an't recall a case of listmaster@ actually enforcing the prohibition
of profanity, and I'm unaware of anyone actually using packet radio for
receiving listmail anymore. [If they are, I really hope it's encrypted.]
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Vimes
undation against this attack on a cherished sister project of ours
> and, by extension, on free software in general?
I concur, especially as Debian also distributes shotwell.
--
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"She decided what she wished to happen and
ion is certainly *one* part of what is needed, but also
> *conciliation* and *arbitration*.
I don't expect the adversarial process to resolve our occasional
breakdowns in communication. At most it will produce winners and losers.
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n case leader@ was
involved?]
Such individuals would have the ability and knowledge to involve the
existing levers of power (TC, DAM, leader@, anti-harassment etc.) if
escalation was required.
--
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[A] theory is falsifiable [(and there
ad, I just Cc: everyone else who is on the role so they know what
I've said, and can act if there's abuse.
1: At least, when I want to speak with my listmaster@ or owner@ hat on,
that's what I do.
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Nearly all men
rry if you felt
that you were being unfairly maligned, but this was addressed
previously:
https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/20141201002812.gj25...@teltox.donarmstrong.com
--
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"Old hypotheses never really die, they're
hile the non-free alternative may be
> mentioned (or not, depending on what users need).
An important counterpoint is that the long description helps with the
discoverability of a package. Mentioning a famous non-free service helps
users discover the package and also notice that there are free
al
On Sun, 30 Apr 2017, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
> There is also a lot of demand for laptop stickers, which I haven't had
> made yet, but am considering.
I was hoping to go in with a group of people on some hexagonal laptop
stickers, myself.
--
Don Armstrong
all of the social
solutions,[1] but they're time consuming and hard to enact.
1: From internal communication, to mediation, to CTTE deciding
maintenance, to expulsion.
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[A] theory is falsifiable [(and therefore scientific) on
o contact at Debian --> deb...@debian.org
and allow any DD to be on the deb...@debian.org alias (or have a web
form or whatever).
--
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More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads.
One path leads to despair and u
ble to communicate fairly effectively and implement
consequences fairly rapidly.
Even if antiharassment@ was given the authority to establish
consequences directly, it would still require action of the teams in
question to enact those consequences.
--
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issued has appropriate consequences for any of the parts of Debian whose
governance I participate in.
1: For example, some venues may not allow prior restraint or have other
specific legal requirements which must be met to legally exclude
someone.
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On Mon, 26 Jan 2015, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jan 2015, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > Just to piggyback here, debian-r.debian.net has about 8.6k of these
> > packages (bioc, cran, and omegahat).
>
> Just kudos, Dan, for reviving the deb2cran initiative!
>
&
t modified it and built the results.]
> Probably also wants an additional db tracking what upstream
> commit/whatever was converted to which Debian-ised version.
Right.
> [1] Oh, dude! I finally thought of a possible rename for britney:
> pro-test as in promotion to testing.
ackages,
too.
1: I mean, I've already done this myself for parts of CRAN.
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But if, after all, we are on the wrong track, what then? Only
disappointed human hopes, nothing more. And even if we perish, what
will it matter in the en
On Thu, 04 Dec 2014, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> Doesn't that require constitutional change? The current powers as
> written make the TC a decision-making body, not a mediation body.
Not really, because it doesn't take any constitutional powers to
try to mediate.
-
On Sat, 18 Oct 2014, Paul Wise wrote:
> libravatar already falls back on gravatar. I only have gravatar setup
> and bugs.d.o shows my gravatar.
Ah, cool. I wasn't sure if that worked if you only asked for the MD5
from libravatar. Good to know.
--
Don Armstrong
On Fri, 17 Oct 2014, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 10:52:07AM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > We actually have a fully federated setup, so something as simple as what
> > Sune did will work:
> >
> > http://pusling.com/blog/?p=274
>
> In other wo
address. Could this be
> used as well?
Yep; we just do it based on e-mail address with libravatar as the
fallback in case you don't have a federated libravatar setup.
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There is no form of lead-poisoning which more rapid
email address has configured a federated
libravatar service, in which case you'll have to add it to whatever
server you use to serve avatars from.
perl -MLibravatar::URL -e 'print libravatar_url(email =>
q(andr...@an3as.eu),default=>404)'
is basically what the BTS does, so
On Mon, 22 Sep 2014, Mason Loring Bliss wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 11:08:11PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > On Fri, 19 Sep 2014, Ean Schuessler wrote:
> > > Can we just generate that procmail file or at least the section in
> > > question?
