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  * Debian Maintainers :: official status of people, who are not (yet) [[DebianDeveloper|Debian Developers]], but that are allowed to upload packages, that have a DM field set. See [[DebianMaintainer|Debian Maintainer]]   * Debian Maintainers (DM) :: [[DebianMaintainer|Debian Maintainer]] is an official status of people, who are allowed to upload specific packages (with a DM field set). It is '''highly recommended''' to be a [[DebianMaintainer|Debian Maintainer]] before to apply to the [[http://www.debian.org/devel/join/newmaint|Debian New Maintainers]] process.

Official status

in Debian, maintainers are people who are allowed to upload packages. There are :

* Debian Maintainers (DM)

Debian Maintainer is an official status of people, who are allowed to upload specific packages (with a DM field set). It is highly recommended to be a Debian Maintainer before to apply to the Debian New Maintainers process.

* Debian Developers

Debian Project members who have gone through the Debian New Maintainers process and had their application accepted are called Debian Developers

disambiguation

Here is a list of expressions which use the word "maintainer" :

* Debian New Maintainer

The Debian New Maintainers process, is the process of becoming an official Debian Developer (DD).