Re: `systemd --system` as a viable way out of the systemd debate?

2014-11-04 Thread Josh Triplett
Dimitri John Ledkov wrote: > On 4 November 2014 16:25, Gerrit Pape wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 04:37:45PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote: > >> Russ Allbery wrote: > >> > Gerrit Pape writes: > >> > > On Sat, Nov 01, 2014 at 10:41:54PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > >> > > > Real problems? Apa

Re: `systemd --system` as a viable way out of the systemd debate?

2014-11-04 Thread Dimitri John Ledkov
On 4 November 2014 16:25, Gerrit Pape wrote: > On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 04:37:45PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote: >> Russ Allbery wrote: >> > Gerrit Pape writes: >> > > On Sat, Nov 01, 2014 at 10:41:54PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: >> > > > Real problems? Apart from a couple of more reasonable peo

Re: `systemd --system` as a viable way out of the systemd debate?

2014-11-04 Thread Russ Allbery
oices at various times on various projects, and I think anyone with experience in the field could (and should be able to) state a compelling argument for both sides in, say, a debate setting. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: `systemd --system` as a viable way out of the systemd debate?

2014-11-04 Thread Gerrit Pape
On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 04:37:45PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote: > Russ Allbery wrote: > > Gerrit Pape writes: > > > On Sat, Nov 01, 2014 at 10:41:54PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > > > Real problems? Apart from a couple of more reasonable people, I have > > > > yet to see systemd criticism in

Re: `systemd --system` as a viable way out of the systemd debate?

2014-11-03 Thread Josh Triplett
Russ Allbery wrote: > Gerrit Pape writes: > > What is the reason that one can't easily run logind, or even better a > > systemd process running logind and possibly other services, under the > > runsv program from the runit init scheme, or through /etc/inittab? > > I believe it's that logind relie

Re: `systemd --system` as a viable way out of the systemd debate?

2014-11-03 Thread Russ Allbery
Gerrit Pape writes: > What is the reason that one can't easily run logind, or even better a > systemd process running logind and possibly other services, under the > runsv program from the runit init scheme, or through /etc/inittab? I believe it's that logind relies on the cgroups setup that's d

Re: `systemd --system` as a viable way out of the systemd debate?

2014-11-03 Thread Gerrit Pape
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 06:58:10AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > Aigars Mahinovs wrote: > > On 28 October 2014 12:12, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:30:50AM +0100, Richard Hartmann wrote: > > > > Has anyone actually tested the viability of running systemd in > > > > non-P

Re: `systemd --system` as a viable way out of the systemd debate?

2014-10-29 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Andreas Florath: > Technical details, patches (hacks!) and status can be found on github [1] > If you proceed with exploring this (IMHO you should), could you please teach it to check for getpid()==1 in _one_ place, where you can override things (perhaps by adding a new mode '--mostly-system'

Re: `systemd --system` as a viable way out of the systemd debate?

2014-10-28 Thread Josh Triplett
Aigars Mahinovs wrote: > On 28 October 2014 12:12, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > This is nice and all, but how to you tell such a “sub-init” which > > services have been already started and which services it has to start > > itself? > > The point of a sub-init would be to start one specific service.

Re: `systemd --system` as a viable way out of the systemd debate?

2014-10-28 Thread Andreas Florath
Dear all! I'm trying to run multiple init systems in parallel. First step: run systemd with PID!=1. It does not run out of the box: hacking systemd is needed [2] [3] Nevertheless I got a system up and running - but it's still degraded: 4 S root 1 0 0 80 0 - 1052 - 11:28

Re: `systemd --system` as a viable way out of the systemd debate?

2014-10-28 Thread Aigars Mahinovs
On 28 October 2014 12:12, Josselin Mouette wrote: > This is nice and all, but how to you tell such a “sub-init” which > services have been already started and which services it has to start > itself? The point of a sub-init would be to start one specific service. Basically the idea would be that

Re: `systemd --system` as a viable way out of the systemd debate?

2014-10-28 Thread Josselin Mouette
Richard Hartmann wrote: Has anyone actually tested the viability of running systemd in non-PID-1 mode? If yes, does this work and would it continue to work? If yes, is there any hard commitment from upstream in this regard? Assuming the answers to all of

`systemd --system` as a viable way out of the systemd debate?