> >
> >
On Fri, 19 Sep 2014, Ean Schuessler wrote:
> Can we just generate that procmail file or at least the section in
> question?
Not easily, no.
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"Do you need [...] [t]ools? Stuff?"
"Our opponent is an alien
g and unbanning
on the based of a passed message, then I believe listmaster@ (or at
least, I) would be willing to write up a specification for the software.
x
--
Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com
Sometimes I wish I could take back all my mistakes
but then I think
what i
On Thu, 18 Sep 2014, Francesco Ariis wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 12:13:55PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > I generally don't place specific time limits, because I don't believe
> > in punitive action...
>
> I'd consider a ban without length limitation is
remember
to remove a ban at a specific time without being prompted.
The whole purpose of bans and warnings is to stop unwelcome behavior on
Debian infrastructure.
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The computer allows you to make mistakes faster than any other
invent
On Mon, 08 Sep 2014, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Don Armstrong , 2014-09-05, 10:04:
> >If anything more than a warning occurs, it is announced on
> >debian-private@, which enables Debian Developers to review the actions
> >that listmaster@ has taken, and override them via GR.
>
On Fri, 05 Sep 2014, Don Armstrong wrote:
> Mailing list bans are not done in public to avoid harming the
> reputation of the individuals banned. If the individual in question
> wants the ban to be disclosed publicly, they can email listmaster@,
> and we will do so.
Zenaan Harkness re
ividuals banned. If the individual in question wants the ban
to be disclosed publicly, they can email listmaster@, and we will do so.
--
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Rule 6: "If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to
enough of it."
ges; could you (and/or debian-cd) address this?
Specifically: 1) Would you want the default CD/DVD image to use a GNOME
even if GNOME was unable to fit on a single image? 2) Would the GNOME
team consider a less-complete DE for cases where image size is a
restriction?
--
Don Armstrong
On Wed, 07 May 2014, Bdale Garbee wrote:
> Bdale Garbee writes:
> > Don Armstrong writes:
> >
> >> I think these are going to be closer to US$5-10 per for larger ones, but
> >> I'm interested in getting a few of them myself.
> >
> > I work wi
p is bare. :( Any chance of someone making some of
> these, rather than just the square white ones?
You mean these ones, right?
http://debian.ch/merchandise/
I think these are going to be closer to US$5-10 per for larger ones, but
I'm interested in getting a few of them m
nlogo-100.png
[printer]: https://stickerguy.com/images/stickerguy_bulk-pricing.pdf
[wiki]: https://wiki.debian.org/Merchandise/Stickers
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Three little words. (In order of importance.)
█
█ ▌ ▞▀▖▌ ▌▛▀▘
pam; we currently don't even bother to check
it.
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Of course, there are cases where only a rare individual will have the
vision to perceive a system which governs many people's lives; a
system which had never before even been
time. We certainly can publish bans on -private, and I'm OK
with there being review after the fact if necessary, but I'm not
personally going to waste my limited time with a burdensome bureaucratic
procedure to actually put the ban in place in the first case.
--
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ase e-mail me, and I'll
tell you the information you need to know.
If you are unable to volunteer, but are going to be there anyway, stop
by and say hi!
1: https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/blog/scale-12x
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life's not a paragr
/archives/debian-bugs.debian.org-owner/
[That archive is newly created, so it'll have all mail from here on out.]
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When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I
realized that the Lord doesn't work tha
somewhere and post a link.
>
> It may be worth clarifying that this applies only to the mailing
> lists, not the BTS.
And in both cases, I'd really like to be able to support
RFC2017+RFC1521 style mime external-body attachments. Unfortunately,
I'm not sure if anything else ac
On Sun, 14 Apr 2013, Chris Knadle wrote:
> On Saturday, April 13, 2013 13:34:23, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > On Sat, 13 Apr 2013, Chris Knadle wrote:
> > > Are you saying that if someone communicates abusively in the BTS
> > > publicly, they _shouldn't_ be publi
ied as necessary to fit a particular
situation, and range from warnings to technical restrictions on
communication to expulsion.
Don Armstrong
--
If I had a letter, sealed it in a locked vault and hid the vault
somewhere in New York. Then told you to read the letter, thats not
security, thats obs
my goal of creating a Debian BTS wall
of excellence to record awesome bug submitters and closers and general
awesomeness every month.
Don Armstrong
--
I leave the show floor, but not before a pack of caffeinated Jolt gum
is thrust at me by a hyperactive girl screaming, "Chew more! Do more!&
On Fri, 29 Mar 2013, Moray Allan wrote:
> On 2013-03-28 16:35, Don Armstrong wrote:
> >ow...@bugs.debian.org is an appropriate place to report abusive
> >behavior by anyone (maintainers, users, etc) on the BTS.
