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2024-12-04 Thread Gleb S
Hello! My name is Gleb and I'm a co-founder of the https://race-of-sloths.com/ project Our project aims to make open-source contributions more fun and engaging, and we're in the early stage so we’re actively seeking a perfect go-to-market strategy to reach out to open-source communities across

Bug#1021714: lists.debian.org: Request for new mailing list: collab-maint (was: Evolving away from source package realms)

2022-10-16 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2022-10-13 Santiago Ruano Rincón wrote: > Package: lists.debian.org > Severity: wishlist > Dear list masters and fellow Debian peers, > I hereby would like to propose to create a mailing list for > collaborative maintenance. > Name: debian-collab-maint > Rationale: &

lists.debian.org: Request for new mailing list: collab-maint (was: Evolving away from source package realms)

2022-10-13 Thread Santiago Ruano Rincón
Package: lists.debian.org Severity: wishlist Dear list masters and fellow Debian peers, I hereby would like to propose to create a mailing list for collaborative maintenance. Name: debian-collab-maint Rationale: El 13/10/22 a las 07:02, Tobias Frost escribió: > On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 04

Re: Creating a Debian Spending proposals and discussion mailing list

2021-04-19 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Mon, 19 Apr 2021, Phil Morrell wrote: > On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 10:14:50PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > We could have a "debian/spending-ideas" if you want so that all DD have > > write access by default. We could restrict access to issues for project > > members (that automatically include

Re: Creating a Debian Spending proposals and discussion mailing list

2021-04-19 Thread Phil Morrell
Now that the DPL voting is over, I'd like to ask Jonathan directly what you think of this idea in the context of your plans for an Expenditure policy? Could this fit alongside, help feed into it or is likely to be made obsolete? The thread starts here: https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2021/

Re: Creating a Debian Spending proposals and discussion mailing list

2021-04-06 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, On Sun, 04 Apr 2021, Phil Morrell wrote: > Please keep in mind that I'm proposing this list purely as a practical > experiment, it does nothing that can't already be done elsewhere, and if > it doesn't work out after say 6 months, then so be it. All I'm looking > for is an indication that it w

Re: Creating a Debian Spending proposals and discussion mailing list

2021-04-04 Thread Phil Morrell
Hi Raphaël, your feedback in particular is very much appreciated. Please keep in mind that I'm proposing this list purely as a practical experiment, it does nothing that can't already be done elsewhere, and if it doesn't work out after say 6 months, then so be it. All I'm looking for is an indicat

Re: Creating a Debian Spending proposals and discussion mailing list

2021-04-04 Thread Raphael Hertzog
support of suggestions. debian-vote has proposals, low-bureaucracy > seconders, and the Project Secretary validating signatures. > > I propose creating an experimental debian-spending mailing list based on > the same rules to test this idea. The equivalent of the GR here would be &

Re: Mailing List Suggestion

2021-04-03 Thread David Kalnischkies
On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 05:21:47PM -0400, Kurt Meyer wrote: > I realize that there is the New Packages in "Sid" page, but a mailing list > would be more convenient in my opinion. For the benefit of others, the hinted at page is: https://packages.debian.org/unstable/newpkg It

Re: Mailing List Suggestions at recieving end

2021-04-03 Thread Alexander Wirt
On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 06:18:40PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 12:35:18AM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 05:21:47PM -0400, Kurt Meyer wrote: > > > I would like to suggest the start of two new mailing lists. > > > &

Creating a Debian Spending proposals and discussion mailing list

2021-04-02 Thread Phil Morrell
I've thought about what such a system could look like, perhaps signed commits to a salsa project or a simple site like mentors. I came to the conclusion that there's already a working system in place for counting DD support of suggestions. debian-vote has proposals, low-bureaucracy seconders,

Re: Mailing List Suggestions at recieving end

2021-04-02 Thread Geert Stappers
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 12:35:18AM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 05:21:47PM -0400, Kurt Meyer wrote: > > I would like to suggest the start of two new mailing lists. > > > > The first mailing list would list new packages (not upgrades) added to &g

