-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all,
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:29, Sune Vuorela <[email protected]> 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. I have the same concerns, and Raphael and Sune perfectly elaborate my exact same thoughts (in a better way I could have done). Just the fact we're discussing Ben advocation to become a DD makes me feel bad. Regards, - - -- Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu) My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Use GnuPG with Firefox : http://getfiregpg.org (Version: 0.7.10) iEYEARECAAYFAkt5miMACgkQAukwV0RN2VBLvACfcpHd/GQs2YW20KlIJe7R6Bax Tr4AoJ1Sm6TFONrDxOTnxrSOXZ47JGhA =WCCm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
