Debian Account Manager (DAM) resources
Task description
The Debian Account Managers (DAM) are responsible for maintaining the list of members of the Debian Project, also known as Debian Developers. DAMs are authoritative in deciding who is a member of the Debian Project and can take subsequent actions such as approving and expelling Project members.
DAMs are helped in the task by the Front Desk team, which runs the New Maintainer process.
Delegation
DAM members are DPL delegates (as per Debian Constitution ยง8). The actual delegation text is available.
Interesting mails
rejections and reprocessing etc.: http://lists.debian.org/debian-newmaint-discuss/2001/04/msg00041.html
Debian MIA check: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/05/msg00006.html
Rejections redux: http://lists.debian.org/debian-newmaint/2003/10/msg00001.html
Bits from the DAMs (NM rules, Emeritus, MIA handling): http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/02/msg00003.html
Bits from the DPL: FTP-master & DAM delegations: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2008/04/msg00007.html
New addition to the DAM team: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2008/04/msg00015.html
Developer Status: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2008/10/msg00005.html
Legal Names: http://lists.debian.org/debian-newmaint/2009/07/msg00044.html
Account name change policy: http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2010/09/msg00032.html
[DSA] handling of guest accounts on debian.org machines: http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2010/09/msg00026.html
Keyring-maint demands stronger keys: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2010/09/msg00003.html
Account Name Policy
- account names must consist entirely of lower-case letters and digits, must contain at least one letter, and should start with a letter. There is a natural exception for ham radio callsigns starting with a digit.
- there is no upper limit on the length, but we will reject very long names
- account names should be at least three letters long
- we reserve the right to reject names if they are overly generic, or are similar to role names in the project
- "should" means that you might be able to convince us otherwise if you have good reasons
Related wiki pages
?FrontDesk/BitsDraft