Re: Regarding the recent update on the xfce packages

2015-03-16 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 4:29 AM, Dark Serph wrote: > Please, think fondly in updating the xfce packages on JESSIE, before > launching it! Your suggestion would probably have best been sent to the maintainers of the Xfce packages in Debian rather than debian-project. Unfortunately since we are in

Regarding the recent update on the xfce packages

2015-03-16 Thread Dark Serph
Please, think fondly in updating the xfce packages on JESSIE, before launching it! Many thanks for the attention!

Re: non-financial donations (was: call for help: partners program)

2015-03-16 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Paul Wise [2015-03-16 12:52 +0100]: > Re financial donations, I'd personally like to see more focus on > something like having 20k or more individuals donating $10 a year > and most of them listed on contributors.d.o, as opposed to turning > Debian into more of an advertising organisat

Re: call for help: partners program

2015-03-16 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Lucas Nussbaum [2015-03-16 10:39 +0100]: > I think that it is the role of the DPL to break ties in that context, > under "Make any decision for whom noone else has responsibility.". > Of course, that should be done after hearing opinions, including from > teams such as the press team a

Re: non-financial donations (was: call for help: partners program)

2015-03-16 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 6:33 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > If Debian had a wishlist, we could let partners join by donating > hardware on this list — until the need is higher and we cannot wait > and have to buy the hardware ourselves, so this would need to be > actively managed. We have a hardwar

non-financial donations (was: call for help: partners program)

2015-03-16 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Lucas Nussbaum [2015-03-16 09:45 +0100]: > Also note that one of the tricky parts of the partners role is the > ability to consider non-financial contributions (e.g. hardware, > hosting, sprint hosting, etc.). This is largely orthogonal, but > must not be forgotten. The pending partner

Re: call for help: partners program

2015-03-16 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 16/03/15 at 10:13 +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Lucas Nussbaum [2015-03-16 09:45 +0100]: > > Obviously I'm not in a position to make long term commitments as > > the DPL. I'd welcome "crazy ideas" in that area, at least in > > a brainstorming phase. Maybe you could start by workin

Re: call for help: partners program

2015-03-16 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Lucas Nussbaum [2015-03-16 09:45 +0100]: > Obviously I'm not in a position to make long term commitments as > the DPL. I'd welcome "crazy ideas" in that area, at least in > a brainstorming phase. Maybe you could start by working on a list > of possible benefits, and then discuss with t

Re: call for help: partners program

2015-03-16 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 16/03/15 at 09:32 +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Lucas Nussbaum [2015-03-16 07:55 +0100]: > > Please let me know if you need something from me. > > I would like to know how the procedure will be between now and then. > > Let's make it easy and say up-front that we will not allow

Re: call for help: partners program

2015-03-16 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Lucas Nussbaum [2015-03-16 07:55 +0100]: > Please let me know if you need something from me. I would like to know how the procedure will be between now and then. Let's make it easy and say up-front that we will not allow a sponsor to gain influence over project decisions, no matter h