Apcupsd Responsibilities
                           for the
                      Project Maintainer


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

Responsibilities:
- Maintaining and controlling the official Web site.            
- Maintaining one or more code bases.
- Developing and implmenting tools for maintaining
  the code bases.
- Designating the person "officially" responsible as 
  a Platform Maintainer.
- Maintaining and publishing the "official" list of
  Platform Maintainers.
- Making release announcements.
- Requesting comments and input from users.
- Accepting code or patches from developers or users.
- Integrating code or pataches into the appropriate code base.
- Code review and approval.
- Programming.
- Documentation.
- Helping users resolve their problems.
- Fixing bugs.