Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-10-12 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 16 Sep 2010, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Kurt, my inclination was to consider this change as falling under > Constitution §A.1.3 as a change that "does not alter the meaning" of > the proposal. Since you don't actually need seconders under §4.2.1, and you are the proposer of the original o

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-19 Thread Enrico Zini
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:33:24AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end, the project benefits from various types of contributions, > including, but not limited to: package maintenance, translations, > infrastructure a

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-19 Thread Kumar Appaiah
Hi! On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:33:24AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end, the project benefits from various types of contributions, > including, but not limited to: package maintenance, translations, > infrastructu

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-19 Thread Damien Raude-Morvan
Le dimanche 19 septembre 2010 11:33:24, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 09:36:50AM -0500, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > > Even better, now with attachments! > > > > There is yet another pronoun I have missed. Please find a patch > > attached. > > Applied (wording / punctuation f

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-19 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! Am 19.09.2010 17:06, schrieb Lars Wirzenius: > On su, 2010-09-19 at 11:33 +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 09:36:50AM -0500, Kumar Appaiah wrote: Even better, now with attachments! >>> There is yet another pronoun I

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-19 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On su, 2010-09-19 at 11:33 +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 09:36:50AM -0500, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > > Even better, now with attachments! > > There is yet another pronoun I have missed. Please find a patch > > attached. > > Applied (wording / punctuation fix), thanks! >

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-19 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:07:04AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > Toni Mueller writes: > > > I am uncomfortable with this wording: > > > > > * Active contributors of non-packaging work, which share Debian values > > > > s/which/who/, imho. Are any native speakers around? > > My opinion as a NSoE mat

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-19 Thread Secretary - Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 11:40:07AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > I'm hereby introducing two changes: > > a) dropping the name "Debian Contributor" >(attachment 0001-remove-the-term-Debian-Contributor.patch) > > b) fixing punctuation as suggested by Kumar Appaiah [1], thanks! >(att

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-19 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 09:36:50AM -0500, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > Even better, now with attachments! > There is yet another pronoun I have missed. Please find a patch > attached. Applied (wording / punctuation fix), thanks! New current text is attached. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Compute

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-18 Thread Ben Finney
Toni Mueller writes: > I am uncomfortable with this wording: > > > * Active contributors of non-packaging work, which share Debian values > > s/which/who/, imho. Are any native speakers around? My opinion as a NSoE matches yours on this point. -- \“Telling pious lies to trusting child

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-18 Thread Toni Mueller
Hi, On Tue, 14.09.2010 at 17:53:46 +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > in recent events I've attended as DPL, the topic of welcoming > non-packaging contributors as project members has been a recurring one. > Since it was also part of my platform and since DPL terms don't last > forever, I fee

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-18 Thread Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
Hi, On 18/09/10 16:43, Toni Mueller wrote: > On Tue, 14.09.2010 at 17:53:46 +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli > wrote: >> in recent events I've attended as DPL, the topic of welcoming >> non-packaging contributors as project members has been a recurring one. >> Since it was also part of my platform an

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-18 Thread Toni Mueller
Hi, On Tue, 14.09.2010 at 17:53:46 +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > in recent events I've attended as DPL, the topic of welcoming > non-packaging contributors as project members has been a recurring one. > Since it was also part of my platform and since DPL terms don't last > forever, I fee

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-18 Thread Kumar Appaiah
Dear Zack, On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 11:56:32AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 11:40:07AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > I'm hereby introducing two changes: > > Even better, now with attachments! There is yet another pronoun I have missed. Please find a patch atta

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-18 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 11:40:07AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > My question was basicly if you wanted to make that change > > at that time. My interpretation is that you didn't propose > > to change it at that time, but that you would do it at some > > later time. > > > > The question was

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-18 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 11:40:07AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > I'm hereby introducing two changes: Even better, now with attachments! -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-18 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 06:42:18PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > Kurt, my inclination was to consider this change as falling under > > Constitution §A.1.3 as a change that "does not alter the meaning" of the > > proposal. > > That would be A.1.6? Yes, totally, sorry for the typo. > My question w

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-17 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 06:52:02PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > In case these changes are regarded as more than editorial (which is your > > call, but I feel they are), the new proposal requires new seconds > I'm not sure why you think the proposal requires seconds if it > replaces an older

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-16 Thread Florian Weimer
* Charles Plessy: > I wonder why not simply inviting the Debian Account Managers to > accept the long term contributors as DDs, even if they to not > maintain packages? Would an amendement be welcome? Seems reasonable. (I'm among those who believe that voting rights are more fundamental than upl

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-16 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:45:52AM +0200, Simon Richter wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:48:02PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > > I like that a lot more than the other wording, thus seconded. > > > Please don't go and make this more confusing for me. As far as I > > can tell this wa

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-16 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 04:08:50PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:40:09PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > I'll let the patch linger for a couple of days -- actually, I'll be away > > > for most part of tomorrow -- and then I'll apply it, posting a new > > > complete d

