* Peter Samuelson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070512 09:44]:
>
> [Syd Alsobrook]
> > I have been a Sys Admin for just about ten years now.
> [...]
>
> Let me see if I can summarize your post.
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> Did I get that about right?
>
>
> > I remember a time when Debian was like a family, mayb
* Wouter Verhelst ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070316 14:35]:
> > How would other candidates avoid dropping topics like this?
>
> The only way you can do that is by actively asking people to produce a
> report when they said they'd do so.
that sounds to me like you wanted to continue with "but you cant
d
* Julien BLACHE ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070304 13:17]:
> Or just some people lacking a sense of humor.
>
> It's so easy to dismiss anything you don't like as being either
> trolling or a cheap ad hominem attack instead of, you know, just
> thinking about it for a minute, asking yourself if, by any ch
* Julien BLACHE ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070303 22:21]:
> Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > If someone is connected with a trolling organization, or being convicted
> > for e.g. falsification of a balance sheet, this is something I want to
> > know pre-voting.
>
> Are you seriously compa
* Debian Project Secretary ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061013 23:33]:
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> c2d43675-9efa-4809-a4aa-af042b62786e
> [ 1 ] Choice 1: Release Etch even with kernel firmware issues
> [ 2 ] Choice 2: Special exception to DFSG2 for firmw
* Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-18 22:29:34]:
> Andreas Schuldei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > It is really nice to think of a DPL performing miracles. If I
> > could perform a Debian-miracle I would
> >
> > "make Debian pred
* Neil McGovern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-11 13:20:19]:
> If you were elected tomorrow as DPL, and could only pick one thing about
> Debian to change, what would it be?
It is really nice to think of a DPL performing miracles. If I
could perform a Debian-miracle I would
"make Debian predictabl
* Adrian von Bidder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-11 22:06:31]:
> Again: sorry if I didn't see it on your platforms
>
> Are there possible conflicts of interests between Debian and your "real
> life" ($WORKPLACE, whatever)?
My wife thinks I work too much and my three year old son would
like to
Hi,
* Florian Weimer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060311 20:48]:
> As you might have noted, the Constitution does not spell out the
> process how a new delegation is made. Would you please summarize the
> process you intend to follow if you are elected? Thanks.
Well, there are two parts of the answer.
* James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-11 14:02:49]:
> Andreas Schuldei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Part of the effords to determine what option there were I asked
> > Anthony Towns if he could take the lead in the ftp-master team.
>
> What you in
* Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-10 23:23:52]:
> Andreas Schuldei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I did not ask Joeren for obvious reasons.
>
> What were those obvious reasons? You and Branden stood against each
> other despite agreeing t
* Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-10 22:27:51]:
> (How many of last year's DPL team are willing to serve again with you as
> DPL?)
I dont know, really. All that I asked would like to be on my DPL
team next term. Those were Steve and Enrico.
I did not ask Joeren for obvious reasons.
* Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-10 15:58:15]:
> Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > * Matthew Garrett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060310 16:25]:
> >> No. I reiterate things where Andreas has given misleading answers to
> >> direct questions (he repeatedly denies wanting to replac
* Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-10 13:41:29]:
> > The GR was intendet to clarify that point.
> > However, in a small oppinion poll I found that this apparently
> > was already clear to everyone in the project. A GR would not have
> > added much value but instead created unnecessary u
* Ted Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-10 12:39:51]:
> Andreas, as the man in charge of organizing Debconf6, I want to know,
> will you continue last years policy of allowing attendees to vote for
> which talks and presentations should go in the main track?
Participants never voted on what wo
* Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-09 20:39:20]:
> Last November, you and the DPL team wanted to propose a GR that would
> have forcibly made everyone in a position of authority a formal
> delegate, and stated that you had replacements ready if they were
> unwilling to comply.
The G
I am happy to announce that both Margarita Manterola
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> would
be willing to work on my DPL Team, should I get elected.
Margarita would be our community contact person.
Thank you very much, Margarita and Raphael, for your commitment
to Debia
* Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-06 14:42:54]:
> those questions are for Andreas only: twice in your platform you say
> "I can work full-time as DPL".
>
> Why can you make that claim ?
>
> If you any have any special arrangements to have free time for Debian, is that
> conditioned
* Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-07 12:34:05]:
> [In short, if this is such a problem, what have you all been doing in
> your personal capacity as developers to deal with it?]
I was not involved in the NM process actively, just talked to the
respective people to find out what would be
* Andrew Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-08 09:40:21]:
> Why has this not happened yet? Could we please have an update on this?
Because the responsible person at NetApp (one of the VPs) is a
busy man.
I recently got news on the topic and that the machine is being
worked on. I dont have a da
* Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-03 22:20:59]:
> A code of conduct has often been mentioned as a possible solution to
> various communication problems we have. The code would have to specify,
> either explicitly or implicitly, some rules for acceptable behavior.
