Re: t2u in the archive

2024-06-30 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Sunday, June 30, 2024 1:45:15 PM EDT Aigars Mahinovs wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jun 2024 at 19:28, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Aigars Mahinovs writes: > > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the intention is to have two > > > technically redundant data points saved into the archive: > > > > > > 1)

Re: General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-27 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Thursday, June 27, 2024 6:07:33 AM EDT Aigars Mahinovs wrote: > Refusing to make a decision is a decision. Ansgar has explicitly set a > requirement for including the checksums of the end result Debian source > package in the tag. This requirement was not withdrawn or overridden by > other FTP m

Re: Summary of the current state of the tag2upload discussion

2024-06-25 Thread Scott Kitterman
On June 26, 2024 4:26:03 AM UTC, Simon Richter wrote: >Hi, > >On 6/26/24 03:42, Aigars Mahinovs wrote: > >> Do you actually check that the contents of the source *package* (after all >> operations done by dpkg-source and possibly other tools) actually match what >> you were looking at before

Re: Summary of the current state of the tag2upload discussion

2024-06-25 Thread Scott Kitterman
On June 25, 2024 9:02:45 AM UTC, Philip Hands wrote: >Scott Kitterman writes: > >> Do you have any examples of problems that this would have avoided >> (xz-utils isn't one - due to the way it's releases are done, it >> wouldn't be suitable for tag2up

Re: Summary of the current state of the tag2upload discussion

2024-06-24 Thread Scott Kitterman
ream >git tree would also be side-stepped by the Debian maintainer simply using >only the git tree as upstream and completely ignoring the tarballs. It >would not provide a solution for code hidden in the upstream git itself >that the maintainer missed. > >On Mon, 24 Jun 2024, 2

Re: Summary of the current state of the tag2upload discussion

2024-06-24 Thread Scott Kitterman
being used just because we are used to the weaker >approach. > >On Mon, 24 Jun 2024, 18:34 Scott Kitterman, wrote: > >> >> None of that changes the fact that it's what they signed. Historically, >> the project has found that useful and I think it still is.

Re: Summary of the current state of the tag2upload discussion

2024-06-24 Thread Scott Kitterman
On June 24, 2024 2:48:49 PM UTC, Aigars Mahinovs wrote: >On Sun, Jun 23, 2024, 19:17 Scott Kitterman wrote: > >> As an example, I think the fact that I can download any source package in >> the >> archive and cryptographically verify who uploaded it and that it'

Re: Summary of the current state of the tag2upload discussion

2024-06-23 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Sunday, June 23, 2024 1:55:00 PM EDT Russ Allbery wrote: > Scott Kitterman writes: > > On Sunday, June 23, 2024 11:43:47 AM EDT Russ Allbery wrote: > >> You are entitled to believe that my analysis is wrong. You are not > >> entitled to claim that I didn'

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-23 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Sunday, June 23, 2024 1:16:38 PM EDT Russ Allbery wrote: > Scott Kitterman writes: > > On Sunday, June 23, 2024 11:48:09 AM EDT Russ Allbery wrote: > >> As mentioned in the summary, I believe we've found a resolution to this > >> problem provided that the FTP

Re: Summary of the current state of the tag2upload discussion

2024-06-23 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Sunday, June 23, 2024 11:43:47 AM EDT Russ Allbery wrote: > Scott Kitterman writes: > > I think that can work both ways. I am old enough to have seen many > > instances of some new hotness coming along and any objection to it being > > swept aside because it was

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-23 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Sunday, June 23, 2024 11:48:09 AM EDT Russ Allbery wrote: > Scott Kitterman writes: > > First, as I understand the position of the FTP Masters involved in this > > discussion (for clarity, I'm a non-delegated member of the FTP Team > > (i.e. FTP Assistant)), their v

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-23 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Sunday, June 23, 2024 10:57:26 AM EDT Russ Allbery wrote: > Simon Richter writes: > > The difference is the expectation that the delegates will continue to > > perform this work and therefore need to deal with the long term > > impact. One-time contributions are welcomed as long as they are a n

