Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Mike Bird
e responses to his questions are mostly insults and personal attacks which would cause anyone but a member of the non-existent cabal to be banned. --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: First call for votes for the Lenny release GR

2009-01-01 Thread Mike Bird
own opinion aside and rule impartially as Manoj has so consistently done. Manoj's secretarial shoes will not be easy to fill. I am a Debian user and advocate but not a DD. Were I a DD I would urge the DPL to re-appoint Manoj as the best possible way to undo the harm done. --Mike Bird

Re: First call for votes for the Lenny release GR

2008-12-17 Thread Mike Bird
amendments were withdrawn at this late stage? In case (b) the withdrawals could optionally be conditioned on other elements of the vote being withdrawn. --Mike Bird, non DD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: Technical committee resolution

2008-03-14 Thread Mike Bird
ound for person X to resign. > > This is, fundamentally, what distinguishes a democracy from an > autocracy. Why not have DDs elect tech committee members? One possibility would be staggered three year terms with two members elected each year. --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: Raphael Hertzog: When to commit into repositories of teams?

2008-03-10 Thread Mike Bird
y six months by blocking Ian's changes? --Mike Bird [0] http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/GitUsage -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-01 Thread Mike Bird
intend to pursue as DPL. --Mike Bird, non-DD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Proposal: Recall the Project Leader

2006-09-23 Thread Mike Bird
mics inevitably lead to something like the US Congress. Non-honest people will take roles that they would not otherwise. And if you doubt the existence of black hat programmers, take a look at my spam folder some day. --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: Amendment to GR on GFDL, and the changes to the Social Contract

2006-02-11 Thread Mike Bird
rld, the same cabal doesn't control Debian's election machinary and the relevant media and the supreme court and the military. A hypothetical future bad secretary could probably be removed by pressure of public opinion without having to resort to legal action or warfare. Thank you for all

Re: Anton's amendment

2006-02-07 Thread Mike Bird
On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 09:42, Anton Zinoviev wrote: > On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 09:21:58AM -0800, Mike Bird wrote: > > > > It seems to me that there an awful lot of potential *practical* > > problems with invariant sections in documents. > > > > They may contain ou

Re: Anton's amendment

2006-02-07 Thread Mike Bird
or copyright holder(s). --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]