Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-19 Thread Martin Schulze
[Sorry for the late response, I don't read -devel daily anymore.] martin f krafft wrote: > As someone who has served (and continues to serve) on several core > teams within Debian, would you be able to give us some insights into > how the situation may be improved? In theory the team needs to reo

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-13 Thread Frank Küster
Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 12:20:25PM +0100, Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > was heard to say: >> Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Actually, in case stockholm gets elected, >> >> Sorry, where's the Wiki page describing codenames for D

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-12 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 12:20:25PM +0100, Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Actually, in case stockholm gets elected, > > Sorry, where's the Wiki page describing codenames for DPL candidates? Wait, you mean we aren't putting

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-12 Thread Andreas Barth
* Frank Küster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060312 12:24]: > Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Actually, in case stockholm gets elected, > > Sorry, where's the Wiki page describing codenames for DPL candidates? Sorry for using the IRC name. I try to avoid that in mail, but failed this tim

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-12 Thread Lars Wirzenius
su, 2006-03-12 kello 12:20 +0100, Frank Küster kirjoitti: > Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Actually, in case stockholm gets elected, > > Sorry, where's the Wiki page describing codenames for DPL candidates? db.debian.org lists them, though for clarity of discussion, it helps to

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-12 Thread Frank Küster
Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, in case stockholm gets elected, Sorry, where's the Wiki page describing codenames for DPL candidates? Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX)

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-11 Thread Adrian von Bidder
On Saturday 11 March 2006 09:10, Kevin Mark wrote: > -- vbi: > > Kevin: [mediation] > > > After the meeting everyone would agree to not discuss anything in > > > public and only redress further problems by arranging another private > > > irc session. > > > > Hmm.  I agree with you that solving the

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-11 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 08:52:53AM +0100, Adrian von Bidder wrote: > On Saturday 11 March 2006 03:27, Kevin Mark wrote: > [DPL as mediator] > > The DPL already could do that. The DPL probably in the past *did* step in > in some cases behind the scenes. There's no reason for the technical > ove

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-10 Thread Adrian von Bidder
On Saturday 11 March 2006 03:27, Kevin Mark wrote: [DPL as mediator] The DPL already could do that. The DPL probably in the past *did* step in in some cases behind the scenese. There's no reason for the technical overhead of a mediator@ email alias - there's leader, and people who trust the D

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-10 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 09:43:22PM +0100, Adrian von Bidder wrote: > It's sad, yes, but I think it's just the way people work. Debian is a city > now, not a village anymore - lots of people know lots of other people not > very well or not at all. This probably includes people in important > fu

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-10 Thread Lars Wirzenius
pe, 2006-03-10 kello 20:31 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh kirjoitti: > On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > pe, 2006-03-10 kello 21:49 +0100, Adrian von Bidder kirjoitti: > > > /me is trying to imagine the Debian project's members trying to agree on > > > an > > > enemy... > > > >

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-10 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > pe, 2006-03-10 kello 21:49 +0100, Adrian von Bidder kirjoitti: > > /me is trying to imagine the Debian project's members trying to agree on an > > enemy... > > Open RC bugs. Go to http://bts.turmzimmer.net/details.php, pick one, > hate it to death. Sle

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-10 Thread Lars Wirzenius
pe, 2006-03-10 kello 21:49 +0100, Adrian von Bidder kirjoitti: > /me is trying to imagine the Debian project's members trying to agree on an > enemy... Open RC bugs. Go to http://bts.turmzimmer.net/details.php, pick one, hate it to death. Sleep well. -- C is the *wrong* language for your applic

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-10 Thread Adrian von Bidder
On Thursday 09 March 2006 18:41, Amaya wrote: > ... focus on attacking Ubuntu Ah, yes, we need an enemy so we can unite against it. Old-fashioned tactics, proved to work. -- vbi /me is trying to imagine the Debian project's members trying to agree on an enemy... -- One picture is worth 128K

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-10 Thread Adrian von Bidder
ObIntro: I add my thanks to all the others' On Thursday 09 March 2006 14:38, Gustavo Franco wrote: > What's wrong with us ? I just read some messages with a "no Martin, > can we revert it?", it seems that the default reply is "ok Martin, see > you, thanks.". > > It's volunteer work, he's free to d

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-10 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 3/10/06, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 10:38:51AM -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote: > > What's wrong with us ? I just read some messages with a "no Martin, > > can we revert it?", it seems that the default reply is "ok Martin, see > > you, thanks.". > > > It's vo

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-10 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 09 mars 2006 à 23:51 +0100, Wouter Verhelst a écrit : > Yeah yeah, the project sucks. Whatever. Say, Josselin, why aren't you a > DPL candidate? Given the list of known candidates, I considered being a candidate myself, just like Bill, but I don't have the time to assume such a position.

