Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement

2006-01-07 Thread Andrew Suffield
27;ve already talked to CC and they agreed to fix their licenses; 3.0 and later should be fine, when they're released (2.x never will be). -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: How to handle tie?

2005-04-24 Thread Andrew Suffield
small solutions. like EMACS. or dvt. well, dvt was _supposed_ to be simple it only took 2 weeks to write Manoj: It requires a *diagram* to explain what each part does. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `'

Re: Denied vote and the definition of a DD

2005-03-20 Thread Andrew Suffield
, or the DPL, or K people whose keys are in the > >> keyring, AND > > > What is K? > > 1. Go to <http://www.debian.org/devel/constitution>. > 2. Search for "K is". And http://www.debian.org/vote/2005/vote_001 where the value of K for this vote is

Re: Q for Andreas Schuldei: "Small teams"??

2005-03-09 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 07:49:29AM +, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I believe it was once tried somewhere in Europe as a method for > > running a country, where it was a spectacular failure, but I really > &

Re: Question for candidate Robinson

2005-03-09 Thread Andrew Suffield
a serious measure of activity. On the other hand, I note that a couple of them are in my killfile. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Question for candidate Robinson

2005-03-09 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 11:38:56PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 03:31:49PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > > > [...] I hope that the link was there originally and > > > has just been lost because of

Re: Q for Andreas Schuldei: "Small teams"??

2005-03-08 Thread Andrew Suffield
e it was a spectacular failure, but I really don't remember any details. The normal result of systems based on this concept is to minimise disagreement within groups while maximising disagreement between groups, causing widespread fragmentation and eventual collapse. Organisation by cliques

Re: Questions for all candidates re: interpersonal behavior

2005-03-08 Thread Andrew Suffield
ked so far, and seems fairly unlikely to ever work. Usual case of somebody overestimating my interest in what they're saying :P -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Question for Andreas and Branden

2005-03-08 Thread Andrew Suffield
y you could hold a GR to order someone to shut up (or to shut them > up) but they would have to be pretty amazingly rude at that point. I'm not sure you can even do that. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffi

Re: Questions for candidate Walther

2005-03-08 Thread Andrew Suffield
e very least. [0] Henry IV, Part 1, Act 3, Scene 1. Go look it up. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Question for candidate Robinson

2005-03-08 Thread Andrew Suffield
nnected from the DFSG, or a new rule, or anything like that, is one created and trumpeted by the anti-freedom advocates. It's fiction. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Project scud (for Andreas Schuldei and Branden Robinson)

2005-03-08 Thread Andrew Suffield
er their political agenda (usually based around some notion of how other people should be forced to think), rather than actually do anything about the problems. Most meta-arguments on this subject revolve around such lunacy than any real problems (making them quite irrelevant). -- .''`.

Re: Question for Andreas Schuldei and Branden Robinson

2005-03-08 Thread Andrew Suffield
mained as politically neutral as it always has. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Questions for all candidates re: interpersonal behavior

2005-03-08 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 01:10:27PM -0500, Clint Adams wrote: > ===BEGIN ALLEGORY=== > I spend the next several hours sending Andrew Suffield chain letters > that say "if you don't fix tla by Thursday, your liver will transform > into mascarpone." I send these emails w

Re: Questions to candidates: what is source?

2005-03-08 Thread Andrew Suffield
ecause nobody is being exploited. (False dilemma, but admittedly it's the false dilemma posited by the US government to excuse their efforts to control the market) -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `'

Re: Question for Andreas and Branden

2005-03-08 Thread Andrew Suffield
slavery. That's two candidates for the bottom of the pile... -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Question for candidate Robinson

2005-03-08 Thread Andrew Suffield
what was the accepted meaning of the DFSG. Since all objections have been dismissed, obviously there was "consensus", with the exception of the thing currently being dismissed. It's a fairly conventional circular argument; most people on -legal have stopped paying

Re: Questions to candidates: what is source?

2005-03-06 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 12:44:44AM +0100, Joachim Breitner wrote: > Am Samstag, den 05.03.2005, 23:11 + schrieb Andrew Suffield: > > On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 03:30:14PM +, Henning Makholm wrote: > > > Indeed, I would be reluctant to vote for any candiate who would comm

Re: Questions to candidates: what is source?

