On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 02:50:59PM +0100, Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2) The initial policy for an individual to be included in the keyring > will be: > > * that the applicant acknowledges Debian's social contract, > free software guidelines, and machine usage policies.
So, pretty much what P&P is about. > * that the applicant provides a valid gpg key, signed by a > Debian developer (and preferably connected to the web of > trust by multiple paths). Pretty much what is required to enter NM. > * that at least one Debian developer (preferable more) is willing > to advocate for the applicant's inclusion, in particular to the > fact that the applicant is technically competent and good to work > with. Pretty much what is required to enter NM. > All additions to the keyring will be publicly announced to the > debian-project list. > ... > 4) The initial policy for Debian developers who wish to advocate > a potential Debian maintainer will be: > ... ... pretty much what is required from NM advocates. Considering it pretty much is like NM, though a bit like Canada Dry is like beer[1], why not split NM so that people could enter it either to become DD or DM ? People wanting to be DD could even benefit from the DM status once they got P&P passed... That would also make the GR lighter. Mike 1. The french slogan, a long time ago, was "it has the colour of beer, the taste of beer, but it isn't beer" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

