-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hey, folks, if you're going to talk about me in the third person on a public list, do me the courtesy of a CC: would you? Especially if you're going to speculate about why I might or might not have done something.
/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Small) was heard to say: | On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 10:41:04AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |> > Dang. Maybe we should streamline our process. |> |> Double dang. If we can't find a way to get Norm in (who BTW offered to maintain |> all the DocBook packages), then something about the application process needs to |> be fixed. |> |> He's clearly qualified, and we should be honored that an individual of his |> stature would like to become a DD. FWIW, we could also use his help. Shame on us. | | The fact that he knows a lot about DocBook (I understand who he is) | doesn't mean he knows anything at all about Debian packages or | processes. | | But if he cannot be bothered to pass the NM process then the NM process | is working. The questions asked are not exactly rocket science stuff | and don't take that long to answer. While I don't know him that well, | I'm pretty sure he knows English pretty well so the difficulty in | understanding the language should not be a barrier. | | It's probably a good thing. If he doesn't have the time to answer some | reasonably simple questions about things he already should know (if he's | clearly qualified for packaging) then its likely he might not have time | to do packaging well (because, for example his upstream work consumes | all his time). | | The again, he may of chosen not to complete the NM process for totally | different reasons. Anyone is free do to that. | | To say there is a problem with the NM process just because someone is | a prolific Free Sfotware developer chooses not to follow it is not a good | reason at all. Being a maintainer in Debian is more than coding | software. Your comments show your ignorance of what the process is | trying to do. | | I don't see anywhere in our documents where it says if you are a | well-known Free Software developer you automatically get Debian | maintainership. | | This got on debian-private somehow as well as other mail lists. My stuff | doesn't have to be private. | | - Craig | -- | Craig Small VK2XLZ GnuPG:1C1B D893 1418 2AF4 45EE 95CB C76C E5AC 12CA DFA5 | Eye-Net Consulting http://www.enc.com.au/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | MIEEE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | -- | To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Be seeing you, norm - -- Norman Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The perfect man has no method; or http://nwalsh.com/ | rather the best of methods, which is | the method of no-method.--Shih-T'ao -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.7 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iD8DBQE/CXJbOyltUcwYWjsRAvx/AKCgmn99SDFHbOO9fP3twTaLGhCpsQCgrXoZ sbSguMCHA5SrQDj9Ze5hYhg= =Zcw4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
