Proposed change to Debian constitution
Hi,
The attached document details a modification written by Zephaniah E. Hull
and I, which I am proposing as an amendment to the Debian Constitution.
This hopefully solves one or two problems we have identified in Debian,
namely closed teams (new-maintainer, ftp maint etc.), stagnation of these
teams, and the current issue of new maintainer being closed.
Please offer sensible, well considered, useful comments. Replies from
rude, abrasive people (you know who you are) will be ignored.
Diolch, Edward.
[...]
3. The Project Leader's Delegate(s) may decide not to admit any new
Developers (close the New Maintainer process), until the next
release of debian, provided Developers are in favour of this
by a 3:1 majority. New Maintainer may be reopened either when the
Developers agree to do so by a 3:1 majority, or the next version
of Debian has been released. New maintainer may be closed for longer
than this time only if a General Resolution is passed.
[...]
8.4 Composition
1. Any critical package or system team (e.g, the New Maintainer team,
the FTP Admin team, any Essential package's maintainers) must have
a reasonable number of active members at all times.
2. If, for any reason, it is not possible for a reasonable number of
members of any team to be active, the Project Leader, one of
the Leader's Delegates, or a member of the team must appoint
enough members to ensure there are at least two active.
3. All mailing lists for a particular team must be open, unless
the Developers agree that it may be closed, by a vote with a
majority of at least 3:1, or the Project Leader gives permission
for the list to be closed, and no Developers object to this.
4. An "Active" member shall mean a member who, in any given day, would
be able to take suitable action on any situation relating to that
particular team.
5. "Reasonable number" shall mean either the amount of people required
to handle all issues relating to that team, or two, whichever is
greater.
6. An "open" mailing list shall mean a mailing list to which anyone
can subscribe to and read. The list may restrict who is allowed
to post to it (a "moderated" list). The list must be archived
in a publically accessible place, for a period of at least two
years.
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