Re: Mailing List Suggestion

2021-03-31 Thread Adam Borowski
On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 05:21:47PM -0400, Kurt Meyer wrote: > I would like to suggest the start of two new mailing lists. > > The first mailing list would list new packages (not upgrades) added to > Debian Unstable. I realize that there is the New Packages in "Sid" page

Mailing List Suggestion

2021-03-31 Thread Kurt Meyer
I would like to suggest the start of two new mailing lists. The first mailing list would list new packages (not upgrades) added to Debian Unstable. I realize that there is the New Packages in "Sid" page, but a mailing list would be more convenient in my opinion. The second mailing

Re: Proposal to deprecate and remove mailing list specific code of conduct

2020-11-26 Thread Alexander Wirt
Hi, > On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 08:12:35PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > Folks, > > > > We currently have a minimal Debian mailing list code of conduct at > > https://www.debian.org/MailingLists which is, essentially, > > primarily tips on how to format ema

Re: Proposal to deprecate and remove mailing list specific code of conduct

2020-11-26 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Hi Andrew, On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 08:12:35PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > Folks, > > We currently have a minimal Debian mailing list code of conduct at > https://www.debian.org/MailingLists which is, essentially, > primarily tips on how to format email. At the same time, we

RE: Proposal to deprecate and remove mailing list specific code of conduct

2020-11-23 Thread Sergio Moraes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I believe this proposal, at its core, has good value and is based on sound logic. My concern, however, is that despite the title "code of conduct" being used on both instances, the Mailing List Code of Conduct (CoC) presents a number o

Proposal to deprecate and remove mailing list specific code of conduct

2020-11-23 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Folks, We currently have a minimal Debian mailing list code of conduct at https://www.debian.org/MailingLists which is, essentially, primarily tips on how to format email. At the same time, we have the main Debian Code of Conduct at https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct} which is also

Reporting spam in the debian mailing lists [Was: Re: Fwd: Weryfikacja e-mail]

2019-06-11 Thread Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi
On 2019-06-10 at 10:53:55 +0200, deb...@maciejpiasecki.info wrote: > This is spam? (attachment) > [...] On the web archive there is a button that everybody can use to report email as spam (or one can bounce the message to report-lists...@lists.debian.org ), and for some mailing lists ther

Re: Please do not publish private emails on the Debian mailing lists.

2019-02-06 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le mercredi 06 février 2019 à 19:40:54+0900, Charles Plessy a écrit : > Le Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 10:12:33AM +0100, Pierre-Elliott Bécue a écrit : > > > > I changed my mind. No more email from Pocock will end en on this list > > through me. I don't want to give him a tribune. > > > > Sorry for the

Please do not publish private emails on the Debian mailing lists.

2019-02-06 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 10:12:33AM +0100, Pierre-Elliott Bécue a écrit : > > I changed my mind. No more email from Pocock will end en on this list through > me. I don't want to give him a tribune. > > Sorry for the noise, and have a nice day, all ! Hi, I think that publishing private emails on

Re: support for new mailing list debian-events-apac?

2016-02-15 Thread Prach Pongpanich
On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 06:52:35PM +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > > There are various debian-events-* mailing lists, I've requested a new > one for Asia/Pacific region events: > > https://bugs.debian.org/814779 > I support Daniel's request. Regards,

Re: support for new mailing list debian-events-apac?

2016-02-15 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 4:52 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > There are various debian-events-* mailing lists, I've requested a new > one for Asia/Pacific region events: > > https://bugs.debian.org/814779 I support the creation of debian-events-apac. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

support for new mailing list debian-events-apac?