Re: Summary of the current state of the tag2upload discussion

2024-06-23 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Sunday, June 23, 2024 10:46:33 AM EDT Russ Allbery wrote: > Matthias Urlichs writes: > > On 23.06.24 04:45, Russ Allbery wrote: > >> that just feels wrong to me. Rude. Dismissive. And self-defeating > >> for Debian as a whole. > > > > 100% agree. Though again: that *feels* rude and dismissi

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-21 Thread Scott Kitterman
On June 21, 2024 6:35:48 PM UTC, Russ Allbery wrote: >Scott Kitterman writes: > >> This whole thread is about a draft GR to override a FTP Master decision >> based on a claim that they had refused to engage with the tag2upload >> developers for years to explain t

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-21 Thread Scott Kitterman
On June 21, 2024 4:26:41 PM UTC, Russ Allbery wrote: >Ansgar 🙀 writes: >> On Fri, 2024-06-21 at 08:29 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > >>> Wait, why would I ever want to upload a 3.0 (native) package for a >>> non-native package with the tooling as it is today in Debian? > >> As far as I understan

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-17 Thread Scott Kitterman
On June 17, 2024 10:56:11 AM UTC, Ian Jackson wrote: >Joerg Jaspert writes ("Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload"): >> On 17262 March 1977, Sean Whitton wrote: >> > I would ask you not to characterise the disagreement we are having as >> > merely over a technical detail. >> >> Y

Re: Security review of tag2upload

2024-06-16 Thread Scott Kitterman
On June 17, 2024 5:29:02 AM UTC, Russ Allbery wrote: >Scott Kitterman writes: > >> I don't equate responsibility and blame. If I'm responsible for >> something and it blows up, then that means I'm responsible to help clean >> up the mess, regardles

Re: A thought experiment regarding tag2upload and trust

2024-06-16 Thread Scott Kitterman
On June 17, 2024 5:23:41 AM UTC, Russ Allbery wrote: >Bastian Blank writes: > >> But maybe you can answer the question: Given the .dsc file, how can >> you, and more critical the public, verify that you and only you signed >> that upload? > >Why is this, specifically, important? > >I can turn

Re: A thought experiment regarding tag2upload and trust

2024-06-16 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Monday, June 17, 2024 12:25:28 AM EDT Louis-Philippe VĂ©ronneau wrote: > On 2024-06-15 5 h 03 a.m., Philip Hands wrote: > > > Sean Whitton writes: > > ... > > > >> The ftpmaster team have refused to trust uploads coming from the > >> tag2upload service. This GR is to override that decision. >

Re: Security review of tag2upload

2024-06-16 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Sunday, June 16, 2024 3:59:40 PM EDT Russ Allbery wrote: > Scott Kitterman writes: > > Yes. I think that's the core of the disagreement. In my view, when I > > type the passphrase for my key, I'm asserting responsibility for the > > contents of what I&#x

Re: Security review of tag2upload

2024-06-16 Thread Scott Kitterman
On June 16, 2024 6:23:18 PM UTC, Russ Allbery wrote: >Scott Kitterman writes: > >> I think it's just that I view a signature by a mechanized service as >> something different that a signature made by an actual person. >> Technically you are correct, but I think

Re: Security review of tag2upload

2024-06-16 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Sunday, June 16, 2024 12:46:41 PM EDT Russ Allbery wrote: > Scott Kitterman writes: > > I agree that there's a risk that what the uploader thought they were > > uploading and what they actually uploaded are different, but that's > > independent of tag2u

Re: Security review of tag2upload

2024-06-16 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Sunday, June 16, 2024 12:01:31 PM EDT Russ Allbery wrote: > Scott Kitterman writes: > > Yes and no. The difference is that currently, I can download the source > > package and verify it myself. Not just who signed it and with what key, > > but that the signature verif

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-16 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Sunday, June 16, 2024 12:26:48 AM EDT Sean Whitton wrote: > Hello, > > On Sat 15 Jun 2024 at 06:03pm +02, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > > On 17258 March 1977, Sean Whitton wrote: > >> So, why am I proposing a GR? > > > > This one took me by surprise, honestly. > > > > Looking into my notmuch, the la