>
> What do you think
* Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-07 20:09:11]:
> > When important teams seem to be disfunctional or have a hard time to
> > find a structure that scales into the future I would however use my
> > powers of delegation to restructure the team from the outside. I would
> > only do that a
* Bdale Garbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-07 11:18:31]:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt) writes:
>
> > What would you do to make regular point releases possible?
>
> An even more interesting question for all of the candidates is "what do you
> think should be included in point rele
* Margarita Manterola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-03 10:05:31]:
> It is well known that you are the Debconf magician, and that without
> your work, Debconfs would either not happen or be a complete fiasco
> compared to the Debconfs we are used to by now.
gee, thanks. (c:
> So, if you are elect
* Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-06 01:39:52]:
> On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 11:30:26PM +, Sune Vuorela wrote:
> >Hi!
>
> Hi Sune!
>
> >Just a small question:
> >
> >Do all of you have many spare hours in your current schedules? Or what
> >part of your debian work would get lower pr
* Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-02-27 12:18:55]:
> Two years ago, Branden Robinson talked about the issue of some tasks in
> the project that are neither delegated by the Project leader nor covered
> by the Constitution directly. [1] He referenced his platform from 2004
> last y
* Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-05 06:32:13]:
> 1. After the utter failure of the DPL team conducted by Branden
> Robinson to provide leadership, what makes you think the team
> you are proposing would do better?
I would try to avoid some flaws in last year's
* David N. Welton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-05 20:41:55]:
> The reason Debian can't compete with Ubuntu for the Desktop/new to Linux
> users is that Ubuntu makes choices where Debian won't or can't. They
> give you a default system that works well because they picked certain
> things instead o
* Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-04 13:02:20]:
> Though Martin 'Joey' Schulze as stable release manager presents lists of
> packages that are accepted into the next stable point release on a
> regular basis, they normally are not released "roughly two months after
> the last up
* Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-04 14:13:42]:
> So, my question: please name any behaviour or act you've observed with
> previous DPLs (naming the name of the respective DPL is not required)
> that you think was a mistake, and which you will try not to make during
> your term?
I wi
* Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-02 14:49:37]:
> If you had to summarize your platform with 3 keywords, what would they be ?
- purpose-driven
- predictable
- warm and welcoming
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* Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-04 13:06:37]:
> Though there are often threads about problems with it on our mailing
> lists, the NM process hasn't changed much in the last three or four
> years. What do you think about the most common problems (takes too
> long, is asking for
* Luk Claes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-04 10:08:22]:
> Would you also try to reach the goals mentioned in your platform if you
> wouldn't be elected DPL?
yes, as good as I could. Most changes I want to introduce are of
social and gradual nature (not binary) and are dependant on how much
attent
* Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-02 09:35:11]:
> In the context of the Debian community, do you feel that you are
> currently a good role model?
There are different roles in Debian. As a normal code writing or
packaging developer, I could do better. As someone furthering Debian,
both te
* Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-02-28 19:23:08]:
> here are some questions for all candidates. They are related to the
> Debian-Ubuntu cooperation. (If you're not a candidate and wish to give me
> your opinion on that subject, please do so by private mail or move the
> discussion elsew
I had a nice skiing vacation with my family and am happy to let
you know that my platform is by now up at
http://people.debian.org/~andreas
as I was asked about it by several DDs.
I also sent in the platform to the project's secretary and expect
that it will be put online as soon as he gets the ti
* Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-02-24 13:52:11]:
> * martin f krafft ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060223 16:41]:
> > also sprach Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.02.23.1627 +0100]:
> > > Last year, Anthony Towns beat you quite convincingly. He's been
> > > doing a great deal of visible
* martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-02-23 16:40:48]:
> also sprach Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.02.23.1627 +0100]:
> > Last year, Anthony Towns beat you quite convincingly. He's been
> > doing a great deal of visible work recently, whereas most of what
> > you've been doing ha
With this mail I nominate myself as a candidate for the office of
Debian Project Leader for the term of 2006-07.
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* Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-01-25 09:54:40]:
> Anton Zinoviev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 04:55:19PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote:
> >>
> >> > It is not difficult to print two sheets - the invariant sections go on
> >> > the second sheet and FSF wins more po
On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 11:08:21PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> Bug #112699 illustrates a typical communication problem in debian. Since it
> is a social problem and not technical, I think this is an issue that should be
> addressed by the DPL (not tech ctte, whatsoever).
I disagree. The DPL is
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 09:16:51AM +, Javier Candeira wrote:
> What are the candidates' plans for formulating a clear policy for access to
> DD status (with the all-important right to vote in Debian elections) for
> other type of contributors (translators, UI/artist types, and even -gasp-
> la
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 03:53:55PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> Did you sign on the assumption it has been reviewed by the security team,
> or did you know they had not been consulted ? Did you make some
> investigations ?
Joey was invited to the meeting but could not make it. He was on
the list
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 10:59:13AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> I see many of good ideas for ways to improve the project in several of
> your platforms. If you are not elected DPL, which of those ideas do you
> still expect to be able to work on? How will you be able to do it
> without the power of be
On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 12:30:02PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote:
> What, by the way, are the intentions? Except "release faster", of
> course?
