Re: Costs of running a Debian foundation

2020-03-18 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 02:55:48AM -0400, Brian Gupta wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 1:37 AM Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 12:46:09PM +0800, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > > So I'm more satisfied with the rationale of creating a Debian > > > foundation, although my co

Re: Costs of running a Debian foundation

2020-03-17 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 1:37 AM Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 12:46:09PM +0800, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > So I'm more satisfied with the rationale of creating a Debian > > foundation, although my concerns about the actual operations still > > apply (i.e. how are you going

Re: Costs of running a Debian foundation

2020-03-17 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 12:46:09PM +0800, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > So I'm more satisfied with the rationale of creating a Debian > foundation, although my concerns about the actual operations still > apply (i.e. how are you going to make sure you'll do a better job than > the TOs you're not happy

Re: Costs of running a Debian foundation

2020-03-17 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Brian Gupta [2020-03-17 12:15]: > I don't think it would be "cheaper" to run our own foundation, and > might even end up costing more. I hope I didn't give that impression > from my platform. > > Largely I believe the Debian Project is large enough and mature > enough that we need dedicated pur

Re: Costs of running a Debian foundation

2020-03-17 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 8:20 AM Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > [ I wasn't sure whether to comment on Brian's platform or stay out of > this, but I think it's important to scrutinise the plan. Please see > my disclaimers at the end though. ] Thank you Martin. You have a great amount of relevant expe

Costs of running a Debian foundation

2020-03-17 Thread Martin Michlmayr
[ I wasn't sure whether to comment on Brian's platform or stay out of this, but I think it's important to scrutinise the plan. Please see my disclaimers at the end though. ] Brian, * You write: "Debian Project Leaders should have more time to lead rather than be buried in the set of administrati