Re: Concerns regarding the "Open Source AI Definition" 1.0-RC2

2024-10-27 Thread David Bremner
Stefano Zacchiroli writes: > > I don't understand your argument that this decision is not in the realm > of the ftpmaster activities. How could it *not* be, given they are the > team deciding NEW queue acceptance, and that most notably they do so > based on licensing aspects? > I didn't really m

Re: Concerns regarding the "Open Source AI Definition" 1.0-RC2

2024-10-27 Thread David Bremner
Mo Zhou writes: > My mind remains mostly the same from 6 years ago. And after 5~6 years, > the most important concept in ML-Policy remains to be ToxicCandy, > which is exactly AI released under open source license with their > training data hidden. Although I'm not involved with machine learning

Re: [RFC] Extending project standards to services linked through Vcs-*

2023-08-31 Thread David Bremner
Diederik de Haas writes: > I would really like that all packaging is *available* on Salsa, even if it is > just in readonly 'mode'. Some don't have any Vcs repo listed and that makes > contributing much harder then needed. > > I'm fine if maintainers don't want to deal with Salsa MRs, even thou

Re: ppc64el porterbox replacement: plummer.d.o -> platti.d.o

2022-10-22 Thread David Bremner
Aurelien Jarno writes: > Dear all, > > We lost access to the Power9 machine hosted at Unicamp, which was > hosting the ppc64el porterbox called plummer.d.o. A new porterbox called > platti.d.o has been setup as a replacement. > > Regards, > Aurelien It would be nifty if someone (TM) would updat

Re: (Lack of) GDPR compliance in Debian

2022-03-12 Thread David Bremner
Russ Allbery writes: > (If you do open source work outside of the auspices of an organization > that carries insurance and you have assets to protect, it's worth > considering a personal umbrella policy.) Obviously it's not Russ's fault, but... I hate that we live in such a world. d

Re: Do we want to try to find consensus before a GR?

2019-07-27 Thread David Bremner
Sam Hartman writes: > Folks here, would you rather me try and find out how far we can get on > debian-devel using methodology similar to the debhelper discussions, or > would you rather Thomas draft GR text and look for seconds? I think we ought to try _something_ before a GR, and the methodolog

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: Planned changes to Debian Maintainer uploads

2012-06-11 Thread David Bremner
Jon Dowland writes: > > Have any of these issues been a problem practically, yet? Or are they > just potential problems for the future? > I'm not sure if this counts as a practical problem in your view, but it is rather common for DMs to set the DMUA flag in an initial request for sponsorship. In

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Your biggest achievement during past DebConfs (aka new DebConf promoting campaign)

2012-02-11 Thread David Bremner
On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:38:26 +0100, Francesca Ciceri wrote: > > > We'd like to have a quote from all Debian Developers and contributors > > > naming their most important technical and/or social achievement reached > > > during past DebConfs. After talking about the conversion for several years

Report from the debconf11 sponsoring/mentors BoF.

2011-09-11 Thread David Bremner
This report started as a summary from the sponsorship BoF held during Debconf 11 in Banja Luka. The full video stream is available on [0]. These were the major points, as interpreted by Arno Töll and David Bremner. As it was being written up, a few relevant things happened with debexpo

dep5 appendix wording

2011-03-08 Thread David Bremner
Hi All; Liw suggested I direct this comment on DEP5 to this list. In the appendix of the DEP5 candidate, it is written: , | The Debian Policy (§12.5) demands that each package is accompanied by a | file, debian/copyright in source packages and | /usr/share/doc/package/copyright in binary p