Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-02-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 10:30:05AM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > * Branden Robinson [Thu, Feb 05 2004, 12:07:49AM]: > > > me) that can justify a such delay. Damn, I would be happy if I could > > > tell everyone who asks me why we don't have X 4.3 in Sid: this is broken > > > and this is

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-02-08 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Branden Robinson [Thu, Feb 05 2004, 12:07:49AM]: > > me) that can justify a such delay. Damn, I would be happy if I could > > tell everyone who asks me why we don't have X 4.3 in Sid: this is broken > > and this is broken, this would ruine most people's day. But having only > > explanat

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-02-04 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 09:45:09PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > Please calculate the probability for this situation to happen in a > predicatable time frame before judging DanielS. > > IMHO, there are simply no real reasons (for people out there, including > me) that can justify a such delay. Damn

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-02-04 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin Adrian! Adrian Bunk schrieb am Wednesday, den 04. February 2004: > him, and if the question isn't "Should XFree86 4.3.0 enter unstable > now?" but instead "What's missing until everyone (including Branden) > considers XFree86 4.3.0 to be ready for unstable?" might lead to Please calculate th

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-02-04 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 01:40:09PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > That said, and although I's say that I don't agree with Branden in all > areas, my impression is that it should possible to work together with > him, and if the question isn't "Should XFree86 4.3.0 enter unstable > now?" but instead "Wh

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-02-04 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 01:08:19PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote: >... > I did, however, state that I felt that 4.3.0-1 was by far the superior > base to work from in sid, for a number of reasons (not least that > propagation to sarge would put the XSF in the position of having to > maintain two codeba

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-02-04 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 03:31:46PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 08:55:38PM +0100, Joachim Breitner wrote: > > I think you got me wrong (quite possible, considering my language). In > > fact, that is what I wanted to say: he should rely on trust, and not > > install fixed

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-02-03 Thread Clint Adams
> Would it be so bad if dinstall rejected uploads that appeared to be NMUs > but didn't identify themselves as such in the changelog? Lame.

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-02-03 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 04:27:46PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 09:03:22PM -0500, Peter Constantinidis wrote: > > I read in the news today that the release of X 4.4 will have a new > > license that requires an advertising clause. As a result, it seems > > likely that Debian

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-02-03 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 11:38:16AM +1300, Mike Beattie wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 11:11:12AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > I have felt consistently under pressure to do 2 things: > > > > 1) release xfree86 4.3.0-1 to sid ASAP > > 2) delegate responsibility ASAP > > > > Very few actions

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-02-03 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 06:22:24PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote: > Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 01:08:19PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote: > [...] > >> I did, however, state that I felt that 4.3.0-1 was by far the superior > >> base to work from in sid, for a n

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-02-03 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 08:55:38PM +0100, Joachim Breitner wrote: > I think you got me wrong (quite possible, considering my language). In > fact, that is what I wanted to say: he should rely on trust, and not > install fixed rules or technical measures to prevent things like that. Would it be so

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-02-03 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 02:21:31PM -0500, David B Harris wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:04:30 -0500 > Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This upload was done without advance notice to, or consultation with the > > rest of the X Strike Force (XSF) team > > I asked Branden for clarific

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-02-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 09:03:22PM -0500, Peter Constantinidis wrote: > I read in the news today that the release of X 4.4 will have a new > license that requires an advertising clause. As a result, it seems > likely that Debian will not be able to carry it. > > Therefore it looks like this brouha

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-01-30 Thread Peter Constantinidis
I read in the news today that the release of X 4.4 will have a new license that requires an advertising clause. As a result, it seems likely that Debian will not be able to carry it. Therefore it looks like this brouhaha will be quickly resolved by X 4.3 or a cvs fork of X 4.3.999 being the last v

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-01-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 01:08:19PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote: > > Organizationally, we have more experience with single-maintainer > > packages, and I think we have to evolve a bit with respect to team > > maintenance a bit more. Fundamentally, I think team-maintenance of > > packages has to be g

