Re: Alternative proposal: support for alternative init systems is desirable but not mandatory

2014-10-17 Thread Michael Banck
On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 09:44:16AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: >For the jessie release, all software that currently supports being run >under sysvinit should continue to support sysvinit unless there is no >technically feasible way to do so. I believe "currently" needs to be clarified

Re: call for votes on code of conduct GR

2014-04-17 Thread Michael Banck
Hi, On Sun, Apr 06, 2014 at 02:23:39PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > I'd like to call for votes on the code of conduct GR. Just a question - the CoC we are voting on is the one from https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2014/02/msg2.html or which one is it? Were any of the numerous objectio

Re: Ian Jackson, could you fork Debian? (was: RE: git is slavery! (Re: Proposal - preserve freedom of choice of init systems (Why won't emails go through to the list?)

2014-03-03 Thread Michael Banck
Hi Arnold, On Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 07:33:21AM -0800, Arnold Bird wrote: > What this > discussion proves is that debian needs to be forked.The > systemd/gnome/redhat camp constantly derideds the idea that Linux is > about freedom and choice.(I've been around for awhile, freedom and choice > use

Re: Proposal - preserve freedom of choice of init systems

2014-03-02 Thread Michael Banck
Hi, On Sat, Mar 01, 2014 at 11:17:12AM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > I'm very wary about passing resolutions which require work from future > persons unidentified. Presumeably it would need a person who is a) keen > on the desktop system in question and also b) keen on a particular init > system w

Re: planet.debian.org is RC buggy (?)

2010-03-27 Thread Michael Banck
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 06:57:41PM +0100, Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > May be some content could be moved to collaborative media, bts, etc > May be some "I am doing something" post could be turned into a news > May be that allowing comments should be a best practice "A corporate blog is jus

Re: Question to all Candidates: 2IC

2010-03-12 Thread Michael Banck
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 03:47:53PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > In fact, if you think about it, the proposal of a DPL board / 2IC just > gives a formal status to something that should be normal, > i.e. interaction among DPL and people knowledgeable/competent on > specific topics/tasks. FWIW

Re: Bits from the release team and request for discussion

2009-08-12 Thread Michael Banck
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 01:07:33PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Any thoughts? We could have such a vote over and done in about two > weeks, with the DPL's consent, and it'd seem a lot more inclusive and > less cabal-tastic than how things seem to be working atm... I think it is a bad idea, given

Re: [Amendment] Reaffirm the GR process

2009-03-24 Thread Michael Banck
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 08:03:46PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > I'd also like to complain about the title text of the initial GR. It is > clearly manipulative, as it pretends to be merely describing the proposed > changes when in fact it is asserting an opinion. I hope the Secretary > will fix t

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Michael Banck
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 08:22:58AM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > You're the Secretary. You're supposed to give answers, not speculation. If > the ballot was ambigous, or confusing, it is YOUR responsibility. It has to be said that at least I am taking YOU personally responsable for a lot of wh

Re: New section for firmware.

2008-12-23 Thread Michael Banck
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 03:44:25PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le mardi 23 décembre 2008 à 15:27 +0100, Michael Banck a écrit : > > > How about ???Software that is not executed on the host CPU??? ? That can > > > include e.g. non-free documentation, which clearly do

Re: New section for firmware.

2008-12-23 Thread Michael Banck
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 03:24:25PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le mardi 23 décembre 2008 à 13:07 +0100, Kurt Roeckx a écrit : > > The idea is to create a new section that contains files like > > firmware images and FPGA data that gets written to the hardware > > to make it fully functional. I

Re: I hereby resign as secretary

2008-12-19 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:00:26PM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 08:44:11AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > > As to the people who emailed me that they are putting together a > > > petition for the DAM to have me removed from the project, I hear you > > > to

Re: Dwindling popularity

2008-11-19 Thread Michael Banck
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 04:35:04AM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > Anyway, we all know Ubuntu is just a crappy overlay on top of Sid, > bundled with proprietary blobs. Please keep your opinion on off-topic matters to yourself or voice them elsewhere. This list is bad enough to read as is right now