2014-10-28 Thread Richard Hartmann
Dear all, as probably most others, I am deeply unhappy with the current state of affairs. All sides have compelling arguments, which means, to me, that it would be a benefit to all involved if there was a commonly accepted solution. Maybe there's still room for rough consensus[1], however unlikel

DPL Debate Logs (first draft)

2008-03-26 Thread MJ Ray
The first go at the DPL Debate Logs have been uploaded to http://people.debian.org/~mjr/irc/dpl-debate-2008/ Please let me know if there are any obvious errors. Thanks, -- MJ Ray (slef) Webmaster for hire, statistician and online shop builder for a small worker cooperative http

Re: DPL Debate [Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2008]

2008-02-20 Thread MJ Ray
Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > Additional people to help select questions, prod the discussion > channels, and otherwise actually make things happen are needed too. my biggest flaw is that I'll never be elected DPL [17:02:15] so... I'm happy to try h

DPL Debate [Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2008]

2008-02-19 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Also, people who are willing to conduct the annual Debates will > have less time to coordinate and plan, since the nomination period > has been shortened, and the debate would need to be held in the > later part of march. I

Re: DPL Debate in #debian-dpl-debate on irc.debian.org in ~12 hours (21:30 UTC)

2007-03-17 Thread Anthony Towns
From the debate: 09:32 Anthony: What was your biggest triumph over the past 12 months? Your biggest mistake? 09:34 the thing that pleased me the most was all the things getting freed -- the new GFDL drafts, the new creative commons

Re: DPL Debate in #debian-dpl-debate on irc.debian.org in ~12 hours (21:30 UTC)

2007-03-10 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Don Armstrong schreef: > This is just a quick reminder that the DPL Debate will happen in > #debian-dpl-debate on irc.debian.org in approximately 12 hours (21:30 > UTC). > > Discussion will happen in #debian-dpl-discuss. > > Also, if you have questions that you'd lik

DPL Debate in #debian-dpl-debate on irc.debian.org in ~12 hours (21:30 UTC)

2007-03-10 Thread Don Armstrong
This is just a quick reminder that the DPL Debate will happen in #debian-dpl-debate on irc.debian.org in approximately 12 hours (21:30 UTC). Discussion will happen in #debian-dpl-discuss. Also, if you have questions that you'd like to have asked during the debate, please feel free to e-mail

DPL Debate at 21:30 UTC on March 10th, 2007 [#debian-dpl-debate on OFTC]

2007-03-03 Thread Don Armstrong
Don't forget, the DPL Debate will be on IRC in #debian-dpl-debate on irc.debian.org (OFTC) at 21:30 UTC, March 10th 2007, ending at 00:30 UTC, March 11th 2007. Discussion of the debate will occur in #debian-dpl-discuss on the same network. The executive summary: Start at 21:30

DPL Debate on March 10th, 2007 at 21:30 UTC

2007-03-02 Thread Don Armstrong
Barring any serious last minute objections[1] the DPL Debate will be held in #debian-dpl-debate on irc.debian.org (OFTC) at 21:30 UTC on Saturday March 10th, 2007, ending around 00:30 UTC on the 11th. I'll be making an announcement shortly to -announce reiterating the debate rules.

Re: DPL Debate Scheduling [Re: DPL Debate Volunteers and Format]

2007-02-26 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 18:03:19 -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > > > Most of the candidates have responded to my requests for scheduling > > information, but: > > > > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I guess this should be <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>? Err,

Re: DPL Debate Scheduling [Re: DPL Debate Volunteers and Format]

2007-02-26 Thread Julien Cristau
On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 18:03:19 -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > Most of the candidates have responded to my requests for scheduling > information, but: > > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I guess this should be <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>? Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

DPL Debate Scheduling [Re: DPL Debate Volunteers and Format]

2007-02-26 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007, Don Armstrong wrote: > I'd like to make a decision on the time for the debate within the > next few days, so if you have serious objections to either method, > you need to make them known. Most of the candidates have responded to my requests for scheduling in

Re: DPL Debate Volunteers and Format

2007-02-24 Thread Don Armstrong
Mohammed Adnène Trojette (adn) [If I've missed you, please respond to let me know.] > Also, if any of you have comments about the format of the debate now > would be an appropriate time to raise them. > > http://svn.donarmstrong.com/don/trunk/projects/debian/dpl_debates/deb

