On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 6:57 PM Gunnar Wolf <gw...@gwolf.org> wrote: > Now, as for my question: I thought repeatedly over the last couple of > days whether to start something like this in Debian... But, what would > it take for the project to issue a statement in this line? Would we > have to pass a GR?
Without commenting on the specific statement itself (and noting that I am not the Secretary and thus am not the arbiter of the constitution's interpretation): I think that this kind of statement would require a GR. The constitution specifically says that the power to "issue, supersede and withdraw nontechnical... statements... [including] position statements about issues of the day" is a power reserved to the Developers as a whole by way of General Resolution (§4.1.5). I don't think this matter requires "urgent action" (§5.1.3), nor would an external statement be "leading discussions amongst Developers" (§5.1.9), powers the DPL possesses, and as it is a power explicitly granted to the Developers with our powers combined, "make any decision for whom noone else has responsibility" (§5.1.4) also seems inappropriate. Sincerely, -- Harlan Lieberman-Berg ~hlieberman