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Christian Perrier
> If I were a crazier man I would say something like: > >"The end is neigh!" > > It is a dark, dark day for Debian, indeed. Death of Debian predicted. Film at 11. Believe it or not, but Joey's resign could actually be more a Good Thing than a bad thing. Seeing renewal and new blood come i

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Daniel Stone
On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 10:18:22PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > I haven't answered the question because it wasn't one. You are > implicitly answering it the line after, and I already know we disagree > on this matter. Let me rephrase: 'Who exactly are the candidates claiming there are no probl

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 01:30:39PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > You should take irony supplements to replenish the irony lost to mailing > lists. I think it'd be better if you could replenish the lost irony with goldy or silvery. Looks much nicer... -- Fun will now commence -- Seven Of Nine

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 07:05:24PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le jeudi 09 mars 2006 à 16:39 +0100, Amaya a écrit : > > > but when will we try to solve some of the real problems we have > > > > Hey! It's DPL election time! Lobby around. I really am biting my tongue, > > but you don't have to.

Re: For those who care about stable updates (update)

2006-03-09 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Martin Zobel-Helas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > > As you all probably already know, Martin 'Joey' Schulze stepped down as > Stable Release Manager[1]. At this point, we would like to thank him for > his hard work for the last five years. > > To continue the service of stable point releases

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Andreas Barth
* Lars Wirzenius ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060309 19:56]: > That reminds me of something I meant to propose some time ago: someone > with a bit of time on their hands could make a wiki page, > DplPromises2006 say, and list all the promises of all the candidates. > Then, during the next year, we can keep

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Andreas Barth
* Daniel Stone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060309 19:53]: > Please point me to a candidate who is claiming that 'there is no problem > and that we should all be friends'. krooger. Sorry, couldn't resist. :) Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 07:21:20PM +0100, Amaya wrote: > Josselin Mouette wrote: > > Who are you going to lobby? The candidates who are playing an active > > role in "the problem", or the ones who are just claiming there is no > > problem and that we should all be friends? > This year the candidat

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 09 mars 2006 à 22:44 +0200, Daniel Stone a écrit : > On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 08:06:33PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > Le jeudi 09 mars 2006 à 20:49 +0200, Daniel Stone a écrit : > > > I think you'll find what they're saying is, 'don't be an idiot on > > > mailing lists'. And here you

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Daniel Stone
On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 08:06:33PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le jeudi 09 mars 2006 à 20:49 +0200, Daniel Stone a écrit : > > I think you'll find what they're saying is, 'don't be an idiot on > > mailing lists'. And here you are, being an idiot on a mailing list, > > which is pretty fitting,

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Darren Salt
I demand that Jason Clinton may or may not have written... > On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 19:05 +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: >> Who are you going to lobby? The candidates who are playing an active role >> in "the problem", or the ones who are just claiming there is no problem >> and that we should all

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Darren Salt
I demand that Andreas Tille may or may not have written... > On Thu, 9 Mar 2006, Gustavo Franco wrote: >> What's wrong with us ? > It is wrong that somebody who would like to work is stopped to do his work > by others. You mean "stopped from doing". (Common non-native mistake...) -- | Darren S

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 3/9/06, Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > to, 2006-03-09 kello 19:21 +0100, Amaya kirjoitti: > > 1 - lobby (all of them) > > 2 - get promises in exchange of votes > > That reminds me of something I meant to propose some time ago: someone > with a bit of time on their hands could make a

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 09 mars 2006 à 20:49 +0200, Daniel Stone a écrit : > I think you'll find what they're saying is, 'don't be an idiot on > mailing lists'. And here you are, being an idiot on a mailing list, > which is pretty fitting, I guess. (But it is a problem.) If pointing at problems is idiot, I pre