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-01-29 Thread Mike Beattie
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 10:01:31AM +1100, Sam Johnston wrote: > Branden Robinson wrote: > >The primary purpose of this mail is to prompt a discussion of what we as > >a Project should do in the general case of surprise uploads of this > >nature which are, again, neither hijacks nor NMUs, but have s

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-01-29 Thread Mike Beattie
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 11:11:12AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > I have felt consistently under pressure to do 2 things: > > 1) release xfree86 4.3.0-1 to sid ASAP > 2) delegate responsibility ASAP > > Very few actions serve both goals at once, so time spent on one is, > obviously, time not sp

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-01-29 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi, Am Do, den 29.01.2004 schrieb Andrew Suffield um 13:01: > > That's a different matter whatsoever. We are talking about package > > maintenance here, which is what being in Debian is all about. Violating > > the DMUP is something completely different than doing something WRT > > package managem

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-01-29 Thread Andreas Metzler
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 01:08:19PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote: [...] >> I did, however, state that I felt that 4.3.0-1 was by far the superior >> base to work from in sid, for a number of reasons (not least that >> propagation to sarge would put the XSF

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-01-29 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 01:08:19PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote: > [Forgive the crosspost, but I think each paragraph touches on different > issues, and that all 3 is the best. Please Cc me if you don't reply to > -x, as that's the only one of these lists I'm on.] I disagree that your message was ger

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-01-29 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 12:31:52PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 10:17:29AM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 08:59:51PM +0100, Joachim Breitner wrote: > > > Am Mi, den 28.01.2004 schrieb Branden Robinson um 19:04: > > > > whether any sort of sanction

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-01-29 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 10:17:29AM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 08:59:51PM +0100, Joachim Breitner wrote: > > Am Mi, den 28.01.2004 schrieb Branden Robinson um 19:04: > > > whether any sort of sanction should > > > take place as a result of these actions, and what standar

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-01-29 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 08:59:51PM +0100, Joachim Breitner wrote: > Am Mi, den 28.01.2004 schrieb Branden Robinson um 19:04: > > whether any sort of sanction should > > take place as a result of these actions, and what standards of procedure > > and courtesy we should have in team-maintained packag

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-01-29 Thread Daniel Stone
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 02:21:31PM -0500, David B Harris wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:04:30 -0500 > Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This upload was done without advance notice to, or consultation with the > > rest of the X Strike Force (XSF) team > > I asked Branden for clarific

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-01-28 Thread Daniel Stone
[Forgive the crosspost, but I think each paragraph touches on different issues, and that all 3 is the best. Please Cc me if you don't reply to -x, as that's the only one of these lists I'm on.] On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 01:04:30PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > FYI, for those who didn't know alrea

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-01-28 Thread Andreas Metzler
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > FYI, for those who didn't know already, an upload identifying itself as > xfree86 4.3.0-1, not authorized by me, was made by Daniel Stone to > Debian unstable early Tuesday morning UTC. [...] > This upload was done without advance notice to, or co

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-01-28 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hello, I have not yet made my mind up on this, but one thing is clear to me: Am Mi, den 28.01.2004 schrieb Branden Robinson um 19:04: > whether any sort of sanction should > take place as a result of these actions, and what standards of procedure > and courtesy we should have in team-maintained

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-01-28 Thread David B Harris
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:04:30 -0500 Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This upload was done without advance notice to, or consultation with the > rest of the X Strike Force (XSF) team I asked Branden for clarification on this, and the XSF consists of everybody subscribed to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-01-28 Thread Joey Hess
Sam Johnston wrote: > For a start, uploads by non [co-]maintainers could be held for manual > processing or rejected outright (except where uploaded in accordance > with NMU policy of the delay to a delay queue, where the > [co-]maintainers are notified at the time of the upload and have the >

Re: unauthorized upload of xfree86 4.3.0-1 to unstable

2004-01-28 Thread Sam Johnston
Branden Robinson wrote: The primary purpose of this mail is to prompt a discussion of what we as a Project should do in the general case of surprise uploads of this nature which are, again, neither hijacks nor NMUs, but have some features of both. For a start, uploads by non [co-]maintainers c