Re: Summary of the current state of the tag2upload discussion

2024-06-23 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi Ian, Am 23.06.24 um 20:32 schrieb Ian Jackson: Micha Lenk writes ("Re: Summary of the current state of the tag2upload discussion"): In general our traditional approach of handling source packages is, we upload upstream's source achive plus our modifications (patches) and i

Re: Summary of the current state of the tag2upload discussion

2024-06-22 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi all, thank you, Russ, for summarizing the discussion so far. As far as it represents the tag2upload proponents point of view, I think it is a fair summary of what was said so far. A few aspects seem to be missing from my point of view, so I'd like to share my own opinion (I don't know whether

Re: Debian Project Leader election 2023: First call for votes

2023-04-02 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi Luna, Am 1. April 2023 16:24:51 MESZ schrieb Luna Jernberg : >Not really any point to vote as highvoltage is the only one to vote on I beg to disagree. There is still a point in voting with just one ballot option available. By following the rules set by our constitution, we ensure we continu

Re: General Resolution: Liquidate donated assets as soon as possible

2022-06-19 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi Antoine, Am 19.06.22 um 19:31 schrieb Antoine Beaupré: I second this GR. I understand people might not *agree* with it, but I still think it's worth discussing it more, especially in the open. For discussing things, whether in the open or not, you don't need to start or second a general re

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-11 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi Pierre-Elliott, Am 11.04.21 um 14:27 schrieb Pierre-Elliott Bécue: Those who insist on making the personal views on this (non-technical!!!) GR public should be ashamed of dragging their fellows into denuding themselves for no good reason. I am really worried that someone could say that hold

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Micha Lenk
My previous attempt yielded an invalid signature for me, so, trying again with a different mailer... Am 03.04.21 um 01:56 schrieb Craig Sanders: > Short and simple: > > TEXT OF OPTION 5 > > > Debian refuses to participate in and denounces the witch-hunt > against Richard Stallman,

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Micha Lenk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Am 03.04.21 um 01:56 schrieb Craig Sanders: > Short and simple: > > TEXT OF OPTION 5 > > > Debian refuses to participate in and denounces the witch-hunt > against Richard Stallman, the Free Software Foundation, and the > members of

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi Adam, Am 03.04.21 um 14:31 schrieb Adam Borowski: On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 02:12:25PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:59:53PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: The last amendment (before mine) was accepted on March 30th, which means the earliest a vote can be called with a sho

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi Craig, Am 03.04.21 um 14:21 schrieb Craig Sanders: This has been discussed before. It did not reset the minimum discussion time. oh wow, a discussion. and a discussion has the power to change debian's constitution? Debian's constitution wasn't changed. Please calm down and read up in the

Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi Craig, hi Zlatan, Am 03.04.21 um 10:18 schrieb Zlatan Todoric: On 4/3/21 01:52, Craig Sanders wrote: On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 09:07:15PM +0200, Zlatan Todoric wrote: Yes, lets use that I am not native English speaker and drown the conversation with some pointless pedantic approaches now and

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi Adrian, Am 03.04.21 um 10:25 schrieb Adrian Bunk: Craig, if you make this a new separate GR I will be glad to sponsor it. Do you (or anybody actually) have a idea how to deal best with the old RMS GR if this one is formally accepted? Regards, Micha

Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 4, assert the need to learn and grow from recent events

2021-03-31 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi all, On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 11:28:47PM +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > This is a late amendment proposal which I hope seconders will feel able to > support in time for it to make the ballot paper. It is late because I feel > strongly that events in the past few days [1] [2] [3] [4] risk ove

Re: Draft ballot

2019-12-04 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi Kurt, On 04.12.19 20:18, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Wed, Dec 04, 2019 at 08:13:30PM +0100, Micha Lenk wrote: Does a ballot for a DPL vote contain the platforms or just the options? Just the options. But looking at old ballots, the last non-DPL election also had the full text of the options

Re: Draft ballot

2019-12-04 Thread Micha Lenk
Does a ballot for a DPL vote contain the platforms or just the options?

Re: Call for Votes on the Initit Systems GR

2019-12-03 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi all, just because there are some voices complaining about Sam's call for vote, I feel the need to raise my otherwise more silent voice. All in all I concur with Sam's assessment that all options are covered well enough to form opinions. Now let's vote and see where we are today. And it's not

Re: Please drop/replace the use of the term "diversity"

2019-11-27 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi all, I support avoiding the term diversity in the context of this GR for the already mentioned good reasons. However, I would consider "alternative init systems" a better phrase than "multiple init systems" in this context (if that matters from a non-native speaker). Regards, Micha Am 27.

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-10 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi all, On 10.03.19 18:48, Zlatan Todorić wrote: maybe we will live to our long history of community fostering (which is the thing I most enjoy from Debian, besides that we produce kickass OS) and be leaderless as we in all nature of project actually are. If this ("leaderless as we in all nat

Re: Proposed GR: Acknowledge difficulty of declassifying debian-private

2016-09-09 Thread Micha Lenk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I second the following proposed GR: Am 09.09.2016 um 18:27 schrieb Ian Jackson: > I have changed my about waiting before making a formal proposal. > > I hereby propose the following General Resolution. > > Title: Acknowledge difficulty of declassi

Re: Proposed GR: Repeal the 2005 vote for declassification of the debian-private mailing list

2016-09-09 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi David, On Fri, Sep 09, 2016 at 01:20:58PM +0200, David Kalnischkies wrote: > [...] no official document defines d-private (beside the GR2005 maybe > implicitly), [...] This is not entirely true. The Debian Developers Reference, section 4.1.3 "Special lists" contains this paragraph: > [d-priva

Re: Proposed GR: Repeal the 2005 vote for declassification of the debian-private mailing list

2016-09-08 Thread Micha Lenk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 TL,DR: Nice proposal, seconded. Am 08.09.2016 um 18:07 schrieb Ian Jackson: > Lars Wirzenius writes ("Re: Proposed GR: Repeal the 2005 vote for > declassification of the debian-private mailing list"): >> If we're going to have another discussion and

Re: more GRs to come

2016-08-10 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi Don, On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 02:33:34PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote on the debian-private list: > On Tue, 09 Aug 2016, Micha Lenk wrote in response to > > > [... someone writing on debian-private that the upcoming GR was announced > > > in advance on d-d-a (<20160710

Re: Amendment to Proposed GR: Declassifying parts of -private of historical interest

2016-08-08 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi everybody, Am 08.08.2016 um 16:58 schrieb Don Armstrong: > On Sun, 07 Aug 2016, Micha Lenk wrote: >> That would establishing some kind of "ex post facto" law (which by the >> way is prohibited in many constitutions for good reasons). I really >> don't wan

Re: Amendment to Proposed GR: Declassifying parts of -private of historical interest

2016-08-07 Thread Micha Lenk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi all, sorry for joining the discussion late. I just realized when reading the call for votes that I should have joined the discussion earlier. Am 16.07.2016 um 23:06 schrieb Julien Cristau: > On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 13:17:24 -0700, Don Armstrong