Re: Replace the TC power to depose maintainers

2016-12-03 Thread Philip Hands
Ian Jackson writes: > Holger Levsen writes ("Re: Replace the TC power to depose maintainers"): >> On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 03:42:58PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: >> > DRAFT GENERAL RESOLUTION STARTS >> > >> > OPTION A >> >> = "keep the status quo" > > AIUI, no. > > Empirically, practice by the

Re: Replace the TC power to depose maintainers

2016-12-03 Thread Jérémy Bobbio
Mattia Rizzolo: > On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 03:46:05PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > The key question for such a new process is: who will decide ? > > > > It is very tempting to model such a thing on our existing > > constitutional structures. For example, we could create a team like > > DAM, whose

Re: Replace the TC power to depose maintainers

2016-12-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Holger Levsen writes ("Re: Replace the TC power to depose maintainers"): > On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 03:42:58PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > DRAFT GENERAL RESOLUTION STARTS > > > > OPTION A > > = "keep the status quo" AIUI, no. Empirically, practice by the TC is to almost always uphold the ma

Re: Replace the TC power to depose maintainers

2016-12-03 Thread David Bremner
Sheetal Shalini writes: > Hi > > How do I unsubscribe from Debian Project mailing list? > see the instructions on https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/

Re: Replace the TC power to depose maintainers

2016-12-03 Thread Holger Levsen
On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 03:42:58PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > DRAFT GENERAL RESOLUTION STARTS > > OPTION A = "keep the status quo" > OPTION B equals: > 7. We amend the Constitution section 6.1(4) to remove the words > "requires a 3:1 majority" and "this requires a 3:1 majority".

Re: Replace the TC power to depose maintainers

2016-12-03 Thread Sheetal Shalini
Hi How do I unsubscribe from Debian Project mailing list? Thanks and Regards. Sheetal Shalini 3rd Year B.Tech CSE NITK Surathkal On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Paul Wise wrote: > On Sat, 2016-12-03 at 10:27 +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > > Mainly, it was a way to control who got email abo

Re: Replace the TC power to depose maintainers

2016-12-03 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, 2016-12-03 at 10:27 +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Mainly, it was a way to control who got email about the package. Why was it called Maintainer instead of something more suitable then? > I was there at the time; this may even have been my fault.  Sorry. No worries, this is all hindsight t

Re: Replace the TC power to depose maintainers

2016-12-03 Thread Sheetal Shalini
Hi How do I unsubscribe from the debian project mailing list? On Dec 1, 2016 9:48 PM, "Mattia Rizzolo" wrote: > On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 03:46:05PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > There is a recent case where: > > * The maintainer has done nothing to the package for many years, > >other than

Re: Replace the TC power to depose maintainers

2016-12-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Paul Wise writes ("Re: Replace the TC power to depose maintainers"): > I'd like to reframe this discussion a little bit... > > What exactly is the Maintainer* field for? > > Initially it was a way for individuals to declare their commitment to > perform all tasks in relation to a package. Not at