>
> But how broad a definition of abusive behaviour are you taki
individual
concerned, and warns them about it specifically, and informs the
reporter that their concern has been addressed. In the case where
owner@ or listmaster@ have made a decision which can be overridden by
GR (IE, banning someone from using control@ or similar), -private is
notified so DDs are
eone
wrote a patch to also handle setting this option with a cookie or
similar so people who didn't want to see avatars never had to see them
again.]
Don Armstrong
--
Where am I? THE VILLAGE. What do you want? INFORMATION. Which side are
you on? THAT WOULD BE TELLING. WE WANT INFORMATION. IN
f you happen to be in the LA area,
consider stopping by and checking it out! [We also have a ticket
discount code, DBIAN.]
Don Armstrong
--
"Because," Fee-5 explained patiently, "I was born in the fifth row.
Any fool would understand that, but against stupidity the very Gods
themse
t adding such a restriction would ultimately be
> beneficial.
The reason why this restriction is beneficial is because it allows the
hundreds of distributions which are based on Debian to modify
software, etc. [But feel free to argue that this benefit is not worth
the cost to Debian in rebranding
that needs a maintainer.
http://www.debian.org/misc/hardware_wanted and
hardware-donati...@debian.org are the best place to ask if someone
in Debian could use or needs access to such a machine.
Don Armstrong
--
"There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX.
We don'
t it?)
Cc:'ing to -www for comment.
Don Armstrong
--
He was wrong. Nature abhors dimensional abnormalities, and seals them
neatly away so that they don't upset people. Nature, in fact, abhors a
lot of things, including vacuums, ships called the Marie Celeste, and
the chuck keys fo
elope.
[Otherwise, you can get copies of them for about $20.]
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--
If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
-- Lowery's Law
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1: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale10x
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Sentenced to two years hard labor (for sodomy), Oscar Wilde stood
handcuffed in driving rain waiting for transport to prison. "If this
is the way Queen Victoria treat
ccess by paying USD $975 if you have a
site license, or USD $1300 if you don't.[1] For at least my lab, this
is enough money that it's not worth doing. [Instead, I tend to make a
pre press version available, or otherwise make the research available
to anyone who contacts me about one
rg can do so by
logging into busoni.debian.org, and reading
/srv/bugs.debian.org/mail/owner/owner*. We have archives of all mail
since some time in 2002 there.
Don Armstrong
--
[T]he question of whether Machines Can Think, [...] is about as
relevant as the question of whether Submarines Ca
a message saying I'm banned.
#debian on FN (and OFTC, iirc) do not let in clients from mibbit.com
and similar web-based IRC clients because of abuse from these sites.
We will usually add ban exceptions to registered nicks from these
sites when requested. Contact an #debian operator for more
sign keys or whatever, let me know too (or just come by; we're in
Booth #16).
Don Armstrong
--
They say when you embark on a journey
of revenge
dig two graves.
They underestimate me.
-- a softer world #560
http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=560
http://www.donarm
uldn't be of interest,
they should be asked to consider separating feeds so only posts which
would be of general interest to DDs is posted.
> I don't think we want to deal with the resulting toxic debates.
Considering how rarely people mention politics now, it's not worth
worryin
10/vote_002
Don Armstrong
--
After the first battle of Sto Lat, I formulated a policy which has
stood me in good stead in other battles. It is this: if an enemy has
an impregnable stronghold, see he stays there.
-- Terry Pratchett _Jingo_ p265
http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rz
tates and increases
> participation. Example in DebConf10 when he was in the WebChat
> http://debianart.org/live (cgiirc on OFTC)
Consider yourself volunteered! I'm not against it, I'm just pointing
out problems that may not have been foreseen so whoever steps up to do
the work can av
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:28 AM, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > Almost invariably, web-based chats like this that are launched without
> > coordination with the network that they are talking to lead to abuse
> > and the eventually banni
coordination with the network that they are talking to lead to abuse
and the eventually banning and/or k-lining of involved hosts.
#debian routinely bans the webchat on freenode, and I've no doubt that
we'll be routinely banning other web chats which are used without
authentication.
Don Arm
.//;
s/^/ /;
with the obvious reversal of:
s/^ //;
s/^\.(\.*)$/$1/;
with non-important header removal allowed. (We probably only need
From, Message-Id, Date, Subject, Content-Type?)
Don Armstrong
--
Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy.
-- Robert Heinlein _Ti
5 itself has already been useful in seeding the creation of SPDX.
Don Armstrong
--
Your village called.
They want their idiot back.
