Pusling wrote: >On 2010-02-15, Raphael Hertzog <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Auth-Key: nmauthde50a65f6ca12de6b8be4b805e989f6a >>> > Applicant: Ben Finney <[email protected]> >>> >=20 >>> > Why do you advocate this person? (please provide a 5-10 line summary). >>>=20 >>> I actually thought Ben was a DD already. He's very active on lists, >>> and he's been around for years. I have uploaded one package of his >>> (bugs-everywhere), which was top quality. While that would normally >>> not be enough, I have statements available from 7 other DDs[0] who >>> have sponsored Ben previously, and who have reached the same >>> conclusion: he knows what he's doing, his packages are of good >>> quality, and it would be good to have him be a DD. >> >> I'm not sure I agree with this. He has been active on the lists for sure >> but not always for the best in my memory. I seem to remember a tendency >> to have very strong & bold opinion when it comes to DFSG freenees and >> license questions. In those cases, he tends to participate too much in the >> thread. >> >> I certainly fear that he would be more aggressive imposing his opinion on >> this topic once he's DD. > >I fully agree with this. > >I would be very sad to see Ben becoming a DD. We have had enough people >trying to 'be right' by just sending many mails repeating themselves.
Seconded. I don't want even more people in Debian with this attitude. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] "I suspect most samba developers are already technically insane... Of course, since many of them are Australians, you can't tell." -- Linus Torvalds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
