Apcupsd Responsibilities
                           for a
                      Platform Maintainer


Purpose:
This document is intended to set out a basic set
of job functions and responsibilities in the Apcupsd
project for a Platform Maintainer.

General:
The Apcupsd project is a collaborative effort involving
developers, porters, testers, and users. Each contributes
to making apcupsd a better product. Where ever possible,
decisions should be taken by informing the development
mailing list and arriving at a consensus. However, as in
all projects, there will be times when one person must 
make a decision. This document attempts to define 
the decisions to be made by the above named person.

Title:
Platform Maintainer

Responsibilities:
- Creating a new distribution or "port" to an OS (platform)
  if one is not already available.
- Reviewing code and approving changes to the distribution.
- Assuring that the distribution conforms as closely
  as possible to the norms of the particular OS.
- Testing new versions of apcupsd on the distribution.  
- Creating binary packages for the distribution for each 
  apcupsd release if appropriate.
- Creating documentation for the distribution.
- Helping users resolve their problems with the distribution.
- Fixing bugs specific to the distribution.