From e75c4ef4f01457261f11a81e80de9862be35be30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Holger Wansing
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 +Debian. A DD can participate in Debian elections. Uploading DDs can upload +any package to the archive. Before applying as an uploading DD you should have a track record of maintaining packages for at least six months. For example uploading packages as a Debian Maintainer (DM), 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 +sponsors. Non-uploading DDs have the same permissions in the archive as +Debian Maintainers. Before +applying as non-uploading DD, you should have a visible and significant track record of work inside the project.
It is important to understand that the New Member process is part of -- cgit v1.2.3