Re: Applying to be DD part 2

2006-04-08 Thread Christian Perrier
> Cc: Jutta Wrage, Christian Perrier Unneeded, at least for me. I read -i18N, you know..:-) > 2. Up front, you are told that "There is a large backlog of > applicants which means it may take some time to get you through the > system." .../... > potentially good DD-voters. It needs to change

Applying to be DD part 2

2006-04-08 Thread Clytie Siddall
To: debian-i18n Cc: Jutta Wrage, Christian Perrier Hi everyone I'm trying to keep this in clear parts so it can be useful in our archives, and be filtered out by those who don't have time for this. Applying to be a Debian Developer: 1. You go to this page: https://nm.debian.org/newnm.php

Applying to be DD (was: Re: Rewording of NM-corner (WAS: Re: Third call for votes for the debian project leader election 2006)

2006-04-08 Thread Clytie Siddall
On 06/04/2006, at 2:10 AM, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote: http://www.debian.org/devel/join/newmaint Below is my attempt at rewording the Introductionary page of the NM corner to make it clearer that non-mainter contributors can apply to NM. Thankyou to Bart for his work on this page.

Bug#361502: msgpatch command

2006-04-08 Thread Robert Millan
Package: gettext Version: 0.14.5-2 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi! This small script implements the procedure Jens Seidel described in debian-i18n, in response to my query about merging separate branches of PO files. More details on the problem that concerned me (and Jens response) in: htt

Re: Third call for votes for the debian project leader election 2006

2006-04-08 Thread Benj. Mako Hill
> > (1) We as a project (and an NM project) are hesitant to give these > > people developership since it means they can upload to the > > project which introduces a set of potential risks and problems > > (one more account to compromise, etc). > > I'm sorry. If we can't trust these people

Re: Third call for votes for the debian project leader election 2006

2006-04-08 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [...] >> you're free to submit patches. Until then, I'd prefer if you would not >> reply in a purely polemic way, as your contribution to actually solve >> the problem isn't identifiable. > Remember, you're the idiot wh

Re: Third call for votes for the debian project leader election 2006

2006-04-08 Thread Benj. Mako Hill
> > I'd like to see those who have made long-term, sustained, and > > significant contributions to Debian enfranchised. That could mean > > broadening the category of developer through changes to NM or it > > could also mean another enfranchised category of contributor. That's > > what I read as t

Bug#361418: [Proposal] new Debian menu structure

2006-04-08 Thread Bill Allombert
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.6.2.2 Severity: wishlist Background: -- The menu structure define the list of sections and subsections of the Debian menu system (which are displayed in window-managers menus). The official list is part of the Debian menu subpolicy. This list is a bit out