Membership structures in Debian and Ubuntu

A distribution's membership structure plays an important role in its development; it defines the kind of contributors that are welcome in the project, it sets expectations of the project towards its contributors and defines their rights. In the end, this shapes the project's ability to recruit new contributors to keep the project alive and kicking. This article introduces the existing developer statuses in Debian and Ubuntu, and defines the — sometimes confusing — jargon associated with them. Click below (subscribers only) for the debut article from contributor Raphaël Hertzog.

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