2016-02-15 Thread Daniel Pocock
There are various debian-events-* mailing lists, I've requested a new one for Asia/Pacific region events: https://bugs.debian.org/814779 As requested by the listmasters[1], could people in favour of this idea please send an email of support to 814...@bugs.debian.org (or just reply to

Re: mailing list for debian-rtc activities

2015-12-23 Thread Daniel Pocock
The debian-rtc list is now created: https://lists.debian.org/debian-rtc/ Please come and join if you have questions about rtc.debian.org or anything about RTC on a Debian system. Please also look out for the FOSDEM main track announcements... Regards, Daniel

Mailing list

2015-12-03 Thread Nedzad Buljusmic
Hello , I am a professional data specialist and have a mailing list of more than 5000 contacts that I am willing to sell. The list contains e-mail, first name, last name, title, company, category, country, source and website information of deans, professors and staff from colleges mainly in the

Re: mailing list for debian-rtc activities

2015-10-27 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 26/10/15 22:38, Alexander Wirt wrote: > On Mon, 26 Oct 2015, Daniel Pocock wrote: > >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> I've requested a mailing list on lists.debian.org for general discussion >> about RTC >> >> This includes supporting the rt

Re: mailing list for debian-rtc activities

2015-10-26 Thread Alexander Wirt
On Mon, 26 Oct 2015, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I've requested a mailing list on lists.debian.org for general discussion > about RTC > > This includes supporting the rtc.debian.org service, use of any of the > RTC packages and any related projects w

mailing list for debian-rtc activities

2015-10-26 Thread Daniel Pocock
Hi all, I've requested a mailing list on lists.debian.org for general discussion about RTC This includes supporting the rtc.debian.org service, use of any of the RTC packages and any related projects with communications features like FreedomBox, derivatives or blends. https://bugs.debia

Re: Spam fighting in -ctte mailing list....

2014-03-04 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Neil McGovern , 2014-03-04, 18:19: The review interface offers more than binary spam/ham classification. These are the choices you have: Out of interest, is the interface available to general DDs? Yup, every DD can participate: https://lists.debian.org/archive-spam-removals/review/ -- Jaku

Re: Spam fighting in -ctte mailing list....

2014-03-04 Thread Neil McGovern
Hi Jakub, On 4 Mar 2014, at 17:40, Jakub Wilk wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 09:13:06AM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: >>> Thanks for the suggestion. I hate to be *that guy*, but, these messages are >>> not spam. They are damaging, time wasting and clutter our v

Re: Spam fighting in -ctte mailing list....

2014-03-04 Thread Jakub Wilk
On Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 09:13:06AM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: Thanks for the suggestion. I hate to be *that guy*, but, these messages are not spam. They are damaging, time wasting and clutter our views of our mailing lists, this is true. Perhaps it is appropriate to use the spam

Re: Spam fighting in -ctte mailing list....

2014-03-03 Thread Steve Langasek
clutter our views of > our mailing lists, this is true. Perhaps it is appropriate to use the > spam architecture to clean them out. What do we do with replies to these > mails, from respected and trusted people, such as (examples from another > list) > https://lists.debian.org/debian-pr

Re: Spam fighting in -ctte mailing list....

2014-03-03 Thread Jonathan Dowland
Hi Christian, [ moving to -project which might be more appropriate for follow-ups ] Thanks for the suggestion. I hate to be *that guy*, but, these messages are not spam. They are damaging, time wasting and clutter our views of our mailing lists, this is true. Perhaps it is appropriate to use the

Re: mailing list auto subscriptions

2014-02-06 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Jakub Wilk dijo [Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 10:52:35PM +0100]: > * Holger Levsen , 2014-02-05, 22:31: > >I believe every new DD or DM should be auto subscribed to -devel, > >-project and -devel-announce (and -private for DDs), > > Eww, no, thanks. > > >Those 3-4 lists should be read by anyone (as in DD

Re: mailing list auto subscriptions

2014-02-06 Thread Yves-Alexis Perez
On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 10:31:17PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > Those 3-4 lists should be read by anyone (as in DD/DM) anyway. This way, we'd > gently push new contributors to lists we'd expect them to read anyway... Actually, I sincerely hope this thread won't become a giant thread like the one

Re: mailing list auto subscriptions

2014-02-06 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 06/02/14 at 01:46 +0100, Francesca Ciceri wrote: > On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 10:31:17PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I believe every new DD or DM should be auto subscribed to -devel, -project > > and > > -devel-announce (and -private for DDs), best with the usual "someone > > su

