[Nm-templates-discuss] templates nm_assigned.txt,1.20,1.21
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--- nm_assigned.txt 15 Jan 2005 16:25:07 -0000 1.20
+++ nm_assigned.txt 25 Jan 2005 20:39:00 -0000 1.21
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
$Id$
I'm glad to say that I have been appointed as your Application
-Manager. As such, I will go through the New Maintainer process with
-you and then send a summary to the Developer Account Managers (DAM)
-and a brief summary to the debian-newmaint Mailing-list.
+Manager. As such, I will go through the New Maintainer process with
+you and then send a summary to the Debian Account Managers (DAM)
+and a brief summary to the debian-newmaint mailing list.
First a quick note: please read all of my mails carefully. Many
applicants have a tendency of only answering half the questions. This
@@ -11,24 +11,24 @@
for your NM process.
At http://www.debian.org/devel/join/nm-checklist you can see the steps
-we have to go through. I hope you know about the basic steps. If
+we have to go through. I hope you know about the basic steps. If
not, please read the information at the New Maintainers' Corner and
-feel free to ask any questions you might have. I'm here to help you
+feel free to ask any questions you might have. I'm here to help you
get yourself integrated in the project, and I'm glad to help you in
any way.
The first step was to sign up to become a Debian Maintainer and get an
-Application Manager (AM) assigned. You have completed the first step.
+Application Manager (AM) assigned. You have completed the first step.
Now it's time to check your identity.
1. Please send me the keyid of your GPG public key so I can fetch it
from a keyserver. If your GPG key is not on a public keyserver, please
upload it to subkeys.pgp.net. If your GPG key is signed by a Debian
-developer, the ID check is completed. However, if your key is not
+developer, the ID check is completed. However, if your key is not
signed, then we have to figure out what to do for the ID check.
Since many people trust Debian, we have to make sure that new
-volunteers are who they claim to be. The easiest check is having your
+volunteers are who they claim to be. The easiest check is having your
GPG key signed by a Debian developer because this means that he has
met you in real life and confirmed your identity.
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
to learn more about the web of trust and key signing.
-If you dont have your key signed by a Debian Developer please let me
+If you don't have your key signed by a Debian Developer please let me
know and we can discuss it. Usually I can find someone that lives near
you that would agree to meet you and sign your key.
@@ -68,19 +68,19 @@
3. Finally, please tell me about yourself, how you came to GNU/Linux and
-free software, and why you want to volunteer your time. Please describe
+free software, and why you want to volunteer your time. Please describe
the contributions you have made to Debian, your primary areas of
interest within Debian, and any goals you plan to accomplish.
Note: I would like to post a summary about your biography to a public
-mailing list so other developers can get to know you. Please indicate
+mailing list so other developers can get to know you. Please indicate
which parts I may publish and which not.
If you have packaged an application for Debian already, please take
another deep look into it, eliminating any error you may find. When we
-start with T&S, you will get more information about the package check
-and a place where you can upload it.
+start with the "Tasks and Skills" checks, you will get more information
+about the package check and a place where you can upload it.
-A thing I should mention: I will ask you a lot of Questions in this
+A thing I should mention: I will ask you a lot of questions in this
process. This is not torture you, it is to check your knowledge and to
point you into the right directions where you may miss something at the
moment. After all the questions were developed in the last few years
@@ -88,17 +88,17 @@
Yes, i must admit that some are not so easy to solve, but normally a bit
of thinking mixed with google and the pointers I give in the various
next mails should help you, so I simply expect you can answer all of
-them. But before you die over one of it - come back and talk with me, I
+them. But before you die over one of it -- come back and talk with me, I
can give you some hints. After all, the process should enhance your
-knowledge and should not make your life to tough.
+knowledge and should not make your life too tough.
I look forward to hearing from you and hope we will be able to go
-through the steps without any problems. The next step is "Philosophy
+through the steps without any problems. The next step is "Philosophy
and Procedures" -- I will ask you a few questions by e-mail which you
will need to answer. This will inevitably lead to a discussion about
Debian's goals and core beliefs as well as the way we do things.
-Finally, thanks for volunteering! Debian is a volunteer effort and
+Finally, thanks for volunteering! Debian is a volunteer effort and
you can make a difference!
Note: If you ever need more than 2 weeks for an answer of a mail,