On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 07:43:42PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > To a degree, yes. In this particular case, ftpmaster are the maintainers > of the archive, and their statements on what's suitable for the archive > are authoritative by definition -- that's precisely what their area of > authority is. The same thing applies when the dpkg maintainer speaks > about dpkg -- every maintainer is an authority on their own package.
Of course, but the "authority of doing something" and "Debian position" are different concepts. One is techical decision and the other a policy decision. The ftpmaster implement the policy but do not decide it. > Beyond that, the DPL is authorised to "make statements of support > for points of view or for other members of the project, when asked > or otherwise" (5.1.2), which I've done above, and that is an elected > position, if you feel that makes a difference. Could you be more specific about the "above" ? i.e. Where did you make a (5.1.2) statement ? In that case, I would suggest Constitution 5.3. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