Re: mailing list auto subscriptions

2014-02-06 Thread Enrico Zini
On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 09:43:12PM +, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > I don't have an opinion on whether having DAM send a mail to > $list-subscr...@lists.debian.org (for some set of lists) instead of > just one mail with a pointer to the lists.debian.org subscription > page, except for this: I would

Re: mailing list auto subscriptions

2014-02-05 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Holger Levsen > Those 3-4 lists should be read by anyone (as in DD/DM) anyway. This way, we'd > gently push new contributors to lists we'd expect them to read anyway... I think they should be reading those lists (well, those appropriate for them) before they become DDs, so I'm not sure how u

Re: mailing list auto subscriptions

2014-02-05 Thread Brian Gupta
lieve it would be highly counterproductive to force -project and -devel on everyone, since both lists are high traffic and target different areas of interest. I don't have a strong opinion on which, if any, mailing lists new DMs should be subscribed to. At first blush d-d-a seems like it

Re: mailing list auto subscriptions

2014-02-05 Thread Francesca Ciceri
On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 10:31:17PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > I believe every new DD or DM should be auto subscribed to -devel, -project > and > -devel-announce (and -private for DDs), best with the usual "someone > subscribed you for this, please confirm" confirmation mail, not sure

Re: mailing list auto subscriptions

2014-02-05 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 10:31:17PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > I believe every new DD or DM should be auto subscribed to -devel, > -project and -devel-announce (and -private for DDs), best with the > usual "someone subscribed you for this, please confirm" confirmation > mail, not sure how to make

Re: mailing list auto subscriptions

2014-02-05 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Holger Levsen , 2014-02-05, 22:31: I believe every new DD or DM should be auto subscribed to -devel, -project and -devel-announce (and -private for DDs), Eww, no, thanks. Those 3-4 lists should be read by anyone (as in DD/DM) anyway. Not if you want to retain your sanity. -- Jakub Wilk

mailing list auto subscriptions

2014-02-05 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, I believe every new DD or DM should be auto subscribed to -devel, -project and -devel-announce (and -private for DDs), best with the usual "someone subscribed you for this, please confirm" confirmation mail, not sure how to make this reality (as in: how to change DAM procedures), probably b

Re: A recent mailing list ban

2014-01-10 Thread Camaleón
eople from some time, which means I fully support your standpoint here. In fact, there are many "toxic" users in there (toxic → aka, the usual trolls which insult and undervalue other mailing list participants), but to be sincere, banning is nothing I'd like to promote (maybe a p

A recent mailing list ban

2014-01-10 Thread Steve Langasek
A few months ago, we had a discussion on debian-project about how mailing list bans should be handled. https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2013/10/msg00090.html Although there was no statement from the listmasters to this effect on the public thread, they evidently considered the thread to

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-12-10 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, I'm quite very late to this party, but I want to express that I do agree with the general idea of publishing mailinglist bans. (In public, with a duration attached to it, probably with other restraints I've forgotten since I've read this thread.) What's the "official status" of the listmas

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-11-08 Thread Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer
On Sunday 27 October 2013 08:54:30 Enrico Zini wrote: > On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 05:27:25PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > Simply obfuscating the name on the list of banned users (or not posting > > any names at all, only links to the posts that led to the ban) would > > I'm in favour of not posting n

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-11-05 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
> > is. You don't get a lifetime ban for a minor transgression and you > > don't get a one-day ban for serious harassments. > > Of course. The question is: do you think disclosing ban duration will > discourage bad behavior on our mailing lists more than just disc

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-11-04 Thread Uoti Urpala
Russ Allbery wrote: > Camaleón writes: > > > The mailing list managers/admins have the right to ban whoever they > > decide, but in the aim of "fair play", the user should also have the > > right to defend him/herself from the accusations, expose his/her > &

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-11-04 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 02:33:34PM -0500, Brian Gupta a écrit : > > I don't know the answer but perhaps, we can try experimenting with a system > where the first action is a polite public warning by listmaster, pointing to > code of conduct. (Assuming that the code of conduct is updated to cover >

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-11-04 Thread Brian Gupta
On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > Camaleón writes: > >> The mailing list managers/admins have the right to ban whoever they >> decide, but in the aim of "fair play", the user should also have the >> right to defend him/herself fr