Re: Security review of tag2upload

2024-06-16 Thread Scott Kitterman
On June 16, 2024 6:44:35 AM UTC, Russ Allbery wrote: >Scott Kitterman writes: > >> I appreciate the thought and effort that went into this review. > >> If I'm following your description correctly, the tag2upload "package" flow >> i

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-15 Thread Scott Kitterman
On June 16, 2024 4:38:03 AM UTC, Sean Whitton wrote: >Hello, > >On Fri 14 Jun 2024 at 06:06pm GMT, Scott Kitterman wrote: > >> >> I'm a bit confused by the claim that no infrastructure changes are needed for >> this to go forward. >> >> If I hav

Re: Security review of tag2upload

2024-06-15 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Tuesday, June 11, 2024 9:39:04 PM EDT Russ Allbery wrote: > Hi all, > > Below is the security review that I did of the tag2upload design. > > I am not a neutral party, in the sense that I think tag2upload is a good > idea and should be deployed. However, I do these types of security > reviews

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-14 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Friday, June 14, 2024 9:23:03 PM EDT Russ Allbery wrote: > Scott Kitterman writes: > > Maybe. Maybe this breaks the thing into two parts in a way it wasn't > > before If you verify the signature on the source package and the key is > > in the keyring, you know that t

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-14 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Friday, June 14, 2024 6:37:40 PM EDT Russ Allbery wrote: > Scott Kitterman writes: > > On Friday, June 14, 2024 5:25:33 PM EDT Russ Allbery wrote: > >> It requires that the signature on the Git tag be correctly checked and > >> that fingerprint be put into the *.d

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-14 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Friday, June 14, 2024 5:25:33 PM EDT Russ Allbery wrote: > Ansgar 🙀 writes: > > On Fri, 2024-06-14 at 11:45 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > >> Sorry, I don't understand. What isn't complete? I just explained how > >> dak could continue to enforce all the same authorization checks as it > >> does

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-14 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Friday, June 14, 2024 2:45:55 PM EDT Russ Allbery wrote: > Scott Kitterman writes: > > On June 13, 2024 3:29:21 PM UTC, Russ Allbery wrote: > >> I don't understand why this would be a blocker given that dak can redo > >> the authorization check at the same

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-14 Thread Scott Kitterman
On June 14, 2024 10:01:38 AM UTC, Sean Whitton wrote: >Hello zigo, > >On Fri 14 Jun 2024 at 11:39am +02, Thomas Goirand wrote: > >> Please read his lightning talk "debconf22-94-lightning-talks.webm". Here's >> the >> first to talk in the video: >> >> https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/deb

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-14 Thread Scott Kitterman
On June 13, 2024 3:29:21 PM UTC, Russ Allbery wrote: >Scott Kitterman writes: > >> I agree that this isn't a major design issue, but I think it is >> something that I think needs to be addressed before deployment of >> tag2upload. The need is certainly rar

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload [and 2 more messages]

2024-06-14 Thread Scott Kitterman
On June 13, 2024 10:46:59 AM UTC, Ian Jackson wrote: >Scott Kitterman writes ("Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload"): >> If I am understanding you correctly, tag2upload is only relevant to the XZ >> Utils type attack if the maintainer uses the ups

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-13 Thread Scott Kitterman
On June 13, 2024 3:02:48 PM UTC, Joerg Jaspert wrote: >On 17259 March 1977, Ian Jackson wrote: > >>> Thanks. Then possibly it is sufficient for ftpmaster just to disable >>> tag2upload's whole key until the keyring update is pushed. >> I'm not sure this is a sufficient answer. We don't want u

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-12 Thread Scott Kitterman
On June 12, 2024 8:03:59 PM UTC, Luca Boccassi wrote: >On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 at 19:24, Russ Allbery wrote: >> >> "Adam D. Barratt" writes: >> > On Wed, 2024-06-12 at 10:43 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >> >> >> There was more confusion about this point than I had anticipated, so I >> >> want to em

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-12 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Wednesday, June 12, 2024 10:20:45 AM EDT Ian Jackson wrote: > Scott Kitterman writes ("Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload"): > > On Tuesday, June 11, 2024 6:25:02 PM EDT Sean Whitton wrote: > > > - it improves the traceability and aud

