On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 05:26:52PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> That's not what the "Maintainer" field says. And the unix group > >> associated is 'cvs_doc'.
> > Raphaƫl, surely you're aware that there are many packages which give > > mailing lists as the maintainer, without implying that everyone > > subscribed to that mailing list is implicitly part of the "team"? > > (Moreover, haven't you said that you aren't/weren't subscribed to > > -doc, which implies that if the Maintainer field determines who the > > team is, you're not part of it anyway?) > But, since the team of one was done merely by uploading a > package with a changed uploaders field, one can argue the team has been > expanded by uploading a package again with a different uploaders > field -- unless there is a difference between these two uploads > changing the Uploaders fields that I am missing? The one difference is that kicking people out of a team does not require consensus, just authority; but adding oneself to a team does require consensus from existing members, or else it's not a team. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

