Re: REISSUED CfV: General Resolution: Init system coupling

2014-11-09 Thread Arno Töll
to exclude a certain fraction of Debian users, that's bad but not our decision. Luckily Debian is "universal" enough to provide other software in our repositories which may fit into the same sport, and may not have such constraints. -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonk

Re: REISSUED CfV: General Resolution: Init system coupling

2014-11-09 Thread Arno Töll
alternative way to achieve the same exists with the "default init system(tm)", but really, what could that be, in practice? -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Arno Töll
what's a good requirement for their packages. Finally I encourage everyone to focus on the connotation in Luca's amendment. It allows maintainers to tie their software to a particular init system only as a last resort when absolutely necessary - not by pure choice, or by laziness. -- w

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-18 Thread Arno Töll
ng the General Resolution override clause > in the TC's resolution of the 11th of February. > > The TC's decision on the default init system for Linux in jessie stands > undisturbed. > > However, the TC resolution is altered to add the additional text above > in sections #1, #2 and #3. > > ** End Proposal ** I do hereby second your proposal. -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [RFC] Alternative proposal: reaffirm upstream and maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-17 Thread Arno Töll
yours once you formally ask. Emphasizing on the best user experience, even if that implies to depend on some init system, sounds like a good choice to me when maintainers of individual packages think so. -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-

Re: [all candidates] Advertising testing and security support

2013-03-22 Thread Arno Töll
uctive. -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Your opinion on Debian Maintainer status

2013-03-16 Thread Arno Töll
er of DMs is not a really a resilient number per se, although I agree that the DM status itself is a good procedure. [1] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDeveloper -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

[all candidates] Work balance and traveling

2013-03-12 Thread Arno Töll
? Moreover, I wonder how much time you intend to spend for representative conference/summit work, where zack once again did an impressive job to represent Debian in talks, press and presentations. -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D

Re: A "Review & Mentor" team

2012-03-15 Thread Arno Töll
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Re: Finding sponsors for Debian

2012-03-12 Thread Arno Töll
but is a bunch of links really all we want to throw to a donator? We may like it or not, but it matters much how we present ourselves if we want to collect money from people. - -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D -BEGIN PGP SIGN

Re: Finding sponsors for Debian

2012-03-12 Thread Arno Töll
tter as he wasn't very convinced about usefulness of money donations to Debian as he didn't get much feedback about that, other than a tax deductable receipt. - -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D -BEGIN PGP SI