-- xkcd http://xkcd.com/c23.html
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SPDX were based off of DEP-5, so this
should be possible. (It's at least worth looking at.)
Don Armstrong
1: http://spdx.org/spec/current
--
I'd never hurt another living thing.
But if I did...
It would be you.
-- Chris Bishop http://www.chrisbishop.com/her/archives/her69.html
h
dvantage that bugs regarding buildds and
such which are in the porters domain can also be assigned to a
specific psuedopackage so the porters can track it.
Don Armstrong
--
Only one creature could have duplicated the expressions on their
faces, and that would be a pigeon who has heard not only that
l run this by the porters that
I can track down.
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What I can't stand is the feeling that my brain is leaving me for
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but only if
there's enough agreement behind it.
The workflow should look something like this:
1) message goes to porter mailing list: [This bug #nnn looks like a
arch-specific bug]
2) porters reassign/tag the bug to indicate that they've seen it, and
agree that it is an arch-specific
On Tue, 13 Jul 2010, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 02:27:42PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > If porters would like psuedopackages for their architecture to
> > track requests, that can be arranged. [Y'all just need to ask,
> > point me at some bugs w
he blurb that goes on
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/pseudo-packages.]
Don Armstrong
--
Judge if you want.
We are all going to die.
I intend to deserve it.
-- a softer world #421
http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=421
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On Tue, 06 Jul 2010, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 July 2010, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > On Tue, 06 Jul 2010, Frans Pop wrote:
> > > Is it actually OK for FD to "demand" that candidates go through DM
> > > before applying for DD, or as part of the NM pr
time and taking slotes and time away
from more qualified candidates, then yes, they should be strongly
suggesting that people aren't ready to become DDs, and thus should
spend more time working on Debian, possibly as DMs.
Don Armstrong
--
It was said that life was cheap in Ankh-Morpork. This w
If you ever find yourself in a situtation where you are in conflict
with another developer, and you're unable to make headway, please rely
on others to mediate.
You can contact the DPL (lea...@debian.org) or the CTTE (for technical
matters) or even myself or any other Developer you trust.
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Saturday 26 June 2010, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > My own opinion is that we've done this backwards, and that everything
> > on -private modulo vacation messages and posts explicitely marked with
> > a header indicating that they
eads in -private than I've read messages which were
actually useful and contained information that needed to be on
-private.]
Don Armstrong
1: Ignoring VAC messages, of course.
--
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
-- Robert Heinlein
http://www.donarmstrong.com
> provide a patch policy for our appliance.
If it's something that you need security support for longer, you can
certainly hire someone to continue security support (and any other
backported fixes) to lenny, and possibly band together with others who
need the same.
Don Armstrong
--
If eve
be asked nicely to
raise the subject in an appropriate mailing list and continue the
discussion there. [And if the argument against moving it to the
appropriate mailing list is because no one is subscribed to that
mailing list, then no one cares about that topic anyway and the
flogging should stop
either aren't interesting enough to bother publishing, or are on
topics that such a large number of people will want their messages
redacted, that it's kind of useless.)
Don Armstrong
--
Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or
derring-do. Some achieved immortality
g/donations and indicate that the money should go
to Debian. It's just as easy as using Paypal, and you don't need a
Paypal account.
SPI (the US umbrella organization for Debian) does not use Paypal
because of Paypal's problematic history of mismanaging accounts.
Don Armstrong
to find out what a team in
Debian is doing.
Don Armstrong
--
After the first battle of Sto Lat, I formulated a policy which has
stood me in good stead in other battles. It is this: if an enemy has
an impregnable stronghold, see he stays there.
-- Terry Pratchett _Jingo_ p265
h
rought in to decide. [The CTTE will take at minimum two weeks
to come to a decision itself.]
Don Armstrong
--
Sentenced to two years hard labor (for sodomy), Oscar Wilde stood
handcuffed in driving rain waiting for transport to prison. "If this
is the way Queen Victoria treats her pri
came from and the Dustin Romero who posted is not me, nor
> has the same email. If you can't remove it entirely can you at least remove
> it from google search? Thanks.
This is just spam. Click the "report as spam" button, and it'll be
removed when someone gets to it.
perate with §6.1.4. Presumably the
project leader has the authority to override non-technical decisions
that affect the project under §5.1.4.
Don Armstrong
--
"It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or
victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and tho
backstop, there's not as much scrutiny[1] in adding new people to that
position.)