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Lars Wirzenius
to, 2006-03-09 kello 19:21 +0100, Amaya kirjoitti: > 1 - lobby (all of them) > 2 - get promises in exchange of votes That reminds me of something I meant to propose some time ago: someone with a bit of time on their hands could make a wiki page, DplPromises2006 say, and list all the promises of a

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Jason Clinton
On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 20:49 +0200, Daniel Stone wrote: > I think you'll find what they're saying is, 'don't be an idiot on > mailing lists'. And here you are, being an idiot on a mailing list, > which is pretty fitting, I guess. (But it is a problem.) -1 name calling -1 hyperbole +1 semi-on-topi

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Daniel Stone
On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 07:05:24PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le jeudi 09 mars 2006 à 16:39 +0100, Amaya a écrit : > > > but when will we try to solve some of the real problems we have > > > > Hey! It's DPL election time! Lobby around. I really am biting my tongue, > > but you don't have to.

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 3/9/06, Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gustavo Franco wrote: > > hehe, i think you missed my joke first. > > Maybe, I just saw a GnR quote. > That's what i mean with the civil war thing, not a real war against anyone or a project. :-) -- stratus

Re: For those who care about stable updates (update)

2006-03-09 Thread Amaya
Florian Haas wrote: > Joey did not quit because he woke up this morning and didn't feel like > doing the work. Yes, that is an issue that really has to be discussed in a civil manner and in more depth. The issue I am refering to is, again, the fragile equilibrium between meritocracy and elected de

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Mike Hommey
On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 07:05:24PM +0100, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le jeudi 09 mars 2006 ? 16:39 +0100, Amaya a ?crit : > > > but when will we try to solve some of the real problems we have > > > > Hey! It's DPL election time! Lobby around. I really am biting my tongue, > > b

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Jason Clinton
On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 19:05 +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Who are you going to lobby? The candidates who are playing an active > role in "the problem", or the ones who are just claiming there is no > problem and that we should all be friends? If I were a crazier man I would say something like:

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Amaya
Josselin Mouette wrote: > Who are you going to lobby? The candidates who are playing an active > role in "the problem", or the ones who are just claiming there is no > problem and that we should all be friends? This year the candidates are acting more like RL politicians than ever (IMVHO). So you.

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Amaya
Gustavo Franco wrote: > hehe, i think you missed my joke first. Maybe, I just saw a GnR quote. -- .''`. I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think : :' : I have ended up where I needed to be -- Douglas Adams `. `' Proudly running unstable Debian GNU/Linux `-

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 3/9/06, Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gustavo Franco wrote: > > Sure Amaya, "what we've got here is failure to communicate...". Btw, i > > hope we don't end in a civil war. :-) > > > Civil? Not as long as we focus on attacking Ubuntu > > hehe, i think you missed my joke first. -- stratu

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 09 mars 2006 à 16:39 +0100, Amaya a écrit : > > but when will we try to solve some of the real problems we have > > Hey! It's DPL election time! Lobby around. I really am biting my tongue, > but you don't have to. Who are you going to lobby? The candidates who are playing an active role

Re: For those who care about stable updates (update)

2006-03-09 Thread Otavio Salvador
Martin Zobel-Helas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > To continue the service of stable point releases to our users, Andreas > Barth and I took over the Stable Release Management. We will try to add > other people to our team, improving responsiveness and quality. What will the process to someone who

Re: For those who care about stable updates (update)

2006-03-09 Thread Florian Haas
That is fine and dandy, but how do you want to adress the underlying problem of the work ? Joey did not quit because he woke up this morning and didn't feel like doing the work. On 3/9/06, Martin Zobel-Helas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi! > >

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Amaya
Gustavo Franco wrote: > Sure Amaya, "what we've got here is failure to communicate...". Btw, i > hope we don't end in a civil war. :-) Civil? Not as long as we focus on attacking Ubuntu -- .''`. I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think : :' : I have ended up where I needed

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 3/9/06, Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gustavo Franco wrote: > > I agree with you, i wasn't simple asking him to go back. My point was > > that if we just let somebody or a team take over that task the problem > > will still be there, maybe not all the problems but some of them. > > I am als

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Amaya
Gustavo Franco wrote: > I agree with you, i wasn't simple asking him to go back. My point was > that if we just let somebody or a team take over that task the problem > will still be there, maybe not all the problems but some of them. I am also worried that these issues continue to exist throughou

