Toby Corkindale wrote:
According to one page I found, there are 2916 Debian developers, total.
Those are the class of "Debian Developers", those who have voting responsibilities in referenda (e.g. electing the DPL, deciding whether GFDL invariant sections are DFSG compatible). The class called "Debian Mentors" is (I assume) much larger; they are people who can upload new versions of packages they maintain, but cannot upload new packages, and are not responsible for voting. They must be part of the web of trust, but do not need to pass a written test. Of course there are also people who write documentation, do bug triage, translations messages, &c and these individuals are not necessarily part of either of the above groups. It my impression that in recent years there has been increased recognition that their contributions are just as important as people doing uploads.