On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 09:17:44AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Dear all, > > Following the ‘Membership procedures’ GR, discussion on membership > were started after the Lenny release, but eventually stopped. In this > thread it was proposed to trust DDs to nominate other members and I > found the idea very interesting. In order to make it more consensual, > there is probably a need for making concessions like shortlisting the > trusted DDs according to some criteria like the time they have already > spent in the project. I would actually be tempted to propose a more > variable but more symbolic measurment of time: having been part of the > project for at least one full release cycle. I don't think this will help, at all. The DM procedure allows people to upload packages after just one Debian Developer has advocated them. This is a good way for people without full developer status to cooperate on Debian. Giving people full developer status should not be something we go over lightly. I happen to know that frontdesk and the DAM do not mind a 'lightweight' T&S part of the NM procedure for those people who have shown exceptional skill. However, I don't think we should reduce on the P&P part of NM. We do not wish people to join the project who do not understand what 'free software' means. [...] -- The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is trying to fool the system. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html
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