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 3/9/06, Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gustavo Franco wrote: > (...) > > Don't you care ? > > We do. But asking him to go back to doing something that was such a > source of pain? No way. > > (...) Hi Amaya, I agree with you, i wasn't simple asking him to go back. My point was that if we j

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Amaya
Andreas Tille wrote: > Ups, why are you biting your tongue? Because we all have our bit of fustration regarding this issue and I don't want to pour anger in email. For fear that I get expulsed :P No, seriously... This is being discussed in the debian-project mailing list right now, where it belon

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 9 Mar 2006, Amaya wrote: Hey! It's DPL election time! Lobby around. I really am biting my tongue, but you don't have to. Ups, why are you biting your tongue? I say it loudly: I will vote highest for the candidate who seems to me most probable to solve this very problem. Kind regards

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Amaya
Gustavo Franco wrote: > it seems that the default reply is "ok Martin, see you, thanks.". Yes, we are very thankful for his time, dedication, and achievemnets. > It's volunteer work, he's free to do whatever he wants and spend his > time with more pleasant tasks, Exactly. > but when will we try

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 9 Mar 2006, Gustavo Franco wrote: What's wrong with us ? It is wrong that somebody who would like to work is stopped to do his work by others. Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Christian Fromme
On 09.03. 10:38, Gustavo Franco wrote: > What's wrong with us ? I just read some messages with a "no Martin, > can we revert it?", it seems that the default reply is "ok Martin, see > you, thanks.". > > It's volunteer work, he's free to do whatever he wants and spend his > time with more pleasant

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Donnerstag, den 09.03.2006, 11:32 +0100 schrieb Martin Schulze: > I'm sorry to announce this but you'll have to find a new person who works > on updating Debian stable and who is willing to cope with black holes and > ftpmasters. It's a sad day for the Debian project and the situation must have

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Gustavo Franco
What's wrong with us ? I just read some messages with a "no Martin, can we revert it?", it seems that the default reply is "ok Martin, see you, thanks.". It's volunteer work, he's free to do whatever he wants and spend his time with more pleasant tasks, but when will we try to solve some of the re

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm sorry to announce this but you'll have to find a new person who works > on updating Debian stable and who is willing to cope with black holes and > ftpmasters. A black day for Debian. Thanks for all the work and time you've invested into this in t

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Otavio Salvador
Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm sick of this entire situation. It makes me ill, angry and utterly > frustrated. It causes me being frustrated of Debian and unable to work on > other issues, needing a rest more often that planned. I should do better > with my limited life. Henc

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Christian Fromme
On 09.03. 12:21, Andreas Barth wrote: > > * Martin Schulze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060309 11:37]: > > I'm sorry to announce this but you'll have to find a new person who works > > on updating Debian stable and who is willing to cope with black holes and > > ftpmasters. > > Martin, thank you very muc

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Wolfgang Lonien
martin f krafft wrote: > LinuxTag won't ever be the same Seconded. > Debian's core infrastructure is in the hands > of very few people, who are often very busy. Right again. Joey is the first DD I met, and tho I saw (and heard) him on several occasions, I barely know him except from the excellen

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Niels Larsen
On Thursday 09 March 2006 11:32, Martin Schulze wrote: > I'm sorry to announce this but you'll have to find a new person who works > on updating Debian stable and who is willing to cope with black holes and > ftpmasters. > James Troup as ftpmaster rejected my recent request to become an.. Then

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.03.09.1132 +0100]: > I'm sick of being left in the void. I'm sick of ftpmasters not > answering mails from the stable release manager to negotiate > a timeline. I'm sick of ftpmasters suddenly creating arbitrary > preconditions for stable updat

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Andreas Barth
Hi, * Martin Schulze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060309 11:37]: > I'm sorry to announce this but you'll have to find a new person who works > on updating Debian stable and who is willing to cope with black holes and > ftpmasters. Martin, thank you very much for your great services you did as stable rele

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread Mathieu Roy
Le Jeudi 9 Mars 2006 11:32, Martin Schulze a écrit : > I'm sorry to announce this but you'll have to find a new person who works > on updating Debian stable and who is willing to cope with black holes and > ftpmasters. > > I'm sick of being left in the void. I'm sick of ftpmasters not answering >