+
+ <p>The FTP Master role, unix group <tt>debadmin</tt>, is responsible for:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Keep the archive running</li>
+ <li>Keep the archive legal</li>
+ <li>Support the teams that depend on it (Release, Security, soon backports/volatile)</li>
+ <li>Keep the archive uptodate with the requirements of the project</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>The FTP Assistent role, unix group <tt>ftpteam</tt>, created in 2005,
+ allows the addition of people to the FTP Team without having to hand out
+ full FTP Master rights. It allows</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>to process NEW,</li>
+ <li>to handle overrides,</li>
+ <li>to remove packages.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>The FTP Trainee role, group <tt>ftptrainee</tt>, was created in 2008 to allow easy training and testing of future team members.</p>
+ <p>Trainees can look at NEW and do the usual package checks, but they can not actually accept or reject a package. Instead they leave a note, which an Assistant or Master reads and acts on.</p>