Hello, in order to make collab-maint[1] applications on Alioth faster, we would like to introduce a super light procedure. Here it is: * What is collab-maint collab-maint is an Alioth project for repositories where group maintenance can happen. All DDs have commit access to it by default, and non-DDs can have it if needed. * What if I need to apply You normally apply when you would like to work as part of a group to maintain some package. To do so, please follow two steps: 1. Request to apply using the Alioth interface at [1]. 2. Ask a DM or DD, with whom you are going to work, to send a *signed* email to nm@debian.org saying "Please accept the request of FIRSTNAME LASTNAME USERNAME-guest to join collab-maint. We are going to work together on project PROJECTNAME". It is important that the email sent by the advocate mentions the alioth username, otherwise we cannot know which request we need to approve. * What if I am a DM, do I need to find an advocate? No, you can just: 1. Request to apply using the Alioth interface at [1]. 2. Send a *signed* mail to nm@debian.org saying "I am a DM and I need access to collab-maint. My alioth account name is NAME-guest and I am going to work on project PROJECTNAME" Remember to sign the email using the key that you use as a DM, of course. * I am already in the collab-maint queue, what do I need to do? Please ask a DM or DD to send the signed mail to nm@debian.org, as explained above. That allows us to approve your request easily. * What if I do not know any DD or DM who could approve me? collab-maint is for collaborative maintenance of Debian packages; you will need a DD or DM to work with you in order to get the package uploaded into the archive. If you just need a shared repository to work on a personal project, you should probably use some services that exist for this purpose, like Gitorious, Savannah, GitHub, SourceForge, and so on. If for some good reason the procedure above does not work for you and you still need access to collab-maint, please contact nm@debian.org explaining the situation and we will try to work something out. * What happens next? A few days after all the steps have been completed, you should get an email from Alioth saying that you are now a member of the collab-maint project. [1] http://alioth.debian.org/projects/collab-maint/ -- Enrico on behalf of Front Desk GPG key: 4096R/E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini <enrico@enricozini.org>
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