pleroma.debian.social

@kathenas A DD is not just a developer status in the sense of what kind of upload rights they have, but it also meant that they are a full member of the project, along with voting rights, and access to machines etc. To get this status, a person must agree to things like our project values and how you use project infrastructure. The process has to be robust because people who gain DD status carry quite a lot of power.

@kathenas On the flip side, a DM gains the ability to upload specific packages where they have shown that they are technically competent to do so. Getting DM status is a lot simpler, and usually when someone request DM rights and have someone to vouch for them, this can typically happen in as fast as a week.

@kathenas The Debian Constitution explains how voting works, it can itself be changed only by the general resolution process described in there. https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution

@kathenas Yes, gaining DM rights requires some trust and technical skills. This is needed so that not just everyone can upload and abuse upload rights to the archives. DM also only get very limited upload rights compared to an uploading DD. As for the debian-project list, it is open for anyone to subscribe to.

@kathenas I believe your question has been thoroughly answered. Again, DDs and DMs are two completely different concepts. A DD is basically a synonym for a project member, DM status only grants some upload rights and nothing more. The purpose of DM status specifically needs to be light to grant new uploaders some autonomy, show that they can work alone and take some load off of their sponsors, and it has proven to work well.