Re: On demotions to DM status.

[Joseph Herlant <aerostitch@debian.org>]

Hi Charles,

While I understand the concern you're voicing, I think there's a part
that's missing here (and my apologies in advance for adding to the
mass of emails that has been going on recently).

To me, the difference between the DM and DD status stands on a matter
of trust in 3 components (those are the main ones I have in mind right
now):
* trust from the rest of the community that the contributor will
act/behave in the best interest of the project
* trust from the rest of the community that the contributor read and
will follow the project documentation and standards and make it evolve
(in the best interest of the project)
* trust from the rest of the community that the contributor have the
technical expertise to help the project move forward

And I think that the demotions DD -> DM (the ones I'm aware of) did
happen because the trust in one of those 3 components was broken.
The status of DM is, to me, a status where you work on (re)building
the trust. I don't think being a DM means less technical expertise.
That would seem a bit reductive.

Cheers,
Joseph