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-16 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:51:51PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Stefano's DPL platform is actually quite clear on the subject: > After seeing the results of this choice, it will always be possible to > change the procedure, especially if a later DPL is elected with a > platform that goes more to

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-16 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 02:03:01PM +0100, Matthew Johnson a écrit : > > OTOH, if we pass a GR that looks like "we'll give them upload rights" (because > it just says "they are DDs") and then they aren't given upload rights some > people might feel upset that they voted for it. Just because it's no

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-16 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Thu Sep 16 14:58, Charles Plessy wrote: > > I don't think we should open a second way to get upload rights to the > > archive, > > so I would *not* want to remove that part. > > So do you think that if “albeit without upload access to the Debian archive” > is > not present, the GR will preven

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-16 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:48:02PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > I like that a lot more than the other wording, thus seconded. > Please don't go and make this more confusing for me. As far as I > can tell this wasn't meant to be amendment yet. He will probably > accept this or something si

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-16 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:40:09PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > I'll let the patch linger for a couple of days -- actually, I'll be away > > for most part of tomorrow -- and then I'll apply it, posting a new > > complete draft here shortly thereafter. > So I'm not considering this currently as an

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:02:34PM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz a écrit : > On 09/15/2010 02:16 PM, Charles Plessy wrote: > > Le Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:00:32PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : > >> > >> The Debian project therefore invites the Debian Account Managers to: > >> > >> * Endorse the idea th

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
On 09/15/2010 02:16 PM, Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:00:32PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : >> >> The Debian project therefore invites the Debian Account Managers to: >> >> * Endorse the idea that contributors of non-packaging work might become >> Debian Developers, alb

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 02:13:12PM +0200, Simon Richter wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:00:32PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > > To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, > > inc

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:00:32PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:26:59AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > If we go for DDs without upload rights, I think that we should be > > extremely careful about not transforming this new kind of DDs into > > second-class members

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-15 Thread Joey Hess
Paul Wise wrote: > Stefano you seem to be 5 years too late with this GR, fjp's AM report > looks like he was accepted primarily for his work on documentation and > translations: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-newmaint/2005/02/msg00017.html Not really. From my original advocation of Frans: | B

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:01:47PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:16:00PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > It seems to me that, if “albeit without upload access to the Debian > > archive” were removed, it would not close the possibility for the > > people in charge

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-15 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
Hi, Stefano Zacchiroli writes: > --- > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, > including but not limited to: package maintenan

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:16:00PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > It seems to me that, if “albeit without upload access to the Debian > archive” were removed, it would not close the possibility for the > people in charge to difference of status. > Would such a change be a happy end for everybody ?

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 15/09/10 at 21:00 +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Attached you can find a tentative wording of a proposal which remove the > term "Debian Contributors", pretty similar to the version I had before > posting (shame on me for changing that!), but maybe a bit better in that > it doesn't the horri

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-15 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:20:54PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 04:04:24PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > > > * Active contributors of non-packaging work, which share Debian values > > > and are ready to uphold Debian Foundation Documents, deserve the > > > opportuni

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 02:13:12PM +0200, Simon Richter wrote: > I like that a lot more than the other wording, thus seconded. Thanks for your appreciation, but wait! :-) There are no need of seconds for this change (unless some of the previous seconders considers it unfaithful with respect to the

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:00:32PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : > > The Debian project therefore invites the Debian Account Managers to: > > * Endorse the idea that contributors of non-packaging work might become > Debian Developers, albeit without upload access to the Debian archive. >

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:00:32PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, > including but not limited to: package maintenance, translations, > infrastructur

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:26:59AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > If we go for DDs without upload rights, I think that we should be > extremely careful about not transforming this new kind of DDs into > second-class members of the project. A way to do that is to avoid > giving them a name, and emph

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:26:59AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > >If we go for DDs without upload rights, I think that we should be >extremely careful about not transforming this new kind of DDs into second-class >members of the project. A way to do that is to avoid giving them a name, >and emphas

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Xavier Oswald
On 09:26 Wed 15 Sep , Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > If we go for DDs without upload rights, I think that we should be > extremely careful about not transforming this new kind of DDs into > second-class > members of the project. A way to do that is to avoid giving them a name, > and emphasize the fac

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-15 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Tue, Sep 14, 2010 mat 06:29:24PM -0700, Russ Allbery a écrit : > Charles Plessy writes: > > > after seeing the torrent of seconds, I am still puzzled if this GR is a > > progress or a regression: is the take home message that Debian should be > > more open, or that some members must not have u

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ke, 2010-09-15 at 09:26 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > If we go for DDs without upload rights, I think that we should be > extremely careful about not transforming this new kind of DDs into > second-class > members of the project. A way to do that is to avoid giving them a name, > and emphasize

Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 15/09/10 at 12:08 +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Naming (raised by at least Luca and Lars [8,9]) > == > > Ah, what a mess! > > Until a few minutes before posting the GR proposal, the text contained a > s/Debian Members/non-uploading Debian Developers/ and befor