2005-03-05 Thread Andrew Suffield
ly big hole in the questions and just blindly answered them. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Clarification about krooger's platform

2005-03-04 Thread Andrew Suffield
histerical. Regardless of original intent, DWN *is* currently the Debian tabloid press. The quality, responsibility, and accuracy of reporting are all very familiar. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `'

Re: Clarification about krooger's platform

2005-03-04 Thread Andrew Suffield
ntrinsically a good thing. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Red-tops, was: Clarification about krooger's platform

2005-03-04 Thread Andrew Suffield
DWN misreporting the more insane discussions on debian-legal as if they were Debian policy, rather than an idiot being shot down, slashdot reprinting the misreport, and then people using this as an effort to sabotage -legal. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | And

Re: Clarification about krooger's platform

2005-03-03 Thread Andrew Suffield
bottom and see how that works out? I'm sure you'll find plenty > of willing volunteers. We are the space robots. We are here to protect you from the terrible secret of space. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Nomination

2005-02-27 Thread Andrew Suffield
ars to be the year for total failure to comprehend how the process works, I would like to take this opportunity to nominate 14 kilos of mature cheddar cheese, the entire population of Swaziland, and a dead camel, as a single candidate for Debian Project Leader. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux **

Re: Vote Robinson for DPL!

2005-02-24 Thread Andrew Suffield
ing eyes and horns. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Vote Robinson for DPL!

2005-02-19 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 12:34:34PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Do you have an argument for either? > > > > Points that stand unchallenged do not require arguments. To do so > > would be a wa

Re: Vote Robinson for DPL!

2005-02-19 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 11:48:50AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I didn't even put them in that order, why on earth would anybody think > > that one follows from the other? That's a semicolon, not a col

Re: Vote Robinson for DPL!

2005-02-19 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 10:49:05AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 02:04:48AM -0600, Ean Schuessler wrote: > > > Truly, there is no justice. > > > > Of course not, don't be

Re: Vote Robinson for DPL!

2005-02-19 Thread Andrew Suffield
.''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: PROPOSAL: Communication to solve the dispute.

2004-07-28 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 11:05:19PM +0200, Roland Mas wrote: > Andrew Suffield, 2004-07-28 22:20:09 +0200 : > > > "None of these other things worked, so this one must"? That's not > > actually rational... > > Ever heard of the Shadoks? [1] They had thi

Re: PROPOSAL: Communication to solve the dispute. (was: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64)

2004-07-28 Thread Andrew Suffield
e must"? That's not actually rational... -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: PROPOSAL: Communication to solve the dispute. (was: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64)

2004-07-28 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 09:48:24PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Andrew Suffield ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040728 20:25]: > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 07:00:29PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > > === > &

Re: PROPOSAL: Communication to solve the dispute. (was: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64)

2004-07-28 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 08:51:14PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 07:16:04PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > > > You cannot write a GR to order somebody to do something. That's > > fundamental to the project structure, and written into the >

Re: PROPOSAL: Communication to solve the dispute. (was: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64)

2004-07-28 Thread Andrew Suffield
ody to do something. That's fundamental to the project structure, and written into the constitution. Get used to the idea, and stop proposing GRs that don't do anything. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: General Resolution: Force AMD64 into Sasrge

2004-07-20 Thread Andrew Suffield
eby discourage participation? The stuff before "hereby resolves" should be deleted anyway, and instead posted to a mailing list as normal prose. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-14 Thread Andrew Suffield
re almost useless. The only particularly good reason for using them is when the constitution says that we have no other choice (like editing the blasted foundation documents). -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `'

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-13 Thread Andrew Suffield
any further. The best part about this clause is that it's a complete no-op. It's also a vote for more money. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-13 Thread Andrew Suffield
ct, it's just a lack of activity. > > In fact, the constitution specifically allows for people to simply not > act and there is no way, other than an amendment to the Social Contract, > to force a group into activity. I think you need to modify the constitution

Re: Discussions in Debian

2004-06-25 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 05:58:45PM +1000, Russell Coker wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:13, Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 12:57:08AM +0200, David N. Welton wrote: > > > I don't know what it is about your style of > > >

Re: What your ballot should look like if you're in favor of releasing sarge

2004-06-24 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 03:15:22PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 05:42:04AM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > That's just so totally American. > > Now there's the ad hominem attack you keep referring to. No, that would be "You are Americ

