Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2006: Call for nominations

2006-02-04 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Sven Luther] > /me wonders if there is a way to have a "we don't need a DPL" kind of > vote possibility on the ballot ? That option would "implicitly change a foundation document" and Manoj would probably give it a 3:1 supermajority requirement. But a candidate whose entire platform is "I promi

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2006: Call for nominations

2006-02-04 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 05:34:53PM -0600, Debian Project Secretary wrote: > Hi, > > According to the constitution (5.2. Appointment), project > leader elections should begin "nine weeks before the leadership post > becomes vacant, or (if it is too late already) immediately." /me wonders

Re: The invariant sections are not forbidden by DFSG

2006-02-04 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 04:42:41PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > alternatively, print a single link to either the full documentation > > (containing the invariant sections) or to just the invariant sections. > > This might be a reasonable thin

Re: The invariant sections are not forbidden by DFSG

2006-02-04 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > alternatively, print a single link to either the full documentation > (containing the invariant sections) or to just the invariant sections. This might be a reasonable thing, but it is not what the GFDL requires. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: The invariant sections are not forbidden by DFSG

2006-02-04 Thread Craig Sanders
On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 12:24:27AM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 04:24:23PM +0200, Anton Zinoviev wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 02:52:41PM +0100, Frank K?ster wrote: > > > An other example is a reference sheet to be printed on the front- and > > > backside of a sheet

Debian Project Leader Elections 2006: Call for nominations

2006-02-04 Thread Debian Project Secretary
Hi, According to the constitution (5.2. Appointment), project leader elections should begin "nine weeks before the leadership post becomes vacant, or (if it is too late already) immediately." The new project leader term starts on April 17th, and that sets the time line: Nomina

Re: {SPAM} Re: Anton's amendment

2006-02-04 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 03:56:45PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have been thinking about this (originally brought up by > > Russ). I have also been re-reading the SC/DFSG, and the time they > > were written. I also started with the idea