MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop> wrote: > I don't believe that we should limit people to one hat, but limiting > people to one hat *of this type* might be helpful and merits further > consideration. What is "this type"? Probably we need to re-sort > http://www.debian.org/intro/organization > to decide that, if people feel it's a good idea. > I have been thinking along similar lines, but considering it from the other side. I think each 'hat' should have a certain minimum number of people associated with it (usually at least two), and people should be able to hold as many 'hats' as they like. However, they can only count towards the total number for each role in two of the things that they hold. For example, say I held three roles, each with a minimum number of 2 in each role, there would have to be at least one more holder of each role, and a further one person in one of them. This means that if someone is motivated enough and has the time to do all the jobs, that is fine. If one of them takes up their time, we aren't suddenly left with too few people. The usual minimum of two means that someone can be swamped with non-Debian work and things can still work without them. Those numbers are all first guesses, but the minimum two I think should apply in most cases to almost everything other than package maintainers (since NMUs are not hard). The exceptions probably being DPL and secretary, which should be = 1. (this means that while a new DPL wouldn't have to give up other roles, it would be good to recruit an additional person to one of their posts, so that they can concentrate on DPL duties). Things like TC, FTP masters, RM, Security etc probably want rather larger minimums than two. Matt -- Matthew Johnson
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