The initial intention of the release team meeting was to help the
release team to find a way to deal with the problems that slowed
down sarge and and avoid
On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 11:55:50AM +, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> Despite the lack of representation from many people affected
> (architecture porters, for example), the conclusions reached have been
> presented as something of a done deal[1]. I don't think that's the way
> Debian should work. The
On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 04:27:47AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> 1) Describe the nature of your current Debian commitments and how well
>you think you are currently fulfilling them. For packages you
>maintain, just a brief statement for each of whether you have been
>able to keep
On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 04:24:39AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> Do we need a procedure to deal with cases like this? Should
> the QA team simply go ahead and devise one, as it did with the
> MIA problem?
I consulted Jeroen van Wolffelaar about how this works, currently. He
is the person w
On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 03:04:26PM +, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> Given the DPL's role involves a fair amount of travel, speaking, giving
> interviews to the press, etc, do you think that you will have sufficient
> time to do a good job as DPL given your other commitments to Debian?
I am sure eve
On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 01:41:35PM +, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> The current Technical Committee is inactive; in the past two years they
> have only made two rulings:
>
> * 2004-06-24 Bug #254598: amd64 is a fine name for that architecture.
> * 2004-06-05 Bug #164591, Bug #164889: md5sum
On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 02:18:43PM -0600, Adam Heath wrote:
> I'll keep it short and simple:
>
> What Muppet character do you see yourself as, and why?
"Swedish Chef", since i live in Sweden and love cooking!
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On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 11:12:50AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> > Let's be real: Why would anyone, just because he is happy in his
> > team, start fighting with people on other teams out of the blue?
To make my question more precise:
"Why would anyone, just because he is happy in his team, st
On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 04:34:28AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Andreas Schuldei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.03.08.1650 +0100]:
> > More real live examples are debian-edu or debian-installer. The
> > people are more real and the problems different, but the genera
On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 08:25:41AM +, Henning Makholm wrote:
> But if the mp3 mailtainers wanted to do that, couldn't they already do
> so? How do they need the blessing of the DPL? If you're not planning
> to _require_ anybody to collectivize, how will your being DPL make a
> difference in you
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 04:50:43PM +0100, Andreas Schuldei wrote:
> Let me give an example: Right now we have n maintainers having mp3
> players in the archive. They decide to form a group to improve the
> mp3-player situation in Debian.
Hint: i dont use mp3 players.
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On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 12:13:27PM +, Henning Makholm wrote:
> You are invited to clarify on the "small teams" section of your
> platform. At first I thought it was just saying that infrastructural
> work for the project should be done in teams rather than by single
> delegates, but a closer re
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 11:11:10AM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >Assume the demarcated hypothetical scenario to be true for the questions
> >which follow.
> Now let's try with a less hypothetical scenario.
> I'd like to know from the candidates what do they think about
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 02:09:59PM -0300, Lucas Wall wrote:
> On 03/07/2005 01:01 PM, David Schmitt wrote:
> >On Monday 07 March 2005 16:13, Lucas Wall wrote:
> >
> >>The announcement mentions that both candidates are not clone candidates,
> >>they each reply to questions with their own point of vi
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 10:49:26PM +0900, Seo Sanghyeon wrote:
> The Debian Free Software Guidelines states that "The program must
> include source code".
[...]
Your questions point out an interesting legal area which is still
under discussion in large parts of the FOSS world. An common
agreement
On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 05:48:20PM +0900, Kenshi Muto wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As far as I read threads, they are mainly focused Project inside.
> Yes, they are important issue, but I think one of DPL's work is
> a representation to the world as spokesperson.
This is true and it is an other great applica
On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 01:10:27PM -0500, Clint Adams wrote:
> Assume the demarcated hypothetical scenario to be true for the questions
> which follow.
>
> ===BEGIN ALLEGORY===
> [...]
> ===END ALLEGORY===
The answer to this problem is to achive reconciliation between
Andrew and you. That should
On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 06:33:12PM +0100, David Schmitt wrote:
> Sounds reasonable. I put it up on my webpage (since I am no DD):
>
> http://debian.edv-bus.at/vote-2005/
>
> I've tried my best to avoid any bias and mostly only pasted relevant
> paragraphs. There should be links to the original m
I would like to nominate myself for the Debian Project leader
election.
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> [ 2 ] Choice 1: Postpone changes until September 2004 [needs 3:1]
> [ 1 ] Choice 2: Postpone changes until Sarge releases [needs 3:1]
> [ 3 ] Choice 3: Add apology to Social Contract [needs 3:1]
> [ 7 ] Choice
'd prefer to see as Project Leader.
> [ ] Debian Developers should keep their DPL preferences to
> themselves.
> [ ] DPL campaigns have increasingly come to adopt traits of
> conventional politics.
> [ ] I find previous stateme
'd prefer to see as Project Leader.
> [ ] Debian Developers should keep their DPL preferences to
> themselves.
> [ ] DPL campaigns have increasingly come to adopt traits of
> conventional politics.
> [ ] I find previous stateme
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