Re: DPL Debate Volunteers and Format

2007-02-15 Thread David Nusinow
On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 01:20:06AM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > I'd like to reiterate the solicitation for volunteers to help run the > DPL Debate: I need at least two other people who would be willing to > volunteer to help me both in the organization of the debate (selectio

DPL Debate Volunteers and Format

2007-02-15 Thread Don Armstrong
I'd like to reiterate the solicitation for volunteers to help run the DPL Debate: I need at least two other people who would be willing to volunteer to help me both in the organization of the debate (selection of initial questions, format suggestions, etc.) and the actual running of the d

Re: DPL Debate Extra Questions

2006-03-20 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-20 01:49]: > I think we really should be asking some of these questions throughout > the year, instead of jammed into a brief 3 week period. I agree. I actually wanted to express someting like this but I know it didn't came across. What I wanted to sa

Re: DPL Debate unasked questions

2006-03-20 Thread MJ Ray
Anthony Towns > GFDL (relating to the "can't chmod a document" and "can't distribute a > transparent copy separately") -- it might be fair to be strict about that, > because we've been bitten by not being strict in the past on issues such > as the pine license, but otoh, there's been reported writ

Re: DPL Debate Extra Questions

2006-03-20 Thread Don Armstrong
tes. > Some of these questions are really interesting and I encourage > everyone to think about them, but if people wanted specific answers > from the candidates they should have asked earlier. I was kind of sitting on this particular batch of questions 'cause I wanted ammunition for the

DPL Debate unasked questions

2006-03-20 Thread Anthony Towns
Okay, so I'm going to ignore the end-of-campaigning thing and answer the debate questions that didn't get asked 'til later, since I suspect at least a few of them are probably pretty important at least to whoever asked them. Or, at any rate, I'll answer some of the ones I

Re: DPL Debate Extra Questions

2006-03-19 Thread Ari Pollak
Ari: What will the cabal do to heat its coffee without flamewars? I don't know, you'll have to ask the cabal. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: DPL Debate Extra Questions

2006-03-19 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-19 02:15]: > I don't know if the candidates wish to answer these outside of the > campaign period or not, but if they wish to, feel free. I hope they will collectively agree not to. Surely 3 weeks of questions should be enough for all of us. Some of t

DPL Debate Extra Questions

2006-03-19 Thread Don Armstrong
I don't know if the candidates wish to answer these outside of the campaign period or not, but if they wish to, feel free. [For some reason we always seem to have a traditional moratorium on answering questions during the voting period... never quite figured out why.] Jeroen: How will you persona

Re: DPL Debate transcripts in preparation

2006-03-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 18 Mar 2006, Thaddeus H. Black stated: > I wrote: >> MJ Ray and I are preparing DPL Debate transcripts >> now. I am de-interleaving the fine chaos of the >> Debate's Part III free-for-all line by line, producing a >> coherently readable semantical transcript

Re: DPL Debate transcripts in preparation

2006-03-18 Thread Thaddeus H. Black
I wrote: > MJ Ray and I are preparing DPL Debate transcripts > now. I am de-interleaving the fine chaos of the > Debate's Part III free-for-all line by line, producing a > coherently readable semantical transcript. I have just seen the color-coded DPL Debate log Manoj has post

DPL Debate prepared questions list

2006-03-18 Thread Thaddeus H. Black
One or two of you have asked me for the list of questions I had gathered pre-debate from you all. After consulting with Don, I can see no reason not to post the list now. Here it is, for whom it interests. So little time remains before the campaign's close, it would be unreasonable to ad

Logs from the DPL debate posted, and a draft ballot

2006-03-18 Thread Debian Project Secretary
, David Nusinow, Thaddeus H. Black, Martin-Éric Racine, and MJ Ray, the Debian project leader debates went off with impressive smoothness and dispatch. I would like to thank them, and others who helped, on behalf of the project. A transcript of the debate can be found at=20 http

DPL Debate transcripts in preparation

2006-03-18 Thread Thaddeus H. Black
MJ Ray and I are preparing DPL Debate transcripts now. I am de-interleaving the fine chaos of the Debate's Part III free-for-all line by line, producing a coherently readable semantical transcript. When done de-interleaving, I should give the candidates 24 hours to review and co

DPL Debate at 22:30 UTC Thursday, March 16th in #debian-dpl-debate on irc.debian.org (The Rules!)

