I recommend we table this until we've resolved a couple ambiguities: [1] How do we vote on ballots which mix supermajority and non-supermajority issues?
[2] Is the social contract a supermajority issue or not? We've currently got a draft on [1], and I need to update it. I apologize for being so slow. Thanks, -- Raul On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 07:21:34PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: > Pursuant to Appendix A of the Debian Constitution and the guidelines offered > at http://www.debian.org/vote/howto_proposal, I hereby offer the following > draft proposal as the beginning of a General Resolution process to decide > this issue. > > Sponsors should reply to this message. According to the guidelines, all > other discussion is to occur in debian-devel, and I will start a thread > there with some prelminary analyses of this proposal. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Resolved: > > A. That the non-free areas be removed from all non-released Debian > archives, such as "unstable" and "testing". All packages placed in a > non-free area in accordance with the definition in Policy section > 2.1.4 must be removed from the Distribution and archives, subject to > the restrictions in section B. The introduction or re-introduction > into the Debian Distribution or the Debian archives of any package > meeting the non-free definition in Policy section 2.1.4, or failing > the Debian Free Software Guidelines, shall be forbidden. > > B. That nothing in this Resolution shall mandate the removal of non-free > software from historic Debian archives nor from the current stable > archive. The archive maintainers, release maintainers, or other > responsible parties under the Debian Constitution shall decide the > final disposition of the non-free software in historic and current > stable areas. > > C. That nothing in this Resolution shall mandate the removal of > "contrib" sections from any archive. The archive maintainers, release > maintainers, or other responsible parties under the Debian > Constitution shall decide the disposition of contrib sections, and may > re-visit their decision at any later date, subject to the normal > procedures governing such decisions. > > D. That the maintainer of the Debian Policy Manual, or an appointee of > the Debian Project Leader, be directed to update that manual > respective of the changes to the Project and general Project policy > detailed in this Resolution. > > E. That the maintainers of the Debian archives and website, or an > appointee of the Debian Project Leader, be directed to implement the > changes to the Debian archives and website to reflect the changes to > Debian enacted by this Resolution. > > F. That a new version of the Debian Social Contract with the Free > Software Community be released, with the same content as the > existing version, save for the following amendments: > > 1. The title of Section 5 shall be modified to read: "We will > support users of our system who develop or run non-free software." > > 2. The text of Section 5 be modified to read: "We acknowledge that > some of our users require the use of programs that don't conform to > the Debian Free Software Guidelines. While we will not distribute > such software itself, we will take steps wherever technically > feasible to ensure compatibility with these programs." > > G. That the public will be advised of the date, purpose, and nature of > the new Debian Social Contract as mandated by this Resolution. This > notification must state that the new Debian Social Contract supercedes > the older version. Subject to the decisions made in section B, this > notification must also include information about the disposition of > historic and current stable non-free software. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE9zwTEgxaZAmAh+EsRAsiRAJ9by08iaY1g76xxob8JjUu7RP9USQCeJHPy > j5TwMjY+gt2nZYapfw3KCuM= > =DenQ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