Re: Dwindling popularity

2008-11-18 Thread Michael Banck
Hi Ean, On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 05:35:20PM -0600, Ean Schuessler wrote: [...] Why the heck did you post this to -vote? Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Michael Banck
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:12:18PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18 2008, Luk Claes wrote: > > > > Note that firmware is no program AFAICS... > > I do not think I agree. I think it is indeed a software program, > and I am not alone: > ,[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C

Re: Proposed wording for the SC modification

2008-11-17 Thread Michael Banck
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 08:44:45AM -0600, Ean Schuessler wrote: > A desktop with a "host cpu" and components with "firmware" is directly > analogous to a small cluster of computers. There is no *real* > difference between a host programming its RAID controller and a > cluster manager handing a blad

Re: DFSG violations in Lenny: new proposal

2008-11-11 Thread Michael Banck
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 04:05:42PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > The difference being that the former is being resolved with a > license change, and the latter is being resolved with code changes, and > will require adjustments to the infrastructure. That makes the former > a faster

Re: Technical committee resolution

2008-03-10 Thread Michael Banck
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 09:57:15AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:48:28 +1100, Anthony Towns > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > >3. When there are 8 members, the Project Leader may appoint any > > Developer to the Technical Committee replacing the longest > >

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-11 Thread Michael Banck
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 12:32:15PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 12:18:33PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote: > > On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:10:14AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > > > Because I would seek one that mandates listmasters banning Sven Luther > > >

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-11 Thread Michael Banck
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:10:14AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > Because I would seek one that mandates listmasters banning Sven Luther > >from all lists, and DAMs expelling for ban-evasion. I realise that > there is a way for it to continue after that, but hopefully it wouldn't. Did you (or somebody el

Re: Questions to all candidates: Release importance, release blockers, release quality

2007-03-05 Thread Michael Banck
On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 02:52:32PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le lundi 05 mars 2007 à 14:52 +0200, Kalle Kivimaa a écrit : > > Criticise, yes. Mock, no. > > If I understand your opinion, Greg Folkert's way of criticising people > is acceptable, while Sam's is not. Is that correct? Greg isn'

Re: [GR] DD should be allowed to perform binary-only uploads

2007-02-09 Thread Michael Banck
On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 04:33:14PM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > * security (I _really_ think it's nonsense, as it's not less secure > than the usual DD's uploads, which I tried to prove) ; Maybe "security" in this context means "build can be reproduced by our official buildd network and w

Re: Proposal: Recall the Project Leader

2006-09-20 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 12:05:39AM +0200, Denis Barbier wrote: > Again, the question is: is this organisation sufficiently "outside" > of Debian when the DPL is intimately involved. In my opinion, the > answer is obviously no, meaning that this quarantine will not work > and as a result may badly

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-26 Thread Michael Banck
Hrm, maybe this thread should move elsewhere. On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 05:35:00AM -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: > > [Eduard Bloch] > > > . Ship a separate non-free CD. > > > > >* Does bad things to our CD/DVD disk space requirements. > > > > How? Basedebs take about 40MB. I think t

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-24 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 08:30:23AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > he doesn't use the leader@ address even on issues related to his DPL role, as > i well know, so this is no guarantee. AFAICT, he always signs those mails with DPL in the signature. Plus, at least in this thread, he did use [EMAIL PROT

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-22 Thread Michael Banck
I believe this should be voted on and second the below proposal. On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 03:18:04PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > The application of DFSG#2 to firmware and other data > > > The Debian Project recognizes that a

Re: Question for the DPL Teams

2006-03-15 Thread Michael Banck
Hi, On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 05:22:52PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > (1) Did you join the (proposed) DPL team as an endorsement of the > candidate or the team concept, or because it seemed the best opportunity > for you to assist Debian in the event that candidate was elected? I think Jeroen has

Re: Suggest ballot-by-section of the FDL position GR

2006-01-25 Thread Michael Banck
> I'm thinking of something like > http://people.debian.org/~mjr/gr-fdl.txt (24k, only based on originals) Uhm, this is a joke, right? Michael -- ban me ban me ban me 20:58 -!- apprentice has quit [Excess Flood] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-15 Thread Michael Banck
On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 11:30:55PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > This requirement is extremly costly for anyone attempting to > distribute Sarge either as a mirror or as an ISO image. Can you point to testimony of people actually hindered by this? Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Dev

