Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-11 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 11/11/21 8:48 PM, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 02:23:58PM -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: >> I'm legitimately surprised to hear that anyone in the Debian project >> believes that the term "FTP master" is *not* confused and outdated. > > I'm really surprised that ftp master i

Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-11 Thread Jonathan Carter
On 2021/11/11 21:48, Bastian Blank wrote: I'm really surprised that ftp master is more important than the weird definition of DD and DM. You left out "non-uploading DD" :) -Jonathan

Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-11 Thread Salvo Tomaselli
I feel that the benefits and costs estimate are just made up numbers. I'd like to know if there exists a person in the whole world that would refuse to cooperate with Debian because of the FTP master name. My totally made up answer is no. But I could of course be totally wrong. Best Il gio 11 no

Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-11 Thread Jonathan Carter
Hi Marc On 2021/11/11 17:29, Marc Haber wrote: On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 05:37:55PM -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: PS For people who are concerned that a retreat from the term "master" is somehow the language police run dangerously amok, it's worth asking why you feel so committed to t

Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-11 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi, On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 10:28 AM Bdale Garbee wrote: > > being a good > citizen of a community like Debian means *not* side-stepping such > responsibilities. No sweat. How about the following? $500,000 Value of friendly and up-to-date team names [1] $200,000 Cost of implementation [2] -

Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-11 Thread Bastian Blank
On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 02:23:58PM -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > I'm legitimately surprised to hear that anyone in the Debian project > believes that the term "FTP master" is *not* confused and outdated. I'm really surprised that ftp master is more important than the weird definition of DD a

Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-11 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Thu 2021-11-11 07:56:24 -0500, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > 1/ The assertion "we all can acknowledge is confused and outdated" is >far fom the case. This and other discussions on the matter are >strong evidence that "we can all acknowledge" is a >mischaracterization. I'm legitimatel

Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-11 Thread Bdale Garbee
Felix Lechner writes: > Hi, > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 5:12 AM Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: >> >> Those proposing >> improvements must also demonstrate how the claimed improvements >> provide greater benefit than the cost incurred in implementing the >> improvements. > > I had hoped to sidestep th

Re: Draft GR for resolution process changes

2021-11-11 Thread Timo Röhling
* Russ Allbery [2021-11-11 08:26]: Once a proposal has been sponsored and added to the ballot, we, as a general social convention, stop sponsoring it unless it feels particularly important to be listed as a sponsor. That means that any given option currently on the ballot usually has "hidden" s

Re: Draft GR for resolution process changes

2021-11-11 Thread Russ Allbery
(cc'ing Charles since I'm not sure if he's reading all of debian-vote; let me know if this is annoying and I should stop.) Sam Hartman writes: > It sounds like what russ and Charles are talking about is the following: > * You as a proposer want to accept an amendment > * A sponsor objects, and

Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-11 Thread Marc Haber
Hi, On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 05:37:55PM -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > PS For people who are concerned that a retreat from the term "master" is >somehow the language police run dangerously amok, it's worth asking >why you feel so committed to the term "master" that you would fight >

Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-11 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 02:22:48PM +0100, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > Roberto C. Sánchez wrote on 11/11/2021 at 13:56:24+0100: > > If we as a project allow some to make changes without considering the > > concerns of those affected by the changes, we are not being faithful > > to our own prin

Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-11 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Roberto C. Sánchez wrote on 11/11/2021 at 13:56:24+0100: > If we as a project allow some to make changes without considering the > concerns of those affected by the changes, we are not being faithful > to our own principles. That's true, but it doesn't look like it's what's being done here. Fel

Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-11 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi, On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 5:12 AM Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > Those proposing > improvements must also demonstrate how the claimed improvements > provide greater benefit than the cost incurred in implementing the > improvements. I had hoped to sidestep that responsibility by putting the matt

Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-11 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 05:37:55PM -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > > PS For people who are concerned that a retreat from the term "master" is >somehow the language police run dangerously amok, it's worth asking >why you feel so committed to the term "master" that you would fight >t

Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-11 Thread Gard Spreemann
Daniel Kahn Gillmor writes: > PS For people who are concerned that a retreat from the term "master" is >somehow the language police run dangerously amok, it's worth asking >why you feel so committed to the term "master" that you would fight >to keep the project we all work on using t

Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-11 Thread Jonas Meurer
Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: On Sat 2021-11-06 11:32:35 +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: Pierre-Elliott Bécue - 06.11.21, 11:06:58 CET: That being said, the name is indeed outdated, and "Debian Archive Team" sounds quite nice. Agreed. I like this name. Yes, please. "Debian Archive Team" is f