Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 08:22:58AM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > You're the Secretary. You're supposed to give answers, not speculation. If > the ballot was ambigous, or confusing, it is YOUR responsibility. Bdale, After sleeping over this, I really think I've been unnecesarily harsh, and at

Re: New Technical Committee Members

2009-01-11 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:57:31AM -0700, Bdale Garbee a écrit : > > It gives me great pleasure to welcome Russ Allbery and Don > Armstrong as the newest members of the Technical Committee. This is excellent news for the Project. Congratulations to Russ and Don, and many thanks as well to Anthon

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 01:18:43PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 01:06:21PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 08:22:58AM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > > You're the Secretary. You're supposed to give answers, not speculation. > > > If > > > the ball

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Russ Allbery
Ean Schuessler writes: > - "Russ Allbery" wrote: >> If he wants to stop the release, he needs to propose a GR to override >> the delegate decision, and it has to pass. Neither of those things have >> happened. Until they do, this is all pointless noise. > Some people cannot just leave well

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Mike Bird
On Sun January 11 2009 08:17:52 Ean Schuessler wrote: > Ironically, Bdale *is* warping the results of the vote and applying an > editorial voice to the interpretation of the results. I say "ironically" > because Bdale's actions go far beyond anything Manoj did with regard to > imposing his desires

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 08:22 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 05:48:33PM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: > > On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 01:04 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > > What you describe sounds like option 3, or maybe option 4. What is your > > > opinion on the fact that option 2

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Ean Schuessler
- "Russ Allbery" wrote: > If he wants to stop the release, he needs to propose a GR to override the > delegate decision, and it has to pass. Neither of those things have > happened. Until they do, this is all pointless noise. Some people cannot just leave well enough alone. Please do not a

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Stephen Gran [Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:17:33 +]: > This one time, at band camp, Steve McIntyre said: > > If things go much further we'll end up with enough seconds to force a > > vote to "hand Robert Millan a nice cup of STFU". I'm hoping that's not > > what anybody actually wants, but I can also

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Russ Allbery
Ben Finney writes: > Though there seem to be a number of people vocally wishing Robert > would go away or the like, I have yet to see any substantive response > to the questions he's raised in this thread. I made a substantive response to these points weeks ago. He just didn't like it. I don't

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Steve McIntyre said: > If things go much further we'll end up with enough seconds to force a > vote to "hand Robert Millan a nice cup of STFU". I'm hoping that's not > what anybody actually wants, but I can also understand why some people > might be feeling that way. D

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Ean Schuessler
- "Kalle Kivimaa" wrote: > Umm, why shouldn't Bdale have his opinion about the results? Nowhere > does it say that the (acting) Secretary is the authority to > interprete GR results (that's not interpreting the Constitution). > The people who do the interpretation are obviously the release

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 03:58:03PM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: >On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 02:22:44PM +, Ben Finney wrote: >> Ben Finney writes: >> >> > Though there seem to be a number of people vocally wishing Robert >> > would go away or the like, I have yet to see any substantive >> > resp

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Ean Schuessler writes: > Ironically, Bdale *is* warping the results of the vote and applying > an editorial voice to the interpretation of the results. Umm, why shouldn't Bdale have his opinion about the results? Nowhere does it say that the (acting) Secretary is the authority to interprete GR re

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Ean Schuessler
- "Robert Millan" wrote: > The majority of developers voted to make an exception for firmware in > Lenny. They did NOT vote to empower the Release Team to make exceptions > as they see fit. Results of GR 2008/003 are crystal clear about this. Unfortunately, nothing can be crystal clear abo

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Michael Meskes
> > Proposal: hand Robert Millan a nice cup of STFU. > > Seconded. +1, seconded too. Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael at Fam-Meskes dot De, Michael at Meskes dot (De|Com|Net|Org) Michael at BorussiaFan dot De, Meskes at (Debian|Postgresql) dot Org ICQ: 179140304, AIM/Yahoo: michaelmeskes,

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 02:22:44PM +, Ben Finney wrote: > Ben Finney writes: > > > Though there seem to be a number of people vocally wishing Robert > > would go away or the like, I have yet to see any substantive > > response to the questions he's raised in this thread. Number of people wou

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Ben Finney
Adeodato Simó writes: > * Robert Millan [Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:22:58 +0100]: > > > Currently, the only solution I see is that we ask the developers > > what they think, and hold another vote. > > Yes, I'm realizing myself there is not going to be another way. :-( > > Proposal: hand Robert Mi

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Ben Finney
Ben Finney writes: > Though there seem to be a number of people vocally wishing Robert > would go away or the like, I have yet to see any substantive > response to the questions he's raised in this thread. My apologies: the current acting Secretary has, indeed, been engaging substantively with t

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Adeodato Simó said: > * Robert Millan [Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:22:58 +0100]: > > > Currently, the only solution I see is that we ask the developers what they > > think, and hold another vote. > > Yes, I'm realizing myself there is not going to be another way. :-( > >

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Robert Millan [Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:22:58 +0100]: > Currently, the only solution I see is that we ask the developers what they > think, and hold another vote. Yes, I'm realizing myself there is not going to be another way. :-( Proposal: hand Robert Millan a nice cup of STFU. -- Adeodato S

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:35:22AM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > > >> > Do you have any other idea in mind? > > Btw, Joerg, that goes for you too. If you have something constructive to > > say, > > this would be a good time. > > How about you going elsewhere until Lenny is released, then coming

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 01:06:21PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 08:22:58AM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > You're the Secretary. You're supposed to give answers, not speculation. If > > the ballot was ambigous, or confusing, it is YOUR responsibility. > > It has to be

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Michael Banck
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 08:22:58AM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > You're the Secretary. You're supposed to give answers, not speculation. If > the ballot was ambigous, or confusing, it is YOUR responsibility. It has to be said that at least I am taking YOU personally responsable for a lot of wh

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Joerg Jaspert
>> > Do you have any other idea in mind? > Btw, Joerg, that goes for you too. If you have something constructive to say, > this would be a good time. How about you going elsewhere until Lenny is released, then coming back as soon as that happens and start working on what is left to fix then? (No

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:32:10AM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > > Do you have any other idea in mind? Btw, Joerg, that goes for you too. If you have something constructive to say, this would be a good time. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide wh

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:32:10AM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > > > So, I think you made a mistake, a very serious one, and when asked about it, > > your explanation is completely unsatisfactory. How do we solve this? > > Currently, the only solution I see is that we ask the developers what they

Re: Discussion: Possible GR: Enhance requirements for General Resolutions

2009-01-11 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 11:37:01PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote: >I think its best we end up with 2 options on the vote, > > 1) Increase requirements to 2Q [3:1] > 2) Increase requirements to Q [3:1] > > and also the usual Further Discussion, which would be for everyone who > wants to keep the cur

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Joerg Jaspert
> So, I think you made a mistake, a very serious one, and when asked about it, > your explanation is completely unsatisfactory. How do we solve this? > Currently, the only solution I see is that we ask the developers what they > think, and hold another vote. Do you have any other idea in mind?