Re: Judging consensus at in-person meetings

2017-08-21 Thread Russ Allbery
Hi Ximin, Thank you for the thoughtful feedback! I appreciate it very much, and I think you've made a number of good points. I'm not sure I have a whole lot to add other than that I'm still thinking about your points for further discussion later of other Policy issues (and I completely stand by

Re: Judging consensus at in-person meetings

2017-08-21 Thread Ximin Luo
Sean Whitton: > [moving to -project; please drop CCs on follow-ups] > > Hello Ximin, > > Thank you for writing this. > > On Mon, Aug 21 2017, Ximin Luo wrote: > >> I don't think using the opportunity of in-person meetings to judge >> consensus is such a great thing. This has been a common theme

Re: Judging consensus at in-person meetings (was: Re: Bug#844431: Revised patch: Oppose)

2017-08-21 Thread Scott Kitterman
On August 21, 2017 6:16:51 PM EDT, Sean Whitton wrote: >[moving to -project; please drop CCs on follow-ups] > >Hello Ximin, > >Thank you for writing this. > >On Mon, Aug 21 2017, Ximin Luo wrote: > >> I don't think using the opportunity of in-person meetings to judge >> consensus is such a grea

Debian infrastructure in the EU / copyright challenges

2017-08-21 Thread Daniel Pocock
There has been some discussion about the potential impact of the latest copyright legislation[1] on sites/services that share source code or facilitate collaborative development services. The EU vote on those rules potentially takes place in about 2 months. One of the key concerns is that while

Judging consensus at in-person meetings (was: Re: Bug#844431: Revised patch: Oppose)

2017-08-21 Thread Sean Whitton
[moving to -project; please drop CCs on follow-ups] Hello Ximin, Thank you for writing this. On Mon, Aug 21 2017, Ximin Luo wrote: > I don't think using the opportunity of in-person meetings to judge > consensus is such a great thing. This has been a common theme recently > cropping up in FOSS

event reports, help with mentoring and Planet?

2017-08-21 Thread Daniel Pocock
Hi all, Anisa Kuci received assistance from Debian and FSFE for a recent visit to events in Switzerland, she has blogged[1] about her experience. Anisa is now in Japan after receiving a bursary for giving a talk[2] at State of the Map. Kristi Progri blogged[3] about my recent visit to Open Labs