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-11-04 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 09:17:29 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Camaleón writes: > >> The mailing list managers/admins have the right to ban whoever they >> decide, but in the aim of "fair play", the user should also have the >> right to defend him/herself fr

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-11-04 Thread Russ Allbery
Camaleón writes: > The mailing list managers/admins have the right to ban whoever they > decide, but in the aim of "fair play", the user should also have the > right to defend him/herself from the accusations, expose his/her > reasoning and be able to restore him/her reput

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-11-04 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:46:41 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > Hi folks, > > Was discussing with one of the listmasters (Alexander Wirt) on IRC today > about mailing list bans, because it turns out that someone I was just > about to ask the listmasters to ban from debian-deve

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-11-04 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
cation of how severe we think the > > violation is. You don't get a lifetime ban for a minor > > transgression and you don't get a one-day ban for serious > > harassments. > > Of course. The question is: do you think disclosing ban duration will > discourage

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-11-04 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
a minor transgression and you > don't get a one-day ban for serious harassments. Of course. The question is: do you think disclosing ban duration will discourage bad behavior on our mailing lists more than just disclosing the bans currently in effect? (I don't.) -- Stefano Zac

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-11-04 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Stefano Zacchiroli > So, what would be the beneficial social effects of publishing the ban > *duration*? The ban duration is an indication of how severe we think the violation is. You don't get a lifetime ban for a minor transgression and you don't get a one-day ban for serious harassments.

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-11-04 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
; to that would be the listmasters' patience. So, what would be the beneficial social effects of publishing the ban *duration*? I can't see any of that. The main beneficial effect we're looking for is sending the message that bad behavior on Debian mailing lists is not tolerated "h

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-11-04 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Hi Jonathan, Le dimanche, 3 novembre 2013 14.06:33 Jonathan Dowland a écrit : > I think bans should be time-limited in > almost all cases, with perma-bans being very rare indeed. I don't > think that ban durations should be disclosed publically or to the > person banned

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-11-03 Thread Jonathan Dowland
My feeling before reading this thread was that bans should be accessible to DDs somewhere but this thread has convinced me that they should be made public. I think bans should be time-limited in almost all cases, with perma-bans being very rare indeed. I don't think that ban durations should be dis

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-28 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 07:58:03AM +, Lars Wirzenius a écrit : > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 09:00:20AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > > > Given how arbitrarly other bans have been proposed, I think that the > > outcome should stay private unless the banned person wishes so. > > I don't underst

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-28 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Ingo Jürgensmann dijo [Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 08:56:59PM +0200]: > > This led to a philosophical debate about whether bans should be made public. > > Alexander expressed concern that having them published could be harmful to a > > person's reputation, since employers will google your name and see tha

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Steve Langasek writes ("Should mailing list bans be published?"): > I think we should publish them, for several reasons: I agree wholeheartedly. Also, to expand on this: > - It casts sunlight on the kinds of decisions that the listmasters are >making WRT bans, so that w

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Russ Allbery writes ("Re: Should mailing list bans be published?"): > But, against that, I would say that the point of mailing list bans is not > to humiliate or expose someone who behaved poorly, or even to call further > attention to their poor behavior. Rather, the goal i

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-28 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
don't think bans need to be posted anywhere prominent like > debian-devel-announce, but I do think basic facts like who is banned, > for how long, and the rationale (with links to specific mailing list > posts as reference) should be made public. It is IMHO very important that publis

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-28 Thread Philip Hands
bly be fine in most cases. > >> I recommend to use a web page, and not announce bans on public mailing >> lists because such announcements invite subsequent discussion, likely >> decloaking the banned poster. > > Reducing subsequent discussion is inseparable from reducing b

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-28 Thread Ingo Jürgensmann
part in Article 8, 1 European Convention on Human Rights (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_8_of_the_European_Convention_on_Human_Rights). The name of a person is, of course, a personal data and thus proteced under privacy rights. When that person writes to a mailing list, s/he is granting the