2006-03-15 Thread Don Armstrong
Don't forget, the DPL Debate will be on IRC in #debian-dpl-debate on irc.debian.org (Freenode) at 22:30 UTC Thursday, March 16th, ending at 01:00 UTC Friday, March 17th. Discussion of the debate will occur in #debian-dpl-discuss. *** The executive summary *** Start at 2006-03-15 22:30

Re: 2006 DPL debate, 16 March 2006 22:30 UTC

2006-03-13 Thread Thaddeus H. Black
On debian-devel-announce, Thaddeus H. Black wrote: > CALL FOR DEBATE QUESTIONS > > What do you want Don to ask the candidates? Please think of questions > for the candidates now. This is your chance to get a direct, live > response in the debate arena from Debian's nex

2006 DPL debate, 16 March 2006 22:30 UTC

2006-03-04 Thread Thaddeus H. Black
[The post to debian-devel-announce inconveniently lacks a proper Mail-Followup-To header, because I omitted it. If you follow up, naturally please follow up here not there.] The candidates for Debian Project Leader will debate one another live on IRC Thursday, 16 March 2006 from 22:30 UTC to 01

Re: Logs from the DPL debate posted, and a draft ballot

2005-03-21 Thread Helen Faulkner
Hi Everyone, There is an error in the currently posted transcript for part 1 of the debate [1]. The following section, in "Managing DPL Duties and Life": AngusLees: I consider travelling as an extremely important factor of being DPL. Before nominating, I carefully considered

Re: IRC debate feedback

2005-03-19 Thread martin f krafft
/^<[ [EMAIL PROTECTED]([[:alnum:]_-]+)>//; # convert nickname format chomp; # remove newlines s/\[/\n[/g; # reinsert newlines print; } print "\n"; # read NICK; perl debate-reply-trim.pl | fmt -w 350 \ # | sed -e "s,^,[$NICK],&q

Re: IRC debate feedback

2005-03-18 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Helen Faulkner] > Having just run the 2005 DPL IRC debate (and a stressful experience it > was too), Martin Krafft and I would like to get feedback on what people > thought of the debate and how it was run. Thank you, Helen and Martin, for a job well done. I think the most useful th

Logs from the DPL debate posted, and a draft ballot

2005-03-17 Thread Debian Project Secretary
Hi folks, The platforms for the candidates for the project leader are available as links on the page http://www.debian.org/vote/2005/vote_001 or, http://www.debian.org/vote/2005/platforms/. The rebuttals are also in place. The following is a ***DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT*** ballot for

Debian Project Leader debate 2005 transcript posted to the web

2005-03-17 Thread Debian Project Secretary
Hi, Thanks to stellar efforts on the part of Helen Faulkner and Martin Krafft, the Debian project leader debates went off very well. I would like to thank them, and others who helped, on behalf of the project. A transcript of the debate can be found at http://www.debian.org

IRC debate feedback

2005-03-16 Thread Helen Faulkner
Hi All, Having just run the 2005 DPL IRC debate (and a stressful experience it was too), Martin Krafft and I would like to get feedback on what people thought of the debate and how it was run. Suggestions for future debates will be very welcome, not that I am planning to volunteer to do that again

Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions

2005-03-16 Thread MJ Ray
Ean Schuessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The accounting solution at SPI is still tenuous. Illness, accident or simple > boredom could still easily lead us to the situation we had before. The > solution you've outlined could work but it increases complexity rather than > removing it. I don't k

DPL IRC debate log

2005-03-16 Thread MJ Ray
A (xhtml, line-numbered, colourised) log of #debian-dpl-debate is available at http://people.debian.org/~mjr/debian_dpl_debate.html Let me know if you want reasonable presentation mods. Like the BBC says: other logs may exist. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions

2005-03-15 Thread Matthew Garrett
Ean Schuessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Really, considering that Debian lost enough money to buy a multi-terabyte > storage array do you honestly feel this is a "problem that will work itself > out"? When a person cares enough about the project to sit down and write us a > check I do not th

Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions

2005-03-15 Thread Ean Schuessler
On Tuesday 15 March 2005 06:05 am, Anthony Towns wrote: > Hrm; from my archives of spi-private, I'd been complaining about the > lack of transparency in financial mangement since 13th Jan 2003, at > which point, aiui, donations had not been accepted at all for over six > months. SPI members who are

Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions

2005-03-15 Thread Anthony Towns
Ean Schuessler wrote: Q: In June of 2004 it became apparent that SPI had deep set problems executing its chartered tasks. Hrm; from my archives of spi-private, I'd been complaining about the lack of transparency in financial mangement since 13th Jan 2003, at which point, aiui, donations had not

Re: Question for the Debate/Candidates

2005-03-13 Thread David Nusinow
On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 12:24:22AM +0100, Gergely Nagy wrote: > Yamm is so huge, that Earth ran away, and Yamm stayed here in > its place, using Gravity to keep Humans on self, and to control them. ^ > Yamm is the TRUE LEADER, you see? Stop using me for your filthy d

Re: Question for the Debate/Candidates

2005-03-13 Thread Gergely Nagy
> What Muppet character do you see yourself as, and why? This is a question Yamm wants to answer (even though I took steps to keep it away from this years election, it is still reading the lists while I don't watch), and it is torturing me so much, I have to allow this mail. Sorry about that. THA

Re: Final announcement of 2005 DPL election debate

2005-03-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach David Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.03.12.0138 +0100]: > Let the stress end! While it is a great experience (I learned > much) it is also very taxing on my resources. We really appreciate your great work. You will become part of history as major facilitator of the largest DPL vote

Re: Question for the Debate/Candidates

2005-03-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Jonathan Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.03.13.2135 +0100]: > Kermit the Frog. Why? Because I'm a source of calm, level-headedness > in a madhouse filled with people running around in every direction. You live in a mad house? -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I rea

Re: Question for the Debate/Candidates

2005-03-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.03.13.1401 +0100]: > I'd like to be able to think of myself as Animal, since he has far > too much fun. In reality, my general physical ineptitude probably > marks me out as more of a Gonzo. Wow, now I am not sure whether to count the above for

Re: Question for the Debate/Candidates

2005-03-13 Thread Jonathan Walther
On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 02:18:43PM -0600, Adam Heath wrote: I'll keep it short and simple: What Muppet character do you see yourself as, and why? Kermit the Frog. Why? Because I'm a source of calm, level-headedness in a madhouse filled with people running around in every direction. Jonathan --

Re: Question for the Debate/Candidates

2005-03-13 Thread Matthew Garrett
Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll keep it short and simple: > > What Muppet character do you see yourself as, and why? I'd like to be able to think of myself as Animal, since he has far too much fun. In reality, my general physical ineptitude probably marks me out as more of a Gonzo.

Re: Final announcement of 2005 DPL election debate

2005-03-11 Thread David Schmitt
On Friday 11 March 2005 13:25, martin f krafft wrote: > *** > 2005 DEBIAN PROJECT LEADER ELECTION IRC DEBATE > *** > > The 2005 DPL IRC Debate

Re: Question for the Debate/Candidates

2005-03-11 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Andreas Schuldei dijo [Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 09:41:59PM +0100]: > > What Muppet character do you see yourself as, and why? > > "Swedish Chef", since i live in Sweden and love cooking! Careful - You are telling voters that if you get elected, Debian will be b0rken! Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - [E

Final announcement of 2005 DPL election debate

2005-03-11 Thread martin f krafft
Finally, after many complications and several hundreds of bytes of data exchanged between the involved (wow!), it is my pleasure to announce the *** 2005 DEBIAN PROJECT LEADER ELECTION IRC DEBATE

Re: Question for the Debate/Candidates

2005-03-10 Thread Andreas Schuldei
On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 02:18:43PM -0600, Adam Heath wrote: > I'll keep it short and simple: > > What Muppet character do you see yourself as, and why? "Swedish Chef", since i live in Sweden and love cooking! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Question for the Debate/Candidates

2005-03-10 Thread Adam Heath
I'll keep it short and simple: What Muppet character do you see yourself as, and why? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-10 Thread Adam Heath
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Sven Luther wrote: > > > Yep, but there is a difference between the information being available, > > > and it > > > being actively feeded to the NSA or whoever. And it is especially > > > bothering if > > > this cause undue delay in our normal activities, like aj is saying it

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 03:11:02PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 04:54:34PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 06:12:03AM -0800, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > Sven Luther wrote: > > > >>It's hard to take this sort of discussion as anything but an attack on

Re: email vs. IRC debate (was: DPL election IRC Debate - question about the NEW handling)

