Re: DebCamp sprint?

2017-05-03 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 02:39:41PM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: > Hello policy editors + others, > > There was a DebConf talk last year about the state of Policy. I also > note that there was mention of off-list discussion of the current > situation in the latest "Bits from the DPL". > > How many

Re: Active policy editor (was: Re: DebCamp sprint?)

2017-05-03 Thread Chris Lamb
Hi Andreas, First, thanks for starting this thread and for caring so much about Policy. :) > I don't think it's a good idea to leave you with both the entire > editor workload AND the recruitment work. That's an excellent and considerate point… > Given (AFAIK) it's officially the DPLs responsib

Re: New Stack article on packaging

2017-05-03 Thread Bill Allombert
On Tue, May 02, 2017 at 04:06:57PM -0700, Bruce Byfield wrote: > Hi: > > I am researching a story comparing traditional package formats with > Flatpak/Snap. > > Several Debian developers tell me that what makes Debian what it is is > not the .deb format but the packaging policy. Anyone care to

Active policy editor (was: Re: DebCamp sprint?)

2017-05-03 Thread Andreas Henriksson
Hello Russ, On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 05:41:03PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: [...] > I think I'm currently the only active Policy editor. Not sure if the > other current editors have plans or hopes to become active again. [...] This is something I've also noticed during my short time trying to help