Debian's constitution
karl
karl.ramberg at chello.se
Fri Apr 22 18:09:50 UTC 2005
Hilaire Fernandes wrote:
>Hello,
>
>One important point to emphasis about Debian is the how volunteers
>become offically Debian developpers.
>
>Volunteer for such job have to go a long evaluation process. The
>evaluatiion process help to evaluate the technical skill. As the
>evaluation can last several weeks or months the process also helps to
>see how much free time the volunteer can dedicate.
>Then only volunteers who have been through this process become official
>Debian developer and only the Debian developper have voting power.
>At some point, such a model could help to keep coherent and active a
>Squeak developer body.
>
>Just my 2 cents
>
>Hilaire
>
>
This sound like a good model. And thanks for bringing this thread up. I
think there are several issues
in Lex' article that are sound and valid points. I hope something
becomes of the talked about
Squeakfoundation effort.
Karl
>
>Lex Spoon a écrit :
>
>
>>It's a tough question how the Internet-maintained version of Squeak
>>should organize, but we need to face it at some point. I've posted an
>>article on Squeak People which tries to kickstart a discussion on
>>organizational issues. What do people think? How should our leaders be
>>chosen? How should we decide what the priorities are for 3.9 and future
>>versions? How can we keep our roots and avoid alienating the education
>>folks?
>>
>>Let's begin by looking at prior art. Debian is a successful
>>bazaar-style organization, and they have answers to many of our
>>questions.
>>
>> http://people.squeakfoundation.org/article/45.html
>>
>>
>>Lex Spoon
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