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-12 Thread Michael Banck
fixed (yet?) and ignoring them for one more release. Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement

2006-01-05 Thread Michael Banck
e > fashion.If there's a desire for that, just get in touch with me. Thanks for your offer. Mako Hill and Don Armstrong have been talking to the FSF in that matter for some time now, I suggest you contact them first to discuss whether this is likely to be of good use. cheers, Michael

Re: Question for candidate Towns

2005-03-09 Thread Michael Banck
be at least as productive without them. Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: My platform

2005-03-09 Thread Michael Banck
latform, vote or anything for that. Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2005-03-05 Thread Michael Banck
points and a ranking of #30. > > Interesting, but missing any measure of whether I'm being > kissed or kicked. Can you cross-reference the stories? The cabal recognizes its peers. Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/

Re: General Resolution: Force AMD64 into Sarge

2004-07-20 Thread Michael Banck
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 04:39:57PM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: > On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 10:20:40PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader > wrote: > > I am pursuing it. I posted the three items which are currently > > stopping the amd64 port to be added to the archive, and I'm in active

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-20 Thread Michael Banck
On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 05:41:25PM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > It is not abuse of the process for the project as a whole to decide > that it disagrees with a decision that some part of the project has > made. Except there is no decision any part of the project made, contrary to popular believe. So

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-15 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 09:27:01PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 09:22:01PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote: > > I fail to understand how you still don't get it. multiarch *is* > > 64/32bit userland. Is there something you don't understand about that? > What I really want is LSB

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-15 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 09:24:26PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 09:09:46PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote: > > Those funcs may be available through ia32-libs... I was actually > > wondering more about specific programs. > > The no-cost linux downloads from kx.com and jsoftware.

Re: A FIFO DAM, was: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-15 Thread Michael Banck
On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 02:26:28AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > >[...] or could see someone in the queue whom he knows to be > >competent and valuable and would want to process first. > > Is queue-jumping desirable? It really sucks to see people (with > questionable philosophies expressed on lists) gett

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-15 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 03:26:13PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > 1) Should amd64 support biarch as an interim before multiarch support > is in place? > 2) What's the best way to support the change in library directory > that is involved here? This second one is the only open quest

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-15 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 06:45:59PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > If so, which part of "I'm talking about 64/32 bit userland -- which > is something other distributions already offer." or "That's not vapor" > are you having problems with? The part about 'other distributions' and the fact that this is

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-15 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 04:43:39PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > > Fact of life: multiarch is vapour and will not be usable for quite a > > while. > > I'm talking about 64/32 bit userland -- which is something other > distributions already offer. > > That's not vapor. I haven't seen you post one

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-15 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 03:54:29PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > Really nice, but I already knew that. Now can you tell me what > prevents FIFO processing? Are you processing all of your bugs in a FIFO fashion? I don't. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-15 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 08:17:55AM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote: > * Raul Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > In other words, that the only thing we're talking about is distribution > > of binaries built from sarge sources? > > Make it a release architecture which will move those bugs to RC and gi

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-15 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 09:19:55AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > Well, no, but i believe that new kernel release handling deserve it too, > and not this almost a month if not more wait from upload to NEW queue > handling we are currently seing. And i have sent a non-flame mail to > ftp-masters, propo

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-14 Thread Michael Banck
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 12:28:28PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 12:02:03PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 08:23:44AM +0200, Ingo Juergensmann wrote: > > > > I strongly suspect there are many others in Debian who also hav

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-14 Thread Michael Banck
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 08:23:44AM +0200, Ingo Juergensmann wrote: > > I strongly suspect there are many others in Debian who also have no > > problems communicating with James. > And there are many others that actually have those problems and I don't > think it's their fault, when James can't dif

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-13 Thread Michael Banck
On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 07:12:19PM -0500, Chris Cheney wrote: > Of the people that I have heard comment about James he seems to be > quite easy to talk to if you have met him in person but otherwise is > nearly impossible to even get him to respond at all. I am pretty sure > you fall into the first

Re: Proposal - Statement that Sarge will follow Woody requirement for main.

