DD

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Oct 25, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 04:20:42PM -0400, Hans-Christoph Steiner  
> wrote:
>>
>> On Oct 25, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 01:56:08PM -0400, Hans-Christoph Steiner  
>>> wrote:
>>>> Also, on a related topic, I want to become a Debian Maintainer,  
>>>> so I was wondering if now would be a good time to do that.  I was  
>>>> part of the localteam for DebConf NYC, and I've been using Debian  
>>>> since '99.  Me being a DM might make that list of remaining ITPs  
>>>> that I've posted look less daunting ;-)
>>>
>>> Any time is a good time!
>>>
>>> Go for it!!
>>
>>
>> So I guess I should first become a DM, I just need DDs to advocate  
>> for me.  My GPG key is signed by many DDs, I have in the past  
>> posted my intro to debian-newmaint (I can repost), I read all the  
>> required reading.
>
> If Debian Maintainer is what you want to be then go for that.
>
> If what you want is to be a Debian Developer - i.e. also the  
> political aspects of our community, then I see no need to first  
> apply for DM.

I think I'll ease into DD status via DM.  I don't have the time  
currently to be fully involved, but I hope to work it into my weekly  
routine.  Then I'll become a DD.

>> On a related note, should I be adding "DM-Upload-Allowed: yes" to  
>> the packages that I've put into git.debian.org?
>
> That is separate from above: It depends on who you are working with  
> in packaging for Debian - if those are DDs then there is no need,  
> but if they are DMs only, then yes, tag it and have a DD upload at  
> first.

Well, these would be for packages that are part of pkg-multimedia.   
Does that mean "DM-Upload-Allowed: yes" is not needed?

.hc


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