Re: [RFC] General Resolution to deploy tag2upload

2024-06-12 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Tuesday, June 11, 2024 6:25:02 PM EDT Sean Whitton wrote: > - it improves the traceability and auditability of our source-only > uploads, in ways that are particular salient in the wake of xz-utils. As I understand it, Debian was affected by the xz-utils hack, in part, because some artifacts

Re: Question to all voters: Is team upload in some example case OK? (Was: Question to all candidates: What are your technical goals)

2024-04-04 Thread Scott Kitterman
On April 4, 2024 12:59:34 PM UTC, Andreas Tille wrote: >Hi Scott, > >Am Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 12:42:11PM + schrieb Scott Kitterman: >> I'm interested to understand what you think this has to do with the DPL >> election or the role of the DPL within the project

Re: Question to all voters: Is team upload in some example case OK? (Was: Question to all candidates: What are your technical goals)

2024-04-04 Thread Scott Kitterman
On April 4, 2024 12:32:45 PM UTC, Andreas Tille wrote: >Hi, > >in the light of the previous discussion I have a question to all voters. >Due to bug #1066377 more than 30 testing removal warnings hit my mailbox >today (I stopped counting after 30). While the Debian Med package >clustalo is the

Re: Call for vote: public statement about the EU Legislation "Cyber Resilience Act and Product Liability Directive"

2023-11-13 Thread Scott Kitterman
On November 13, 2023 12:29:20 PM UTC, "Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer" wrote: >On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 at 07:55, Aigars Mahinovs wrote: >[snip] >> Even regardless of the specific legal wording in the legislation itself, the >> point 10 >> of the preamble would be enough to to fix any "bug"

Re: Call for vote: public statement about the EU Legislation "Cyber Resilience Act and Product Liability Directive"

2023-11-12 Thread Scott Kitterman
On November 12, 2023 5:09:26 PM UTC, Luca Boccassi wrote: >On Sun, 12 Nov 2023 at 15:10, Santiago Ruano RincĂłn > wrote: >> >> Dear Debian Fellows, >> >> Following the email sent by Ilu to debian-project (Message-ID: >> <4b93ed08-f148-4c7f-b172-f967f7de7...@gmx.net>), and as we have >> discussed

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-12 Thread Scott Kitterman
On September 12, 2022 8:23:22 PM UTC, Bill Allombert wrote: >Le Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 08:19:26AM +0200, Simon Josefsson a Ă©crit : >> The problem is caused by hardware manufacturer chosing to require >> non-free works for their use. The blame for that choice lies on the >> hardware manufacturer

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

2022-06-19 Thread Scott Kitterman
On June 19, 2022 7:03:00 PM UTC, Micha Lenk wrote: >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 i

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

2022-06-18 Thread Scott Kitterman
On June 19, 2022 2:40:01 AM UTC, "Louis-Philippe VĂ©ronneau" wrote: >Someone pointed out "assets" is very broad, and that would include >things like hardware donations (something I don't think would be wise). > >I would hereby like to amend my proposal by replacing "assets" by >"financial asset

Re: Ballot option 2 - Merely hide Identities of Developers Casting a Particular Vote and allow verification

2022-02-23 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Wednesday, February 23, 2022 6:22:00 PM EST Sam Hartman wrote: > > "Judit" == Judit Foglszinger writes: > Judit> Give the opportunity to vote for secret voting without > Judit> needing to additionally vote for unrelated/only slightly > Judit> related constitution changes; for ex

Re: Ballot option 2 - Merely hide Identities of Developers Casting a Particular Vote and allow verification

2022-02-23 Thread Scott Kitterman
Seconded/sponsored. Scott K On Wednesday, February 23, 2022 5:44:34 PM EST Judit Foglszinger wrote: > I propose a ballot option for the GR > "Hide Identities of Developers Casting a Particular Vote" > that makes the following changes to the constitution. > > 1) Do not make the identity of a vote

Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-03 Thread Scott Kitterman
On November 3, 2021 9:27:08 PM UTC, Felix Lechner wrote: >Hi, > >I would like to rename the FTP Masters team—ideally via a General Resolution. > >Since the murder of George Floyd, the average fate of Black lives has >received much attention. Even the tech sector picked up the >"master/slave" t

Re: [draft] Cancel this year's in-person Debian Developers Conference DebConf20

2020-06-01 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Tuesday, June 2, 2020 12:12:21 AM EDT Bdale Garbee wrote: > Scott Kitterman writes: > > It's almost like this discussion about a GR was a premature waste of > > everyone's time. > > It's also possible that discussion about a possible GR influenced the

Re: [draft] Cancel this year's in-person Debian Developers Conference DebConf20

2020-06-01 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Monday, June 1, 2020 6:12:30 PM EDT Ivo De Decker wrote: > Hi, > > On 5/22/20 2:43 PM, Holger Levsen wrote: > > On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 02:40:55PM +0200, Martin Zobel-Helas wrote: > >> This is a draft for a GR I would like to propose. > >> > >> Cancel this year's in-person Debian Developers Co

Re: What does Israel/Local Authorities say about DC20?

2020-05-22 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Friday, May 22, 2020 12:43:56 PM EDT Sam Hartman wrote: > [I hope someone on the DebConf team side is willing to summarize the > results of this discussion to debian-vote] > > > "Stefano" == Stefano Rivera writes: > Stefano> Hi Sam (2020.05.22_14:51:42_+) > > >> The interestin

Re: Q to all candidates: NEW queue

2020-03-27 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Friday, March 27, 2020 9:37:28 AM EDT Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 27/03/20 at 09:23 -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > On Friday, March 27, 2020 8:40:11 AM EDT Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > > On 27/03/20 at 12:23 +0100, Martin Pitt wrote: > > > > At least during m

Re: Q to all candidates: NEW queue

2020-03-27 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Friday, March 27, 2020 8:40:11 AM EDT Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 27/03/20 at 12:23 +0100, Martin Pitt wrote: > > At least during my many years of Ubuntu archive administration I've > > actually seen quite a lot of packages which contained non-distributable > > files, had hilariously broken maint

Re: Question to Brian: why not submit your plan for a Debian Foundation to a GR ?

2020-03-18 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Wednesday, March 18, 2020 6:41:42 PM EDT Brian Gupta wrote: > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 4:30 PM Neil McGovern wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:57:55AM +0800, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > > * Louis-Philippe VĂ©ronneau [2020-03-18 12:52]: > > > > Would you care to elaborate on what "the Yorba d

Re: What are your thoughts on discourse?

2020-03-18 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Wednesday, March 18, 2020 9:28:21 AM EDT Jonathan Carter wrote: > Hi Raphaël > > On 2020/03/18 12:00, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > I would like all the candidates to reply to this question on discourse: > > https://discourse.debian.net/t/dear-dpl-candidates-what-are-your-thoughts-> > > > on-disc

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-12 Thread Scott Kitterman
On December 12, 2019 2:57:55 PM UTC, Ian Jackson wrote: >Scott Kitterman writes ("Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the >CoC"): >> I think you reinforce my original point. In this case, the 'other >> side' isn't the proposer of the option, it&#x

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-12 Thread Scott Kitterman
On December 12, 2019 3:01:26 PM UTC, Sam Hartman wrote: >>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Kitterman writes: > > >Scott> I think you reinforce my original point. In this case, the >Scott> 'other side' isn't the proposer of the op

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-12 Thread Scott Kitterman
On December 12, 2019 12:23:21 PM UTC, Sam Hartman wrote: >>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Kitterman writes: > > Scott> TLDR: Words have meanings and I find it deeply offensive when >Scott> one group tries to hijack them for their own ends. This

Re: Some thoughts about Diversity and the CoC

2019-12-11 Thread Scott Kitterman
, Sam Hartman wrote: >TL;DR: Treating people with respect is hard and very contextual. >Choosing to change how you talk about something to make people more >comfortable doesn't always mean you were obligated to make that change. >Sometimes you're just promoting connection

Re: Option G update (was Re: Proposal: Reaffirm our commitment to support portability and multiple implementations)