2004-05-26 Thread Michael Banck
l that has happened. I at least would prefer to avoid a GR if the > Technical Committee's opinion permits. With all due respect, but waiting for the tech-ctte in order to *speed up* the release of Sarge looks like a flakey plan to me, given the committee's track record in the last cou

Re: Ready to vote on 2004-003?

2004-05-21 Thread Michael Banck
t I will not. Well, fair enough then. So that basically means we are waiting for the -ctte, right? Do we get a release update on the technical matters at least? I've no idea what's going on WRT sarge at the moment. If the -ctte is the only thing we are waiting for, what's the statu

Re: Ready to vote on 2004-003?

2004-05-19 Thread Michael Banck
t; > period of tim. > > I didn't see anything that made this obvious -- can you explain to me > the basis for this assumption? "common sense". Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html -- To U

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

2004-05-17 Thread Michael Banck
27;s just try it out. Three's a charm anyway, right? Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2004-05-06 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 03:01:29AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Michael Banck wrote: > > In contrast, having the possibilty to modify $APPLICATION's stock > > 'File->Open' icon in its native form, i.e. gimp layers or whatever seems > > to be of less im

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

2004-05-06 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 03:01:29AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Michael Banck wrote: > > In contrast, having the possibilty to modify $APPLICATION's stock > > 'File->Open' icon in its native form, i.e. gimp layers or whatever seems > > to be of less im

Re: Amendment to the Constitution: Add a new foundation document

2004-05-03 Thread Michael Banck
CEST using DSA key ID BE9F70EA gpg: Good signature from "Thomas Bushnell, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html

Re: Amendment to the Constitution: Add a new foundation document

2004-05-03 Thread Michael Banck
CEST using DSA key ID BE9F70EA gpg: Good signature from "Thomas Bushnell, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Amendment to the Constitution: Add a new foundation document

2004-05-02 Thread Michael Banck
reat. I've just got one question: Have you considered merging the essence of this document into the constitution? This would save us from adding another foundation document, but it might enlarge the constitution somewhat depending on how terse we could formulate this. thanks, Michael

Re: Amendment to the Constitution: Add a new foundation document

2004-05-02 Thread Michael Banck
reat. I've just got one question: Have you considered merging the essence of this document into the constitution? This would save us from adding another foundation document, but it might enlarge the constitution somewhat depending on how terse we could formulate this. thanks, Michael

Re: Amendment to the Constitution: Add a new foundation document

2004-05-01 Thread Michael Banck
worked on by the time. This declaration could be accompanied by the policy freeze or whatever other the devices the RM will have at his fingertips at that time. This would make it more reliable for everybody to judge the implications of the changes, and lift off the burden of decision after a vote off the shoulders of the Release Manager. What do you all think of this? Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html

Re: Amendment to the Constitution: Add a new foundation document [Typographical fixes]

2004-05-01 Thread Michael Banck
be independant of it. Also, it should be stripped of all personal and only presently applicable texts, like the references to Raul, Joey and Sarge. regards, Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html

Re: Amendment to the Constitution: Add a new foundation document

2004-05-01 Thread Michael Banck
worked on by the time. This declaration could be accompanied by the policy freeze or whatever other the devices the RM will have at his fingertips at that time. This would make it more reliable for everybody to judge the implications of the changes, and lift off the burden of decision after a vote

Re: Amendment to the Constitution: Add a new foundation document [Typographical fixes]

2004-05-01 Thread Michael Banck
be independant of it. Also, it should be stripped of all personal and only presently applicable texts, like the references to Raul, Joey and Sarge. regards, Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: The new Social Contract and releasing Sarge

2004-04-29 Thread Michael Banck
uck you want to have as a decision from us to get going. For instance, I'd like to know what you think about the proposed GRs, especially Kamion's. Thanks, Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html

Re: The new Social Contract and releasing Sarge

2004-04-29 Thread Michael Banck
uck you want to have as a decision from us to get going. For instance, I'd like to know what you think about the proposed GRs, especially Kamion's. Thanks, Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

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

2004-04-29 Thread Michael Banck
array of bits will (i) improve our distribution, (ii) improve the Free Software community and (iii) do not impose unreasonable restriction on the aggregated package. I'm not sure whether the other developers think alike and if so, whether we should clarify on this or whether that is the standa

