Re: Call for votes for "GR: : Handling source-less firmware in the Linux kernel"

2006-10-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:59:38 +0100 (BST), MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:43:03 +0100 (BST), MJ Ray >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> > Frank =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=FCster?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> [...] And how about your

Re: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.

2006-10-11 Thread Bastian Blank
I second the following proposal. > === START OF PROPOSAL === > Definition: For the purpose of this resolution, the "firmware" mentioned below > designates binary data included in some of the linux kernel drivers, usually > as > hex-encoded variables and whose purpose is to be loaded into a given

Re: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.

2006-10-11 Thread Martin Wuertele
I second the following proposal: > === START OF PROPOSAL === > Definition: For the purpose of this resolution, the "firmware" mentioned below > designates binary data included in some of the linux kernel drivers, usually > as > hex-encoded variables and whose purpose is to be loaded into a given

Re: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.

2006-10-11 Thread Frederik Schueler
Hello, sorry for being late on this, I took a couple of days off from "everything firmware" and this got inbetween. The Proposal worked out by Sven covers the consensual position of the kernel team, as discussed on the last kernel team meeting. I think this GR should be voted upon, as it consider

Re: Call for votes for "GR: : Handling source-less firmware in the Linux kernel"

2006-10-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 01:16:39AM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 06:52:41PM -0500, Debian Project Secretary wrote: > > > - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > c2d43675-9efa-4809-a4aa-af042

Re: Call for votes for "GR: : Handling source-less firmware in the Linux kernel"

2006-10-11 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 06:52:41PM -0500, Debian Project Secretary wrote: > > - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > c2d43675-9efa-4809-a4aa-af042b62786e > > [ ] Choice 1: Release Etch even with kernel firmware issu

Re: Call for votes for "GR: : Handling source-less firmware in the Linux kernel"

2006-10-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 06:52:41PM -0500, Debian Project Secretary wrote: > - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > c2d43675-9efa-4809-a4aa-af042b62786e > [ ] Choice 1: Release Etch even with kernel firmware issues Manoj, you have again overstepped your Secre

Re: Call for votes (Was: kernel firmwares: GR proposal)

2006-10-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 09:20:37PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 09:51:32PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > i now release the call for vote, and ask for a vote to be held with the > > original proposal from Frederik, which has had enough seconds since August > > 31. > > As

Re: Call for votes (Was: kernel firmwares: GR proposal)

2006-10-11 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 09:51:32PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > i now release the call for vote, and ask for a vote to be held with the > original proposal from Frederik, which has had enough seconds since August 31. As a point of order, the original proposal from Frederik was superseded once he ac

Re: Call for votes

2006-10-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 11:56:12PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:51:32 +0200, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > Given the way the secretary has hurried the vote, and the way > > everyone is ignoring the more mature proposal at : > > > http://lists.debian.

Re: Call for votes for "GR: : Handling source-less firmware in the Linux kernel"

2006-10-11 Thread MJ Ray
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:43:03 +0100 (BST), MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Frank =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=FCster?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> [...] And how about your offering him to proofread the ballot? Or > >> just doing it, since he actually post