On 22 Jul 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Jules" == Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Jules> I don't think it would be appropriate to post it to > Jules> debian-devel. It's a policy issue. It belongs here. I > Jules> suppose one could make a concession by posting an update every > Jules> n weeks to debian-devel listing recent policy happenings and > Jules> encouraging people over to -policy to discuss them. > > > The reason I asked for an announcement on debian-devel is that > we have been without a policy mangaer for a while, and people should > be informed of this move here in the policy group.
Good point. > > Secondly, Christian used to announce his ``weekly'' reports on > debian-devel, so people really interested could participate on > debian-policy; the announcement made it clear that all discussions > happen on the policy mailing list, but it did keep the larger > community informed of things being discussed here. > This sounds sensible. (Sorry, I'm new round here - I arrived about two weeks before Christian left, maybe less). > Doing it this way allows people to participate in a specific > policy issue even if they are not generally paying attention to the > policy mailing list; instead of presenting them with a fait > accompli. > Fair enough. > I am quite against closed door sessions. > So am I. But -policy isn't closed. > As to the long term, I would like to hear from the projet > leader, and to have the constitution passed, so that a tech committee > is in place to be accessible for arbitration. > Agreed. Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