2005-03-09 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.03.09.1734 +0100]: > Especially if an IRC debate organiser posts what looks like flamebait. Just like any delegate, DPL candidate, or $WHATEVER, I reserve the right to represent myself independently of any official position I have chosen

Re: email vs. IRC debate (was: DPL election IRC Debate - question about the NEW handling)

2005-03-09 Thread David Schmitt
On Wednesday 09 March 2005 14:54, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.03.03.0752 +0100]: > > I don't know, maybe email debate is better, it allows for more in depth > > discussion. > > ... and massive volumes of text, which n

Re: email vs. IRC debate (was: DPL election IRC Debate - question about the NEW handling)

2005-03-09 Thread MJ Ray
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > also sprach Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.03.03.0752 +0100]: > > I don't know, maybe email debate is better, it allows for more in depth > > discussion. > ... and massive volumes of text, which noone with a rea

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-09 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Anthony Towns [2005.03.04.2118 +0100]: > I think the "communication issues" are just a stand in for > complaints of the underlying cause. If they weren't, I think the > new.html page should be more of a solution ... not many people knew about it until recently. And there has not been

email vs. IRC debate (was: DPL election IRC Debate - question about the NEW handling)

2005-03-09 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.03.03.0752 +0100]: > I don't know, maybe email debate is better, it allows for more in depth > discussion. ... and massive volumes of text, which noone with a real life can read, think about, and respond to. -- Please do not se

Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions

2005-03-09 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Ean Schuessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.03.03.0735 +0100]: > Where can we put them? Submitting them "in secret" to be edited by > the debate organizers seems incorrect. Part of the reason why I would like to do it this way is (a) we have to edit the questions a

preparing the debate (was: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions)

2005-03-09 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.03.03.0520 +0100]: > > Can we keep the debate questions off this list? Otherwise the > > choice is between leaving them unanswered for a couple of weeks > > until the debate, or having them already answered on the list, > &

Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions

2005-03-09 Thread Jeremiah Foster
Dear Ms. Faulkner, I read in a recent issue of Linux Magazine (European edition) that the program "Hot Babe" is being considered as an inclusion to Debian. I find this disappointing since it is a clearly sexist appllication. The defense that it should be allowed because of free expression rings

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 04:54:34PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 06:12:03AM -0800, Anthony Towns wrote: > > Sven Luther wrote: > > >>It's hard to take this sort of discussion as anything but an attack on > > >>ftpmaster, since there are plenty of teams in Debian that're even

DPL IRC Debate Time Change (Was: Re: DPL debate 2005: 19 March 2005, 23:00 UTC)

2005-03-08 Thread Helen Faulkner
martin f krafft wrote: Hello, world. This year's DPL debate will take place on Saturday, 19 March 2005, at 23:00 UTC[0]. It will last for two hours. The meeting will take place over IRC, using two channels: Actually, we are sorry to say that this announced time for the DPL IRC debate turned o

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-08 Thread Joel Aelwyn
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 06:09:00AM -0800, Anthony Towns wrote: > > (1) Hrm, ftpmaster aren't doing things as quickly as normal. > (2) Gosh, that probably means they're really busy. > (3) I wonder what I could do that would help. (4) I'll ask. (5) Hmmm, no response. OK, let's see whether anyone

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 06:09:00AM -0800, Anthony Towns wrote: > Well, here's a simple train of thought: > > (1) Hrm, ftpmaster aren't doing things as quickly as normal. > (2) Gosh, that probably means they're really busy. > (3) I wonder what I could do that would help. Ah, well, in how can we

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 06:12:03AM -0800, Anthony Towns wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > >>It's hard to take this sort of discussion as anything but an attack on > >>ftpmaster, since there are plenty of teams in Debian that're even less > >>transparent and effective than us. But given how these sort

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-08 Thread MJ Ray
Anthony Towns wrote: [...] > Well, here's a simple train of thought: > (1) Hrm, ftpmaster aren't doing things as quickly as normal. > (2) Gosh, that probably means they're really busy. > (3) I wonder what I could do that would help. I can't see why one would make the jump from 1 to 2 withou

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-08 Thread Anthony Towns
Sven Luther wrote: On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 06:56:44PM -0600, Adam Heath wrote: 4) furthermore, i believe that, altough it never happened, it could well be that the BSwhatever agency may also once it reads the notification, reject the export authorization for a particular package, no ? No. Ch

