Re: Squeeze closer to the stars (Re: Debian GNU/Linux at NASA international space station laptops)

2013-05-10 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
On Thu, May 09, 2013 at 10:54:49PM -0400, Filipus Klutiero wrote: > On 2013-05-08 22:03, Filipus Klutiero wrote: > >On 2013-05-08 21:48, Paul Wise wrote: > >>On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 2:15 AM, Andre Felipe Machado wrote: > >> > >>>Read more about why NASA migrated the ISS laptops to Debian GNU/Linux:

Re: Debating difficult development issues in essay form

2013-05-10 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
Op donderdag 9 mei 2013 23:40:45 schreef Wouter Verhelst: > I do agree that sometimes, mailinglists aren't the best possible medium > to hold a discussion. However, I'm not convinced that your proposal is > the best way to fix that. I think that with all its flaws, mailinglists > (and/or usenet) ar

Re: Debating difficult development issues in essay form

2013-05-10 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, On Thu, May 09, 2013 at 08:45:08PM +0100, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > We think discussions on Debian development mailing lists sometimes > suffer from repetition of facts, opinions, and arguments. During a > long discussion of a controversial topic, it is hard for anyone to > keep track of what ha

Re: Debating difficult development issues in essay form

2013-05-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, May 09, 2013 at 08:45:08PM +0100, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > The executive summary: We'd like to see more thoughtful debates > of important Debian development issues, and have created > as a way to encourage them. Dear Lars and Russ, thanks for this initiative.