2019-12-06 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Friday, December 6, 2019 3:59:43 PM EST Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Fri, Dec 06, 2019 at 09:04:39PM +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Ok, so here's what I'd like (or would have liked) to get into the ballot, > > given the new context after the addition of the combined D+G option. But > >

Re: Option G update [signed] (was Re: Proposal: Reaffirm our commitment to support portability and multiple implementations)

2019-12-06 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Friday, December 6, 2019 3:51:50 PM EST Guillem Jover wrote: > [ Sorry, resending signed this time around. :/ ] > > Hi! > > Ok, so here's what I'd like (or would have liked) to get into the ballot, > given the new context after the addition of the combined D+G option. But > it's not very clear

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Tuesday, December 3, 2019 12:13:03 PM EST Sam Hartman wrote: > I note that our voting system does have recourse for people who believe > that the vote is called to early. > > They can vote FD above other options. > And in this specific case, voting G>FD> other options > would send a clear messa

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

2019-11-27 Thread Scott Kitterman
On November 27, 2019 2:54:04 PM UTC, Simon McVittie wrote: >On Wed, 27 Nov 2019 at 11:27:13 +, Chris Lamb wrote: >> May I gently request we replace the use of the word "diversity" >> throughout the "init systems and systemd" General Resolution prior to >> it being subject to a plebiscite? >

Re: Draft text on Init Systems GR

2019-11-16 Thread Scott Kitterman
On November 16, 2019 10:50:59 PM UTC, Kurt Roeckx wrote: >On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 05:40:10PM +, Dmitry Bogatov wrote: >> >> [2019-11-15 11:52] Ian Jackson >> > Dmitry, I suggest instead, this change to your original text: >> >> Being able to run Debian systems with init systems othe

Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities

2019-11-14 Thread Scott Kitterman
On November 15, 2019 3:26:31 AM UTC, Russ Allbery wrote: >Scott Kitterman writes: > >> This option makes multiple references to RC and non-RC bugs based on >> actions of the policy editors. > >> It's my understanding that determining if a bug is RC or not is

Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities

2019-11-14 Thread Scott Kitterman
On November 14, 2019 8:08:28 PM UTC, Sam Hartman wrote: > > >I'd like to propose the following resolution. > >Seconds are not required, but it would be valuable to get confirmation >that the three choices contained in this proposal are worth having on >the ballot. >So, rather than seconding the

Re: Q to both: facilitating meetups

2017-03-29 Thread Scott Kitterman
On March 29, 2017 8:16:40 PM EDT, Mehdi Dogguy wrote: >Hi Scott, > >On 29/03/2017 13:34, Scott Kitterman wrote: >> On Wednesday, March 29, 2017 11:25:29 AM Mehdi Dogguy wrote: >> ... >>> I believe the Roadmap will help us for the first subject and the >partners

Re: Q to both: facilitating meetups

2017-03-29 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Wednesday, March 29, 2017 11:25:29 AM Mehdi Dogguy wrote: ... > I believe the Roadmap will help us for the first subject and the partners > program, once in place, will bring new (useful) workflows on the > organization side. ... IIRC, last year your campaign included this idea of roadmaps. Do

Re: Proposed GR: State exception for security bugs in Social Contract clause 3

2017-01-12 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Thursday, January 12, 2017 02:26:59 PM Sean Whitton wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 03:11:46AM +0000, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > Here's an example of possible unintended consequences: > > > > Currently we enumerate no specifics about exceptions to

Re: Proposed GR: State exception for security bugs in Social Contract clause 3

2017-01-11 Thread Scott Kitterman
On January 11, 2017 4:47:30 PM EST, Sean Whitton wrote: >Hello Scott, > >On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 07:04:02PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: >> Yes, but all your proposed GR does is move the problem one definition >> to the right. > >I don't follow this objection.

