Petter wrote:
> I have not confirmed that this procedure will work, but here is my
> suggestions anyway.
>
> - The Alioth system administrators have asked for help several times.
> Get in touch with them and check what exactly they need help with.
> Do a good job helping them, and prove that w
[Jerome Warnier]
> BTW, how could I apply for becoming DD with only doing sysadmin
> tasks? I'd do it immediately. That's my job, I'm pretty good at it,
> and I prefer that to packaging, while I'm able to package too (I
> already have a package of mine in Debian).
I have not confirmed that this
On Wednesday 29 March 2006 12:08, Frans Pop wrote:
> The "Tasks and skills" part of [1] currently explicitly lists "either
> documentation and internationalisation or package maintenance" as tasks
> for which an applicant can be tested, so not only package maintenance.
Forgot the link:
[1] http://
On Wednesday 29 March 2006 11:11, Thomas Hood wrote:
> Obviously you can't, currently.
This is not true. The NM team and the DAMs have a certain amount of
freedom to tailor the NM process to individual applicants.
The "Tasks and skills" part of [1] currently explicitly lists "either
documentati
Jérôme Warnier wrote:
> But [packaging] is not my main contribution to Debian, I propose patches and
> close bugs for many packages I personally use or need for customers, and
> this is not recognized currently as sufficient for becoming a DD... and
> I'm not the only one.
and later wrote:
> So, h
Le samedi 21 janvier 2006 à 10:17 +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen a écrit :
> [Jérôme Warnier]
> > But why would you want to become a DD if you are not willing to
> > maintain a package. Debian is just about maintaining packages.
>
> Debian needs more than just people maintaining packages. We need
> p
Frans Jessop wrote:
> Future [scenario:]
>
> There are now 10,000 DD's ...
I would assert that Debian as we know it cannot
have 10,000 DDs. Why not? For the same reason a
standing parliament cannot have 10,000 members, or an
industrial plant 10,000 workers. Try as we might, we
humans cannot sc
[Jérôme Warnier]
> But why would you want to become a DD if you are not willing to
> maintain a package. Debian is just about maintaining packages.
Debian needs more than just people maintaining packages. We need
people working on translations, documentation, testing, web pages,
system administr
[..]
> Future A:
>
> There are now 10,000 DD's and over 100,000 packages, most nobody uses, they
> are just there because they were needed by people who wanted to become DD's.
> Now that they are, those unused packages are ignored. A major upload
> occures and now there are 30,000 bugs on th
(M-F-T set.)
[Frans Jessop]
> When somebody wants to become a DD he is told ?Go find a package to
> maintain, one that you can be the maintainer for.? I see serious
> problems with this approach as Debian increases in DD's. I will how
> this is in a second. What I think should be emphasized is
This must constitute the perfect post. I too care about Debian's future.
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Frans Jessop wrote:
> First, as the announcement just came a few days ago some are ignoring
> their
> bugs for months. If a team was on the project that is less likely to
> happen.
Hmm this already happens today with packages who *are* maintained by teams.
> Second, collaboration on ideas for i
When somebody wants to become a DD he is told Go find a package to
maintain, one that you can be the maintainer for. I see serious problems
with this approach as Debian increases in DD's. I will how this is in a
second. What I think should be emphasized is Go find a package team and
join
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