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).