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-08 Thread Anthony Towns
Sven Luther wrote: It's hard to take this sort of discussion as anything but an attack on ftpmaster, since there are plenty of teams in Debian that're even less transparent and effective than us. But given how these sorts of But they are less a hindrance to the daily work of maintainers, and can

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-08 Thread Anthony Towns
Matthew Garrett wrote: (I'm not suggesting that the ftp-masters are doing their job inadequately here, See, that's the thing, you _are_. You can tell, because you had to explicitly refute the idea; it's the same as being able to tell you're being offensive when you feel the need to say "no offens

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-08 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 08 Mar 2005, Sven Luther wrote: > 3) Some would argue that this impose an additional fee or > restriction (in the same way as a post-card licence) on our > distribution as part of debian. (read the debian-legal posts for > this past year or so, if you doubt). Nothing in debian-legal has sa

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-08 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 06:56:44PM -0600, Adam Heath wrote: > On Sat, 5 Mar 2005, Sven Luther wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 01:59:16PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > I have some real trouble with the fact that all the work i do

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-07 Thread Matthew Garrett
Anthony Towns wrote: > There's no particular reason NEW isn't being processed -- people are > just busy doing other things; some of which are outside Debian, others > of which are related to getting the release out, or whatever else. > That's not, in my opinion, something Debian developers hav

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-07 Thread Adam Heath
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005, Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 01:59:16PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I have some real trouble with the fact that all the work i do for debian > > > is > > > reported to the US secret services or whateve

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-07 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 11:28:57AM -0800, Anthony Towns wrote: > There's no particular reason NEW isn't being processed -- people are > just busy doing other things; some of which are outside Debian, others > of which are related to getting the release out, or whatever else. > That's not, in my

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-07 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Op za, 05-03-2005 te 08:48 +0100, schreef Sven Luther: > On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 01:59:16PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I have some real trouble with the fact that all the work i do for debian > > > is > > > reported to the US secret ser

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 11:28:57AM -0800, Anthony Towns wrote: > Matthew Garrett wrote: > >I'm certainly not suggesting that they be rejected out of hand, and > >accepting them isn't the correct decision either. Currently, though, > >it's impossible to tell the difference between "This package is a

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 03:02:34PM +, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Anthony Towns wrote: > > I actually think that's a good result: far better to keep track of the > > problematic packages, than to just REJECT them with a reason like > > "doesn't seem like a good idea" and have them randomly reup

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-06 Thread Anthony Towns
Matthew Garrett wrote: Anthony Towns wrote: I think the "communication issues" are just a stand in for complaints of the underlying cause. If they weren't, I think the new.html page should be more of a solution -- But currently people have no idea what the underlying cause /is/, which is certai

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-06 Thread Matthew Garrett
Anthony Towns wrote: > Matthew Garrett wrote: >> Complaints about NEW can roughly be split into three catagories: >> 1) It takes too long >> 2) It isn't happening > > These are the same issue: it's a queue, packages uploaded now will be > processed when NEW starts getting processed regularly ag

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-05 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So what ? You are one of us, and not a potentially hostile outside agency. PUBLIC. That means not only to "us", but to hostile things too. Hostile things like the US Government, or *really* hostile things like the governments of France and China. -- T

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-05 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 12:18:37PM -0800, Anthony Towns wrote: > Matthew Garrett wrote: > >3) My package has been sitting in the queue for ages and other packages > >have been processed > >This is a communication problem. > > No, this is a policy problem. Communication is easy: hit "M" for manual

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 01:55:25PM -0800, Anthony Towns wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > >I have some real trouble with the fact that all the work i do for debian is > >reported to the US secret services or whatever by the ftp-masters and our > >archive handling services, and i certainly did *NOT* agr

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 09:02:36AM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Sven Luther ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050305 09:00]: > > On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 01:59:16PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I have some real trouble with the fact that all the wo

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-05 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yep, but there is a difference between the information being > available, and it being actively feeded to the NSA or whoever. And > it is especially bothering if this cause undue delay in our normal > activities, like aj is saying it is. Tough. It's *pub

Re: Question for candidate Towns [Was, Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions]

2005-03-05 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 08:48:21AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 01:59:16PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I have some real trouble with the fact that all the work i do for debian > > > is > > > reported to the US secr

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