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-27 Thread Bart Martens
On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 12:46:07PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 05:27:25PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > Bart Martens wrote: > > > I suggest we keep things civil, with respect for the persons involved. > > > It's > > > really not up to Debian to harm someone's reputation,

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-27 Thread Steve Langasek
dom searches for that > > person would not turn up a high pagerank debian.org page listing their > > youthful indiscretions. > > Using eg "J. Hess" would probably be fine in most cases. > I recommend to use a web page, and not announce bans on public mailing

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-27 Thread Charles Plessy
the project in terms of diversity, and it is not much of a loss for me as I hope that my contribution to Debian is far more than just telling what I think on mailing lists. I also make exceptions, and expect others to do so when it makes sense. But in many large discussions, there are a large nu

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-27 Thread Russ Allbery
legal troubles. In the United States, fact is an absolute defense against libel, so a web page or email message stating simply that "this email address has been banned from this mailing list" or "the author of the message at URL has been banned from this mailing list" is not actio

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-27 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Hi. Perhaps one should think whether such publishing might have legal consequences... In some countries (like the US) it seems not be so uncommon to publicly name offenders or criminals on webpages... in Europe though, you might get into legal troubles. Cheers, Chris. smime.p7s Description: S

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-27 Thread Florian Weimer
isting their > youthful indiscretions. > > Using eg "J. Hess" would probably be fine in most cases. I recommend to use a web page, and not announce bans on public mailing lists because such announcements invite subsequent discussion, likely decloaking the banned poster. We cou

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-27 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
disclosing bans to -private is good enough. Non-DDs (or simply DDs who don't read every -private mail) would have no way of knowing who is banned, and therefore might be tricked into thinking that specific bad behavior patterns visible in the mailing list archives have been tolerated. Once the prin

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-27 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve Langasek writes: > This also seems like a good compromise to me. Do the other folks who > object to publishing information that could damage the poster's > reputation (e.g., Bart, Ingo) think this is ok? The problem that I have with publicly posting mailing list bans is t

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-27 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 05:27:25PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Bart Martens wrote: > > I suggest we keep things civil, with respect for the persons involved. It's > > really not up to Debian to harm someone's reputation, and that could reflect > > bad on Debian's reputation. > > Approaches I could

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-27 Thread Alexander Wirt
On Sun, 27 Oct 2013, Boris Pek wrote: > Hi, > > > What do the rest of you think? > > +1 for publishing the facts of bans and their reasons in a public mailing > list. > Only with one correction which have been well described by Rhonda: > > >> - It provide

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-27 Thread Boris Pek
Hi, > What do the rest of you think? +1 for publishing the facts of bans and their reasons in a public mailing list. Only with one correction which have been well described by Rhonda: >> - It provides a reference point for newcomers to the Debian community to >> judge their

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-27 Thread Ana Guerrero Lopez
On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 08:54:30AM +0100, Enrico Zini wrote: > I'm in favour of not posting names but links to the posts that led to > the ban. That it solves the problem of google-shaming is welcome, but > marginal to me. The most important thing to me in doing that, is that we > make it clear tha

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-27 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2013, 08:54:30 schrieb Enrico Zini: > On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 05:27:25PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > Simply obfuscating the name on the list of banned users (or not posting > > any names at all, only links to the posts that led to the ban) would > > I'm in favour of not pos

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-27 Thread Martin Steigerwald
, bans? In other words, are you saying that they have > prevented, without sufficient justification, people from posting to > Debian mailing lists? If that's what you're saying, could you give > examples of this? > > I doubt it has happened, but if it has, that's an excellent

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-27 Thread Enrico Zini
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 05:27:25PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Simply obfuscating the name on the list of banned users (or not posting > any names at all, only links to the posts that led to the ban) would I'm in favour of not posting names but links to the posts that led to the ban. That it solves

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-27 Thread Lars Wirzenius
rivate unless the banned person wishes so. I don't understand this at all. Are you saying Debian listmasters, who decide on bans, have been making arbitrary, and therefore badly justified, bans? In other words, are you saying that they have prevented, without sufficient justification, people f

