Avoid discrepancy with /devel/join/index (#808984)

CVS version numbers

english/devel/join/newmaint.wml: 1.79 -> 1.80

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/english/devel/join/newmaint.wml b/english/devel/join/newmaint.wml
index 56954ff08fe..7bdada235cb 100644
--- a/english/devel/join/newmaint.wml
+++ b/english/devel/join/newmaint.wml
@@ -9,12 +9,7 @@ application.</p>
 <p>The first important point to make is that you do <em>not</em> need
 to be an official Debian Developer in order to help improving
 Debian. In fact, you should already have a track record of earlier
-contributions to Debian before you apply for
-the New Member process. If you want to package software in Debian, it is highly recommended that you become
-familiar with the role of
-<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer">Debian Maintainer</a> and
-apply for this role before applying to become a Debian
-Developer.</p>
+contributions to Debian before you apply for the New Member process.<p>
 
 <p><a name="non-maintainer-contributions"></a>Debian is an open community and
 welcomes everyone who wants to use or help improve our distribution. As a
@@ -38,6 +33,18 @@ Developer's Reference</a> contains several concrete suggestions on how
 to do several of these tasks (in particular, how to find willing
 sponsors).</p>
 
+<p>The Debian New Member process is the process of becoming an official
+Debian Developer (DD).  This is the traditional full membership role in
+Debian. A DD can participate in Debian elections. Packaging DDs can upload
+any package to the archive. Before applying as a packaging DD you should
+have a track record of maintaining packages for at least six months. For
+example uploading packages as a <a
+href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer">Debian Maintainer
+(DM)</a>, working inside a team or maintaining packages uploaded by
+sponsors. Non-packaging DDs have no permissions in the archive.  Before
+applying as non-packaging DD, you should have a visible and significant
+track record of work inside the project.</p>
+
 <p>It is important to understand that the New Member process is part of
 Debian's Quality Assurance efforts. It is hard to find developers who can spend
 enough time on their Debian tasks, so we find it important to checking that