Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 22:54:27 -0500, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> There are two issues here: does the old policy violate the social >> contract, > Yes, I do not think there is much of dispute on that regards > (well, there is none, in my mind). > I would like to poi

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 12:24:56 +1000, Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 03:09:16AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: >> * Manoj Srivastava: >> >> For our users, we promise to do regular releases; as a >> >> guideline, a major release of the distribution should happen >> >>

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 03:09:16 +0200, Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > * Manoj Srivastava: >>> For our users, we promise to do regular releases; as a guideline, >>> a major release of the distribution should happen about once a >>> year. >> >> On what basis do you think we can make this p

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 03:09:16AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Manoj Srivastava: > >> For our users, we promise to do regular releases; as a guideline, a > >> major release of the distribution should happen about once a year. > > On what basis do you think we can make this promise? Why ar

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Florian Weimer
* Manoj Srivastava: >> For our users, we promise to do regular releases; as a guideline, a >> major release of the distribution should happen about once a year. > > On what basis do you think we can make this promise? On the same basis that we promise not to hide bugs? Or not to rely on no

Re: Discussion - On proposal E (Transition Guide)

2004-06-02 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Robert Millan wrote: > > I'm concerned about proposal E. I believe it essentialy means that any > changes that are made to the DFSG or SC won't have any effect if they make > them more strict, but they will have effect if they relax them. Is that > the intended in "[..] for a limited time, Debian

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 02 Jun 2004, Frank Küster wrote: > Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you think the contents of the link should be cited, instead of > giving only the URL, or what are you missing? So state that the RM is directed to use the following requirements for determining which packages

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:27:58 +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > * Manoj Srivastava ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040602 09:25]: >> On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:19:15 +0200, Andreas Barth >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> Reaffirmation of the social contract - priorities >> > are our users and

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Andreas Barth
* Raul Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040602 12:40]: > On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 10:27:58AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > > However, as the 3:1-majority is needed anyways(*), I don't mind to add > > something like: > > In the opinion of the Secretary, this proposal overrules the social > > contract, and

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Raul Miller
On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 10:27:58AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > However, as the 3:1-majority is needed anyways(*), I don't mind to add > something like: > In the opinion of the Secretary, this proposal overrules the social > contract, and needs therefor a 3:1-majority. In the opinion of the > prop

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Frank Küster
Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > That's a nice thing to say, but in the short term, what exactly does >> > this mean for the various clases of controversial works under >> > discussion here? >> >> See the last part of the proposal. > > The last part of the proposal only indicates tha

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Andreas Barth
* Manoj Srivastava ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040602 09:25]: > On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:19:15 +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Reaffirmation of the social contract - priorities > > are our users and the free software community > > > For our users, we promise to do regular releases

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:19:15 +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Reaffirmation of the social contract - priorities > are our users and the free software community > We, Debian, reaffirm that our priorities are our users and the free > software community. We keep to that, both a