Thus, it's better to catch problems and solve them at the FD stage
instead of waiting until they reach the DAM. That said, the obvious
solution to this issue is to get more poeple who have the time and
desi
would be nice to have [...] replies to bug reports
> available
These are already available for the most part[1]; see
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?correspondent=don%40debian.org
Don Armstrong
1: Some archived bugs are missing; I haven't fixed this yet.
--
You could say to the Univers
ratulating new developers on -newmaint (or modify the subject of
this mail to congratulate them?)
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--
Our days are precious, but we gladly see them going
If in their place we find a thing more precious growing
A rare, exotic plant, our gardener's heart delighting
A child whom
traditionally started to have scaling
problems. [It's one of the cases where the work isn't particularly
visible until the people doing the work get overwhelmed, so they don't
get kudos, and only get complaints: a classic recipe for accelerated
burnout.]
Don Armstrong
--
"Facts&q
On Mon, 01 Jun 2009, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le dimanche 24 mai 2009 à 13:12 -0700, Don Armstrong a écrit :
> > I think adding the lists.debian.org and bugs.debian.org ruleset[1] to
> > packages.debian.org (possibly with some tweaks) will help resolve the
> > issue with
ian.org and bugs.debian.org ruleset[1] to
packages.debian.org (possibly with some tweaks) will help resolve the
issue with spam flowing through packages.debian.org. [The only other
issue is that packages.debian.org's MX is on a restricted machine, so
we'd need wider access to the mail logs to t
rum: Well the
> same applies to the debian lists , do you suggest to shut them down
> also in favor on 10 - 100 members of the troll kingdom?
<>
Don Armstrong
1: Which doesn't include me
2: Not really their fault either; time doesn't grow on trees.
--
"I'm a ra
hem to engage each other on #debian-devel on an
ad-hoc basis about the specific questions that bother you
specifically, without having to wait for the rigamarole of an IRC
debate.
Don Armstrong
--
"People selling drug paraphernalia ... are as much a part of drug
trafficking as silencers a
't set up a poll, I'll send another message asking for
DDs to privately mail me (or maybe me-too to -vote) if they find the
debates useful.
Don Armstrong
--
"I was thinking seven figures," he said, "but I would have taken a
hundred grand. I'm not a greedy person.&
t year's debate
format[1] if you've forgotten what we did last year, suffer from
amnesia or are incapable of forming long term memories or faking them
by the creative use of google and blogs).
People who'd like to help run the debate and/or collect questions can
also volunteer with
er.
> >
> > <49862854.1070...@googlemail.com>
>
> I so need to write a function that'll let me search my mails in mutt based on
> message id :D
/ i~49862854.1070...@googlemail.com
See http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-4.html#ss4.2 for details.
Don Armstrong
--
ches if you dig up places where it isn't but
should be. [The reason why it's separated out is because those
messages aren't particularly useful to people who aren't direct users
of the infrastructure, which is orthogonal to development activity in
Debian (though they sometimes inter
ject, with no options that are only acceptable to small parts
of the project.
Don Armstrong
--
The attackers hadn't simply robbed the bank. They had carried off
everything portable, including the security cameras, the carpets, the
chairs, and the light and plumbing fixtures. The conspirators had
ranking FD above an option is to
indicate that you don't find a specific option an acceptable solution
at all, and would rather have futher discussion than accepting it.
Don Armstrong
--
Of course, there are cases where only a rare individual will have the
vision to perceive a system whic
e support it for it
to have a chance of being supported by a majority of people in an
election that meets quorum.
Don Armstrong
1: 102 subscriptions with @debian.org$ addresses, anyway. (For
comparison, there are 147 subscribed to -devel, 112 to -project, and
324 to d-d-a.) I've no clue about
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 04:18:02PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > 1: I'd be happier, though, if those proposing and seconding options
> > would be more careful about the effects that their options may have,
> > and be more
. I disagree; I think it's commendable and in the
> spirit of his earlier statement (in the same message) to strive for
> clarity and precision in the ballot options.
Options that (almost) no one actually supports don't increase clarity.
Our voting system isn't a survey of de
d mean that any option will have enough
voters to conceivably win in an election. [I would also be ok with
K==1.5Q, and requiring at least K developers for each step.]
All that said, I'd be interested in seeing such a change made.[1]
Don Armstrong
1: I'd be happier, though, if those prop
ttp://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ListMaster/FAQ for more information.
Don Armstrong
--
Miracles had become relative common-places since the advent of
entheogens; it now took very unusual circumstances to attract public
attention to sightings of supernatural entities. The latest miracle
had raised the
correctly
> give a 500 SMTP error code as the server will refuse to deliver it.
If you sign up for mail from mailing lists, just discard mail that you
don't want to read that comes in from us with Priority: bulk or List-*
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e
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