On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 05:35:38PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> But concerning the demotion to Debian Maintainer (DM) status, I think
> that it is sending a wrong message to the community, that DMs do not
> need to hold the same standards of behaviour as Debian Developers (DDs)
> do.
>
> Moreover, when the DM status was proposed in 2007, it was not thought as
> a way of punishment for DDs. Even if one of a thousand DM has this
> status because of demotion, I think that this completely changes the
> balance on how this status serves our project. Instead of being a
> positive way towards joining more formally, it becomes an inferior
> status.
>
> Whether DD -> DM demotions will happen again and are going to become a
> new tool for solving social conflicts is an important decision that
> needs an open discussion where conesnsus is being sought.
I fully agree with everything quoted here.
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cheers,
Holger
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