Hello Raphael and *,
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I am new package maintainer and have build over 280 different
packages successfuly for my customers since several years.
Am 2007-06-21 19:36:18, schrieb Raphael Hertzog:
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Joey Schulze wrote:
> > Therefore I assume that the answer would be "zero", i.e. it's
> > the same time involvement required to maintain a package for
> > both a DD and a DM.
>
> Sure. A given task is the same work for everybody (or almost).
>
> > 1 It's a one time issue even if the time period involved can be quite
> > long and
>
> A package maintainer that can't upload during one or two years and who has
> to chase sponsors indefinitely will end up demotivated and won't finish his
> NM process. (It's not something which is true of everybody, but it's
> certainly true for a significant part of small contributors)
I definitivly can not agree with this, since for me it look like a "School",
"Education-Center" or "University" where I NEED to learn something to be
able to do something.
I can not come from the Highschool (12/13 years) to the University
(4 years) study IT and then I come to the Debian.-Project and want
to be DM/DD.
I find the procedure right and the "Mentors" and/or "Advocats" are
the Teachers/Professors which help me to get into the new "business"
Maintaining and Packing for Debian.
I even do not know, whether I want to be DM/DD or not, since all I do
can be done by Packagage-Maintainer only.
I do not think, I feel better, if I change my <linux4michelle@freenet.de>
with an <@debian.org> address.
> > 2 Didn't you say that the DM thing is not meant as workaround about
> > dificiencies in the NM process?
>
> I did. IMO the length of the process of the NM is a feature not a bug. I
> want DD to be reliable like they are. On the other hand, I want people
> with less time to be able to contribute a bit nevertheless. You need to
> compromise on other aspects to achieve this.
But if peoples have not enough time (e.g. they can only work 1 hour/week
on Debian-Projects) does this mean, she/he is better, then one who is
working daily with it (like me) since it is my Jog as Debian GNU/Linux
Consultant, while I need to stuck 2 years in the queue and others come
in as the like?
> > The NM process after all is meant to help new maintainers become
> > skilled maintainers of packages. If we want to get them maintain
> > packages without going through NM we should not create a new stage
> > but drop or restructure the NM process. IMHO
>
> The NM process gives us more than just "skilled maintainer of their package".
> It gives us:
> - confidence that they are able to work on any part of Debian and not only
> the packages that they did when they started NM
> - confidence that they are sane and that we can trust their judgment when
> they vote
> - confidence that they are going to be long term contributors
> - confidence that they know most of the details concerning all aspects of
> Debian's internal working
But 2 years are too much since I know some heavy contributors which are
waiting...
> > Or are DMs only allowed to maintain the packages they started with
> > as long as they haven't become more complex so that they can't
> > exceed their packaging skills?
>
> Exactly. This is the whole point of this DM proposal. They are only
> allowed to maintain the packages that they are able to maintain well
> because a sponsor had the opportunity to verify that they correctly
> handled those particular packages.
Hmm, but the base would be the same: NM. -- So why not shorten
the NM for those WHO have working Packages and push them into DM
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
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