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

2004-04-29 Thread Michael Banck
array of bits will (i) improve our distribution, (ii) improve the Free Software community and (iii) do not impose unreasonable restriction on the aggregated package. I'm not sure whether the other developers think alike and if so, whether we should clarify on this or whether that is the standa

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

2004-04-29 Thread Michael Banck
ussions. For example, people say that our logo was non-free. Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html

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

2004-04-29 Thread Michael Banck
ussions. For example, people say that our logo was non-free. Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2004-04-28 Thread Michael Banck
t meet this standard in those areas, we promise to rectify this in > the next full release. > > 2. that the paragraph added to the Social Contract by this Resolution > shall be removed from the Social Contract upon the next full release > of Debian after Debian 3.1 (codena

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

2004-04-28 Thread Michael Banck
t meet this standard in those areas, we promise to rectify this in > the next full release. > > 2. that the paragraph added to the Social Contract by this Resolution > shall be removed from the Social Contract upon the next full release > of Debian after Debian 3.1 (codena

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

2004-04-28 Thread Michael Banck
the release manager who gets most say in this one. Which is why I hope AJ will speak up on this soon. AJ, could you perhaps comment on the proposed GRs or just state what your preferred way of action would be in order to not delay the sarge release? thanks, Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html

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

2004-04-28 Thread Michael Banck
(Shuffling around the text due to l33t rhetorical abilities...) On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 06:49:32PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 06:58:49PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote: > > Thus, I would prefer a more general GR which states roughly the > > following: >

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

2004-04-28 Thread Michael Banck
the release manager who gets most say in this one. Which is why I hope AJ will speak up on this soon. AJ, could you perhaps comment on the proposed GRs or just state what your preferred way of action would be in order to not delay the sarge release? thanks, Michael -- Michael Banck Debian De

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

2004-04-28 Thread Michael Banck
Debian. However, the developers are being urged to implement these changes in the currently developed release, if possible." We should add some syntactic sugar to make it retroactively applicable to the last GR, of course. Michael PS: In any event, I'd appreciate it if AJ would speak

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

2004-04-28 Thread Michael Banck
(Shuffling around the text due to l33t rhetorical abilities...) On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 06:49:32PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 06:58:49PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote: > > Thus, I would prefer a more general GR which states roughly the > > following: >

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

2004-04-28 Thread Michael Banck
Debian. However, the developers are being urged to implement these changes in the currently developed release, if possible." We should add some syntactic sugar to make it retroactively applicable to the last GR, of course. Michael PS: In any event, I'd appreciate it if AJ would speak

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-04-26 Thread Michael Banck
y. The current version of glibc on hurd-i386 is 2.3.1-5 which is not so recent alltogether. Further, the glibc package does not even have a versioned Build-Depends on libc6-dev) -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-04-26 Thread Michael Banck
y. The current version of glibc on hurd-i386 is 2.3.1-5 which is not so recent alltogether. Further, the glibc package does not even have a versioned Build-Depends on libc6-dev) -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html -- To UNSUBSC

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-04-26 Thread Michael Banck
ity that without the sarge exception > we wouldn't be able to distribute glibc (or maybe any of the GPL licensed > parts of the tool chain) in its current form. Huh??? This procedure is called bootstrapping... I don't believe this is related to the issue in any way and just dilutes your (valid, IMHO) point above. Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-04-26 Thread Michael Banck
satisfactory way, this is probably not true for the rest of the GNU packages. Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-04-26 Thread Michael Banck
ity that without the sarge exception > we wouldn't be able to distribute glibc (or maybe any of the GPL licensed > parts of the tool chain) in its current form. Huh??? This procedure is called bootstrapping... I don't believe this is related to the issue in any way and just dilutes yo

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-04-26 Thread Michael Banck
satisfactory way, this is probably not true for the rest of the GNU packages. Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-04-26 Thread Michael Banck
horribly formatted) position statement: "The GNU FDL, as it stands today, does not meet the Debian Free Software Guidelines. There are significant problems with the license, as detailed above; and, as such, we cannot accept works licensed unde the GNU FDL into our distribution." Michael --

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-04-26 Thread Michael Banck
horribly formatted) position statement: "The GNU FDL, as it stands today, does not meet the Debian Free Software Guidelines. There are significant problems with the license, as detailed above; and, as such, we cannot accept works licensed unde the GNU FDL into our distribution." Michael --

Re: GR: Alternative editorial changes to the SC

2004-03-29 Thread Michael Banck
nue the "discussion", > by any desperate means possible? Nathanael is not even in the NM-queue and thus was not eligible to vote, so please don't confuse him with the rest of us bigots, mmkay? ;) Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html

Re: GR: Alternative editorial changes to the SC

2004-03-29 Thread Michael Banck
nue the "discussion", > by any desperate means possible? Nathanael is not even in the NM-queue and thus was not eligible to vote, so please don't confuse him with the rest of us bigots, mmkay? ;) Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.