Re: What your ballot should look like if you're in favor of releasing sarge

2004-06-24 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 02:35:59PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 07:45:53PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > I find it to be more like fishing for consensus, by trying as many > > possibilities as possible (hence "buckshot"). It really could hav

Re: Discussions in Debian

2004-06-24 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 02:08:26PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 02:13:39AM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > Well, this thread has certainly proven Manoj right, at least in part: > > there exists a group of developers who not only refuse to try to build >

Re: Discussions in Debian

2004-06-24 Thread Andrew Suffield
ng lists). -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Discussions in Debian

2004-06-23 Thread Andrew Suffield
ng to the discussion, and who is simply deciding "Is this post on my side? If yes, AOL, if no, flame". It is interesting that this does not occur on most lists. I think we have a troll infestation. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :&

Re: What your ballot should look like if you're in favor of releasing sarge

2004-06-22 Thread Andrew Suffield
"How to vote in a Condorcet system"; it gets *really* old. You sort the options according to precise personal pairwise preferences; everything else is either equivalent to this, or will backfire) -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.d

Re: Analysis of the ballot options

2004-06-22 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 11:58:31AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Andrew Suffield: > > >> The discussion about fonts, closed and semi-closed data formats, and > >> data formats which are inherently lossy and for which we lack the > >> lossless source files has

Re: Analysis of the ballot options

2004-06-20 Thread Andrew Suffield
imply pointing this out as a substitute for the standard response. Furthermore you are expected to explain the fallacy if somebody involved does not understand it. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Analysis of the ballot options

2004-06-20 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 10:29:01PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Andrew Suffield: > > > Ah yes, that's another of those common memes. It's completely > > unfounded. There is no reason to think that it would take a long time > > to evict all the offending mat

Re: Analysis of the ballot options

2004-06-19 Thread Andrew Suffield
ee software is what matters. > > Option 6 is the position that our users don't matter, and it's not > important to release. I already covered this one in my first mail, but anyway: this is based on the assumption that our users are best served by non-free softw

Re: Analysis of the ballot options

2004-06-19 Thread Andrew Suffield
ather than removing some of the options from the ballot. > So, leave it at that, and don't pretend to offer voting > advice when all you really do is advocate your own position. If you want > to advocate your own position, that's fine, there's nothing wrong with > that; bu

Re: Analysis of the ballot options

2004-06-19 Thread Andrew Suffield
ely unfounded. There is no reason to think that it would take a long time to evict all the offending material - it's trivial in most cases. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `-

Re: Analysis of the ballot options

2004-06-19 Thread Andrew Suffield
d > usability of Debian releases are to be achieved by removing stuff that > was not supposed to be removed just a while ago. Only if you take it as a given that the old release policy was correct. Otherwise it's just that heads have been forcibly removed from the sand now. --

Analysis of the ballot options

2004-06-19 Thread Andrew Suffield
, especially if we foist non-free software on them for two or three years until the next release. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Call for Vote on GR 2004-004

2004-06-16 Thread Andrew Suffield
ut sooner, does not sound like a good idea to me. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-04 Thread Andrew Suffield
;t go out of your way to avoid saying what you mean; this is dumb. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Proposal G (was: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003)

2004-06-01 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 10:19:15AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > For our users, we promise to do regular releases; as a guideline, a > major release of the distribution should happen about once a year. "We vote for more money" -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | And

Re: Proposal G (was: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003)

2004-06-01 Thread Andrew Suffield
t would engender acceptance of a license which is antithetical to both. With this in mind, the contradiction inherant in this resolution can only be interpreted as equivalent to "The DFSG is hereby rendered impotent for all practical purposes; anything can be included in main if we feel like it&qu

Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

2004-05-28 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 09:38:12PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 01:06:39PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > I propose the following amendment, replacing the entire text of the > > resolution: > > > > The Debian project resolves that it wil

Re: Ready to vote on 2004-003?

2004-05-28 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 03:47:46AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 03:57:19PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > > > I believe Anthony Towns has said that he now believes his earlier release > > > > policy to be in error. > > > No. It wa

Re: Ready to vote on 2004-003?