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-27 Thread Gerfried Fuchs
Hi! In general I agree, but one reason can fire back: * Steve Langasek [2013-10-26 19:46:41 CEST]: > - It provides a reference point for newcomers to the Debian community to >judge their actions by, to understand what kinds of things will get them >banned from participation (althou

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-26 Thread Alexander Wirt
On Sun, 27 Oct 2013, Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:46:41AM -0700, Steve Langasek a écrit : > > > > What do the rest of you think? > > Given how arbitrarly other bans have been proposed, I think that the outcome > should stay private unless the banned person wishes so. This

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-26 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:46:41AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > >So I don't think bans need to be posted anywhere prominent like >debian-devel-announce, but I do think basic facts like who is banned, for >how long, and the rationale (with links to specific mailing list po

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-26 Thread Yaroslav Halchenko
On Sat, 26 Oct 2013, Joey Hess wrote: > Bart Martens wrote: > > I suggest we keep things civil, with respect for the persons involved. It's > > really not up to Debian to harm someone's reputation, and that could reflect > > bad on Debian's reputation. > > Approaches I could support : > > - pos

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-26 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:46:41AM -0700, Steve Langasek a écrit : > > What do the rest of you think? Given how arbitrarly other bans have been proposed, I think that the outcome should stay private unless the banned person wishes so. This will also reduce the pressure on the listmasters, by red

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-26 Thread Luca Filipozzi
Bart wrote: > > > The harm that could come to Debian's reputation is that Debian could be > > > perceived as an organization that harms people's reputation by judging > > > them in > > > public about their behavior on the mailing lists. Steve repli

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-26 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
; > > > It's really not up to Debian to harm someone's reputation, and that > > > > could > > > > reflect bad on Debian's reputation. > > > > I don't understand this argument. What harm comes to Debian's reputation > > >

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-26 Thread Steve Langasek
that could > > > reflect bad on Debian's reputation. > > I don't understand this argument. What harm comes to Debian's reputation > > from showing publically that we do not tolerate abusive behavior on our > > mailing list? > The harm that could come to

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-26 Thread Bart Martens
; reflect bad on Debian's reputation. > > I don't understand this argument. What harm comes to Debian's reputation > from showing publically that we do not tolerate abusive behavior on our > mailing list? The harm that could come to Debian's reputation is that

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-26 Thread Joey Hess
Bart Martens wrote: > I suggest we keep things civil, with respect for the persons involved. It's > really not up to Debian to harm someone's reputation, and that could reflect > bad on Debian's reputation. > > Approaches I could support : > - post the bans with reasons on debian-private > - or m

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-26 Thread davidson
egarding what is out of bounds on debian's mailing lists. and so, withholding this information from ban-candidates *decreases* their own share of responsibility for getting banned, when they do. and, arguably, it is the withholder of that information (i.e. debian) which shoulders that relieve

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-26 Thread Yves-Alexis Perez
On Sat, 2013-10-26 at 20:24 +, Bart Martens wrote: > Cover up ? I did suggest approaches with full transparency among DDs. I don't think that's the meaning of “public” Steve (And Lars) initially thought about… Regards, -- Yves-Alexis signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed me

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-26 Thread Bart Martens
t; > > I join Alexander on the above. > > > > > What do the rest of you think? > > > > I suggest we keep things civil, with respect for the persons involved. It's > > really not up to Debian to harm someone's reputation, and that could reflect > > ba

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-26 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2013-10-26 at 10:46 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > Hi folks, > > Was discussing with one of the listmasters (Alexander Wirt) on IRC today > about mailing list bans, because it turns out that someone I was just about > to ask the listmasters to ban from debian-devel had ju

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-26 Thread Ben Hutchings
respect for the persons involved. It's > really not up to Debian to harm someone's reputation, and that could reflect > bad on Debian's reputation. [...] This is the same argument used to cover up all kinds of abuses. Maybe in the case of mailing list bans the infraction is mino

Re: Should mailing list bans be published?

2013-10-26 Thread Steve Langasek
pect for the persons involved. > It's really not up to Debian to harm someone's reputation, and that could > reflect bad on Debian's reputation. I don't understand this argument. What harm comes to Debian's reputation from showing publically that we do not tolera

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