Re: GR: Editorial amendments to the social contract

2004-03-29 Thread Michael Banck
On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 04:27:58AM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > I think my comment was actually appropriate and to-the-point. I beg to differ, but *shrug* Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html

Re: GR: Editorial amendments to the social contract

2004-03-29 Thread Michael Banck
So either drop your usual insults or drop -vote from your mailbox. Thanks, Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html

Re: GR: Editorial amendments to the social contract

2004-03-29 Thread Michael Banck
On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 04:27:58AM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > I think my comment was actually appropriate and to-the-point. I beg to differ, but *shrug* Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: GR: Editorial amendments to the social contract

2004-03-29 Thread Michael Banck
So either drop your usual insults or drop -vote from your mailbox. Thanks, Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SC changes

2004-03-27 Thread Michael Banck
amendments can still be formulated, but there's no need to clutter the ballot without need, in my humble opinion. Michael PS: I'm all for pulling the 'you should have made your own amendment' card for people who don't like the ballot *after* the vote has started ;) -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html

Re: SC changes

2004-03-27 Thread Michael Banck
amendments can still be formulated, but there's no need to clutter the ballot without need, in my humble opinion. Michael PS: I'm all for pulling the 'you should have made your own amendment' card for people who don't like the ballot *after* the vote has started ;) -- Mich

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

2004-03-26 Thread Michael Banck
r most users. In contrast, by far the most important ones are the binary-only drivers nowadays. non-free has changed. I don't see why Debian should not reevaluate its support. Well, we did, and we agreed to support non-free for the time being, so I don't understand why you're making such a fuss about it. Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html

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

2004-03-26 Thread Michael Banck
r most users. In contrast, by far the most important ones are the binary-only drivers nowadays. non-free has changed. I don't see why Debian should not reevaluate its support. Well, we did, and we agreed to support non-free for the time being, so I don't understand why you're makin

Re: why a debian project leader?

2004-03-23 Thread Michael Banck
r questions and concerns > - if there are strong concerns, the proposal goes back to the discussion > phase to figure out how to address the concerns in the proposal > - those taking part have the option to agree, stand aside, or block You should subscribe to -devel then. Michael

Re: why a debian project leader?

2004-03-23 Thread Michael Banck
r questions and concerns > - if there are strong concerns, the proposal goes back to the discussion > phase to figure out how to address the concerns in the proposal > - those taking part have the option to agree, stand aside, or block You should subscribe to -devel then. Michael

Re: Q: guidelines for post-campaign period?

2004-03-23 Thread Michael Banck
; > incomplete information, the possibility of getting relevant > > > information ought not to be dismissed. > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 07:59:48PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > > In that case I wonder why no rebuttals were posted and why the IRC > > debate was ca

Re: Q: guidelines for post-campaign period?

2004-03-23 Thread Michael Banck
that I have to make a decision in the face of > incomplete information, the possibility of getting relevant > information ought not to be dismissed. In that case I wonder why no rebuttals were posted and why the IRC debate was called off, if obviously there is more need for information and

Re: Q: guidelines for post-campaign period?

2004-03-23 Thread Michael Banck
; > incomplete information, the possibility of getting relevant > > > information ought not to be dismissed. > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 07:59:48PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > > In that case I wonder why no rebuttals were posted and why the IRC > > debate was ca

Re: Q: guidelines for post-campaign period?

2004-03-23 Thread Michael Banck
has arisen that would lead to a change in their opinion. After all, it's called 'campaigning period' and 'voting period'. Not 'some campaigning' and 'more campaigning, and also voting'. Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.advogato.org/person/mbanck/diary.html

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