2004-05-24 Thread Andrew Suffield
at you sow. I think this should have been a GR from the very start, and I said so at the time. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Proposed ballot for the GR: Deciding on the effect of GR 2004_003

2004-05-17 Thread Andrew Suffield
the release manager. I think that responding to a result you didn't like with anything that reduces to "Oh, they didn't really *mean* that" rather speaks for itself. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `'

Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

2004-05-05 Thread Andrew Suffield
the DFSG. --- This amendment essentially reaffirms that the current text of the social contract is what is meant, and that Debian does not cut corners in order to release sooner. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

2004-05-05 Thread Andrew Suffield
the DFSG. --- This amendment essentially reaffirms that the current text of the social contract is what is meant, and that Debian does not cut corners in order to release sooner. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: First Draft proposal for modification of Debian Free Software Guidelines:

2004-04-29 Thread Andrew Suffield
can't recall the last time I wanted to do anything interesting with that logo, and I have more important things to do. Somebody who cares about it should chase it up and get it fixed. I'm not really convinced that the "official logo" has a good excuse for existing. -- .'

Re: First Draft proposal for modification of Debian Free Software Guidelines:

2004-04-29 Thread Andrew Suffield
can't recall the last time I wanted to do anything interesting with that logo, and I have more important things to do. Somebody who cares about it should chase it up and get it fixed. I'm not really convinced that the "official logo" has a good excuse for existing. -- .'

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-04-28 Thread Andrew Suffield
easonable to pass the > > change without them. > > Not to this extreme, I think. We had that vote too (disambiguation of 4.1.5), and decided differently. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-04-28 Thread Andrew Suffield
hem need agree. > That is less than 4% of our developer community. That's a mischaracterisation. You also need *all* the other developers to be absent or apathetic. If that were the case then there's a great deal of dead weight, and it would indeed be reasonable

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-04-28 Thread Andrew Suffield
easonable to pass the > > change without them. > > Not to this extreme, I think. We had that vote too (disambiguation of 4.1.5), and decided differently. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-04-28 Thread Andrew Suffield
ree. > That is less than 4% of our developer community. That's a mischaracterisation. You also need *all* the other developers to be absent or apathetic. If that were the case then there's a great deal of dead weight, and it would indeed be reasonable to pa

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-04-26 Thread Andrew Suffield
sues. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-04-26 Thread Andrew Suffield
sues. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: GR: Editorial amendments to the social contract

2004-04-01 Thread Andrew Suffield
o arguments based on "more intuitive". -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: GR: Editorial amendments to the social contract

2004-04-01 Thread Andrew Suffield
gt; improvements and user requests to the "upstream" authors of works > > included in our system. > > well, the new first sentence sound for me just a bit too bureocratic > (I'm indifferent with s/write/create/). Tel

Re: Moving clarifications to an Addendum instead of editing the SC ?

2004-04-01 Thread Andrew Suffield
the changes than on the actual interpretation of the > SC, so it could be easier to reach an agreement on the Addendum text. I don't think that several pages of mental diffs are conductive to understanding, so pure conservatism doesn't sound like a good justification for doi

Re: SC changes

2004-04-01 Thread Andrew Suffield
haven't read it" is not a decent argument. I don't believe this proposal contains anything that can reasonably be considered a controversial change; while some people may not *like* what the social contract currently says, this is pretty clearly what it *does* say, if you sit and thin

Re: GR: Editorial amendments to the social contract

2004-04-01 Thread Andrew Suffield
; for non-free packages." Which is how I had it originally (first draft), and somebody objected. I recall that they had a valid point, but I'll have to go digging to remember what it was. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: GR: Editorial amendments to the social contract

2004-04-01 Thread Andrew Suffield
o arguments based on "more intuitive". -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: GR: Editorial amendments to the social contract

2004-04-01 Thread Andrew Suffield
gt; improvements and user requests to the "upstream" authors of works > > included in our system. > > well, the new first sentence sound for me just a bit too bureocratic > (I'm indifferent with s/write/create/). Tel

Re: Moving clarifications to an Addendum instead of editing the SC ?