Re: Proposed GR: State exception for security bugs in Social Contract clause 3

2017-01-10 Thread Scott Kitterman
That's good for Debian. > > On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 11:51:37PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > What is the definition of serious and what is the definition of > > limited? > > Intentionally not specified, so that it's left up to the judgement of > those

Re: Proposed GR: State exception for security bugs in Social Contract clause 3

2017-01-09 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Monday, January 09, 2017 09:00:58 PM Russ Allbery wrote: > Scott Kitterman writes: > > On Monday, January 09, 2017 07:08:19 PM Sean Whitton wrote: > >> === BEGIN GR TEXT === > >> > >> Title: State exception for security bugs in Social Contract clause 3 >

Re: Proposed GR: State exception for security bugs in Social Contract clause 3

2017-01-09 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Monday, January 09, 2017 07:08:19 PM Sean Whitton wrote: > === BEGIN GR TEXT === > > Title: State exception for security bugs in Social Contract clause 3 > > 1. Debian has a longstanding practice of sharing information about >serious security bugs with only the security team. This is so t

Re: devotee currently not sending replies

2015-11-30 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Monday, November 30, 2015 03:13:07 PM Sam Hartman wrote: > > "Kurt" == Kurt Roeckx writes: > Kurt> On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 03:44:02PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > >> On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 01:58:56AM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > >> > It seems devotee is currently not working prop

Re: General Resolution: Fix Minor Bugs in Constitution

2015-10-30 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Friday, October 30, 2015 08:00:30 PM Philip Hands wrote: > Sam Hartman writes: > >- GENERAL RESOLUTION STARTS - > > > > > >Constitutional Amendment: TC Supermajority Fix > > > >Prior to the Clone Proof SSD GR in June 2003, the Technical > >Committee could ove

Re: Restated Amendment: We Choose Wording of the Day

2015-09-08 Thread Scott Kitterman
Yes. that's the one I recalled that I liked. Seconded. Scott K On Wednesday, September 09, 2015 01:08:39 AM Sam Hartman wrote: > See https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2015/09/msg00016.html > for the message to second if you choose to do that. > Rationale copied below. > > > As I discussed

Re: Restated Amendment: We Choose Wording of the Day

2015-09-08 Thread Scott Kitterman
For those of us that lost track, would you please restate your option? I seem to remember liking it. Scott K On September 8, 2015 7:58:33 PM EDT, Sam Hartman wrote: >Hi. It's not clear that my amendment with a minimal change has quite >enough support to be on the ballot. > > >would people be

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-02 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Tuesday, December 02, 2014 10:50:30 PM Michael Gilbert wrote: > On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > > On 12/02/2014 06:13 PM, Jakub Wilk wrote: > >> This is an interesting proposal. But it's a big change, so I think it > >> should be thoroughly discussed before I could s

Re: GR proposal, Call for Seconds - term limit for the tech-ctte

2014-12-01 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Monday, December 01, 2014 09:12:47 PM Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 11:50:27AM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > We discussed, and I thought there was consensus around, the idea that > > due to the recent ctte churn, the transitional measure was no lo

Re: GR proposal, Call for Seconds - term limit for the tech-ctte

2014-12-01 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Monday, December 01, 2014 12:28:58 PM Hubert Chathi wrote: > On Mon, 01 Dec 2014 11:50:27 -0500, Scott Kitterman said: > >> - > >> -- > >> > >> As a transitional measure, if this GR

Re: GR proposal, Call for Seconds - term limit for the tech-ctte

2014-12-01 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Monday, December 01, 2014 04:59:53 PM Colin Tuckley wrote: > On 01/12/14 16:50, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > As an amendment, I propose the transitional measure be removed. > > Why not support the amendment from Lucas instead which has more or less > the same effect? It ha

Re: GR proposal, Call for Seconds - term limit for the tech-ctte

2014-12-01 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Monday, December 01, 2014 12:20:25 PM Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > [ Cross post -vote, -project ; M-F-T: to -vote. > > For more background information on the development of this proposal, > see https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2014/11/msg00274.html ] > > I'm hereby formally submitting t

Re: [DRAFT] Maximum term for tech ctte members

2014-11-20 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Thursday, November 20, 2014 12:33:28 PM Sam Hartman wrote: > > "Lucas" == Lucas Nussbaum writes: > Lucas> (Elaborating on the context a bit given the discussion spread > Lucas> over some time -- two options have been proposed: - expire > Lucas> the 2 most senior members - expire