On Monday 31 July 2006 18:16, alfredo diega wrote: > I really believe Debian would benefit if they had a weekly debate. I > understand you debate on things you are voting on, but I think it could be > better if you debated on general concerns. I was reading the "Why Ubuntu > has > all the ideas" thread and think two things were apparent.
AFAICS debates are ongoing all the time via various comm channels - MLs, various wiki pages, IRC channels, even VCS if you want ;-) What channel do you miss to debate thru ? > First- Many wrote quick feelings out of impulse. Often, they had good > ideas > they wanted to express, but because of impulse, said them in ways that were > not > the most productive. Many were accused of being trolls or making personal > attacks because of this. > > Second- Many people had a few issues that they so deeply wanted to express > that they couldn't hold back, even though it may cause an argument. I > don't > > think this is a bad thing, but it does to me show many have issues they > would > like to be discussed. > > This leads me to believe one of the best things the Debian project could > adopt is a weekly debate. This is really healthy for a society, I hope you > take > the idea seriously. Every day when I watch CNN they have a panel of > people debating key issues which need to be addressed. Whenever I come > away from one > of those debates, I know I am better informed, and better able to > contribute to > society in a productive way. I think this will also hold true for all the > Debian Developers. That will consume tons of time which is better to be spent in fixing RC-bugs, helping WNPP, improving d-i, processing and mentoring NMs, improving artworks and such. -- pub 4096R/0E4BD0AB 2003-03-18 <people.fccf.net/danchev/key pgp.mit.edu> fingerprint 1AE7 7C66 0A26 5BFF DF22 5D55 1C57 0C89 0E4B D0AB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