2004-04-01 Thread Andrew Suffield
the changes than on the actual interpretation of the > SC, so it could be easier to reach an agreement on the Addendum text. I don't think that several pages of mental diffs are conductive to understanding, so pure conservatism doesn't sound like a good justification for doi

Re: SC changes

2004-04-01 Thread Andrew Suffield
haven't read it" is not a decent argument. I don't believe this proposal contains anything that can reasonably be considered a controversial change; while some people may not *like* what the social contract currently says, this is pretty clearly what it *does* say, if you sit and thin

Re: GR: Editorial amendments to the social contract

2004-04-01 Thread Andrew Suffield
; for non-free packages." Which is how I had it originally (first draft), and somebody objected. I recall that they had a valid point, but I'll have to go digging to remember what it was. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Proposal: Keep non-free

2004-03-10 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 07:40:49PM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: > Andrew Suffield wrote: > > > > >hardware manufacturers (in the last instance) only. Do you think that > > > > >they produce everything built in their devices? > > > > > > > &

Re: Proposal: Keep non-free

2004-03-10 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 07:40:49PM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: > Andrew Suffield wrote: > > > > >hardware manufacturers (in the last instance) only. Do you think that > > > > >they produce everything built in their devices? > > > > > > > &

Re: Proposed transition plan for non-free and call for help

2004-03-10 Thread Andrew Suffield
on-free are allowed, but not > > depends, as it currently the case. > > I was under the impression that we only allow Suggests: on non-free > packages. It's got more or less nothing to do with non-free. We only allow Suggests on packages

Re: Proposed transition plan for non-free and call for help

2004-03-10 Thread Andrew Suffield
on-free are allowed, but not > > depends, as it currently the case. > > I was under the impression that we only allow Suggests: on non-free > packages. It's got more or less nothing to do with non-free. We only allow Suggests on packages

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-09 Thread Andrew Suffield
proposed nonfree.org. As currently written, the option to drop non-free is the closest that a GR can come to fulfilling what you want. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Proposal: Keep non-free

2004-03-09 Thread Andrew Suffield
dware that is 10 times slower or incompatible > to what 95% of the market uses, beeing 200% more expensive? Ah, the old argument that says free software can never possibly work or compete with commercial software. -- .''

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-09 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 11:42:16PM +, Stephen Stafford wrote: > Given that the DPL is, in many ways, the > representative of Debian to the world Is that *really* true, and should it be? -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' :

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-09 Thread Andrew Suffield
proposed nonfree.org. As currently written, the option to drop non-free is the closest that a GR can come to fulfilling what you want. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Proposal: Keep non-free

2004-03-09 Thread Andrew Suffield
dware that is 10 times slower or incompatible > to what 95% of the market uses, beeing 200% more expensive? Ah, the old argument that says free software can never possibly work or compete with commercial software. -- .''

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-09 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 11:42:16PM +, Stephen Stafford wrote: > Given that the DPL is, in many ways, the > representative of Debian to the world Is that *really* true, and should it be? -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' :

Re: General Resolution: Handling of the non-free section: proposedBallot

2004-03-06 Thread Andrew Suffield
ages the authors to change their licenses" "The opposite is at least as likely" [I don't think it has any real effect, either; I find both possibilities to be unlikely to the point of absurdity] -

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-06 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 11:22:06AM +, Peter Samuelson wrote: > > [Andrew Suffield] > > "We can't be sure whether this orange-haired person likes to eat > > babies or not. He probably does, lock him up". > > Not that a baby-eating example isn't

Re: General Resolution: Handling of the non-free section: proposedBallot

2004-03-06 Thread Andrew Suffield
ages the authors to change their licenses" "The opposite is at least as likely" [I don't think it has any real effect, either; I find both possibilities to be unlikely to the point of absurdity] -

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-06 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 11:22:06AM +, Peter Samuelson wrote: > > [Andrew Suffield] > > "We can't be sure whether this orange-haired person likes to eat > > babies or not. He probably does, lock him up". > > Not that a baby-eating example isn't

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-06 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 09:05:27AM +, Peter Samuelson wrote: > > [Andrew Suffield] > > Psychology and sociology are fuzzy "sciences" for the most part, > > where very little is proven. That does not mean that the standards > > for proof should be lowere

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-06 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 07:06:50PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 03:35:03PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 08:21:08AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> > You have an alternate theory explaining the low inciden

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-06 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 06:26:44PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 19:58:03 +0000, Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 01:16:43PM -0500, David Nusinow wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 03:35:03PM +, Andre

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-06 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 09:39:50PM -0500, David Nusinow wrote: > On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 09:48:13PM +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > The alternative is that there is nothing interesting here. It's not a > > very interesting alternative. Occam's razor says we go with it u

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-06 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 09:05:27AM +, Peter Samuelson wrote: > > [Andrew Suffield] > > Psychology and sociology are fuzzy "sciences" for the most part, > > where very little is proven. That does not mean that the standards > > for proof should be lowere

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