to have limited upload rights, and he has modest experience in
doing so. Most probably, were it not because he was running a complex
conference, he would have got more time to do technical work.
By taking the decisions he took (and standing by them) during the
DebConf organization, I can assure you he will not be irresponsible
with whatever powers we grant him. I could happily and at ease leave a
printout or a digital copy of my private key material at his home, and
I'm sure that –other than his kids becoming rogue about it– I'd have
nothing to fear.
I am sure that, when granted full DD rights, Jerome will not go
berserk and upload a trojaned Linux kernel. Will he make minor
packaging errors? I'm sure he would. I'm sure I have done them. Then,
when I noticed, I fixed them promptly; I am sure Jerome will unscrew
whatever he wrongly screws up.
So, I stand by what I said: If that's what he is aiming for, I trust
Jerome to be a full DD *with* upload rights.
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