Re: non-maintainers seconding proposals (was: Re: weekly policy

[Jim Lynch <jim@laney.edu>]

Hi! :)

Goswin Brederlow <goswin.brederlow@student.uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
> Shaleh <shaleh@livenet.net> writes:
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> > Agreed.  And again, this is not personal, just Debian must retain control.
> > Any interested in being a part of this can simply apply for maintainer 
> > status.
> 
> If that where so easy....
> 
> Is there any automatik mechanism to register the aplications? A web
> page where one can input once email and see the status of once
> apllication or even a plain list of recieved aplliactions?

They use a human beowulf cluster for that :)

Seriously, it IS easy: 

Go here, read, do. Done! Make sure your identity is clear and unmistakable.

http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/developers-reference/ch-new-maintainer.html#s-registering

Then the cluster will assimilate you (eventually...) 

-Jim