Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org> writes: > after seeing the torrent of seconds, I am still puzzled if this GR is a > progress or a regression: is the take home message that Debian should be > more open, or that some members must not have upload rights ? When a > member does not have upload rights, is it for the principle of least > needed priviledge, which suggests that getting that prividedge may be > granted automaticaly later with the need, or because that member is not > trusted to be able to upload correctly ?
Well, if one isn't interested in upload rights, there's no need for one to qualify on upload rights during NM, which implies omitting or at least much abbreviating the Tasks and Skills part of NM. But if we want to maintain the policy that anyone with general upload rights complete Tasks and Skills for package uploads, we wouldn't want to extend those rights later without having the person go through NM. I see this as a step towards making NM more modular. Qualification on general package upload is now a "module" that is optional in NM if you're not interested in contributing in that way, but of course you don't get that access until you qualify. I don't know if the process is the same elsewhere as it is in the US, but in the US you have to take an exam to get a driver's license, which qualifies you to drive standard cars on public roads. If you want to qualify for motorcycles, you have to take a separate exam; similarly for commercial trucks. To me, that feels like the direction we should be heading for in NM. Separate privileges require separate qualification. Right now, we qualify all DDs for everything with some manually-handled exceptions, but really Policy and Procedures is the only universal qualification for all DDs (I think). All the other stuff, like general package upload, is a separate "module," sort of like qualifying for motorcycles in addition to regular cars. I could see adding additional things like that in the long run; for example, login to porter boxes could be a separate module with some qualification (such as reading and understanding the usage policy). -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87eicv23rf....@windlord.stanford.edu