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 04:04:24PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > > * Active contributors of non-packaging work, which share Debian values > > and are ready to uphold Debian Foundation Documents, deserve the > > opportunity for becoming Debian project members. > >

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 05:53:46PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > [ Draft GR text below, look for "-". M-F-T set to -vote. ] [ Disclaimer: I'm attending an academic conference this week and I'll be at the Italian mini-DebConf in the week-end. That's why I'll be sluggish in participati

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > The word "Debian Developer" seems to have become synonymous with > those who package or write software for Debian. Whether that was > intentional or unintentional is not known to me, but this aspect is > what several potential contributors s

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Kumar Appaiah
Dear Paul, On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:25:09AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > Stefano you seem to be 5 years too late with this GR, fjp's AM report > looks like he was accepted primarily for his work on documentation and > translations: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-newmaint/2005/02/msg00017.html

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Russ Allbery
Charles Plessy writes: > after seeing the torrent of seconds, I am still puzzled if this GR is a > progress or a regression: is the take home message that Debian should be > more open, or that some members must not have upload rights ? When a > member does not have upload rights, is it for the pr

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Paul Wise
Stefano you seem to be 5 years too late with this GR, fjp's AM report looks like he was accepted primarily for his work on documentation and translations: http://lists.debian.org/debian-newmaint/2005/02/msg00017.html In addition, as cate pointed out, the constitution already allows DAM/FD to acce

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 06:56:01PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum a écrit : > > My own preference is [B] > [A] > [original GR proposal]. But I'd like to > hear some other opinions before working on a draft amendment for either > [A] or [B]. Hi Lucas and everybody, after seeing the torrent of seconds, I a

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Russ Allbery
Christoph Berg writes: > Re: Luca Bruno 2010-09-14 <20100914120120.c0d3f45b.lu...@debian.org> >> I'd thus propose not to call them Debian Contributors (DC) now, and let >> NM/DAM team pick an appropriate name when reforming the procedures. > The idea was discussed, and that's the name we came up

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Russ Allbery
Charles Plessy writes: > I agree with the above, accepting as DDs contributors who do not > maintain packages, but your proposal is different: it establishes a new > class of project members, who differ by not having upload rights. > I suppose that the goal is to avoid disruptive NMUs and damage

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Gilles Filippini
Hi, Lucas Nussbaum a écrit , Le 14/09/2010 18:56: > While I support welcoming non-packaging contributors as project members, > I am concerned that we are creating the concept of second-class DDs (or > at least, that it will be communicated like that). > > I see two different ways to avoid that: >

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Gerfried Fuchs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! This time with the key that's still in the keyring, only noticed after sending that I haven't got it replaced in the keyring yet. * Stefano Zacchiroli [2010-09-14 10:53:46 CEST]: > ---

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ti, 2010-09-14 at 18:56 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > My own preference is [B] > [A] > [original GR proposal]. But I'd like to > hear some other opinions before working on a draft amendment for either > [A] or [B]. I'd prefer [A] == [B] > [original GR proposal] > [NOTA]. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Damien Raude-Morvan
Hi, Le mardi 14 septembre 2010 10:53:46, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : > --- > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, > including

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 07:42:58PM +0200, Damien Raude-Morvan wrote: > > I second this proposal. This message was signed with a key not in the keyring. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.deb

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 01:04:32PM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > > Wholeheartly seconed, for all the longstanding website translators. This isn't signed with a key in the keyring. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Christoph Berg
Re: Gunnar Wolf 2010-09-14 <20100914170611.ge26...@gwolf.org> > Yes, the naming clearly stems from when we were a flatter, simpler > project with all-or-nothing participation. But we now have Debian > developers which are not DDs, Debian maintainers which are not DM, and > will surely have Debian c

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Christoph Egger
Jakub Wilk writes: > * Lucas Nussbaum , 2010-09-14, 18:56: >>[B] Give everybody upload rights anyway. If we trust them to influence >>the project's decisions through voting, we should probably trust them to >>do the right thing and not upload packages when they don't feel >>qualified to. After all

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Jakub Wilk , 2010-09-14, 19:18: * Lucas Nussbaum , 2010-09-14, 18:56: My own preference is [B] > [A] > [original GR proposal]. But I'd like to hear some other opinions before working on a draft amendment for either [A] or [B]. Same here. Just to clarify: I agree both with Lucas ranking and

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Damien Raude-Morvan
Hi, Le mardi 14 septembre 2010 10:53:46, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : > --- > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, > including

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Ralf Treinen
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 05:53:46PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > --- > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, > including b

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Lucas Nussbaum , 2010-09-14, 18:56: While I support welcoming non-packaging contributors as project members, I am concerned that we are creating the concept of second-class DDs (or at least, that it will be communicated like that). I see two different ways to avoid that: [A] Avoid giving DDs

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Lars Wirzenius dijo [Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 12:41:24PM +0100]: > > We are calling everyone "Debian Developer" (cf. the constitution). DCs > > are a subset of DDs. We realize that we probably need a handy > > expression for "DD with upload rights" [1], but we don't have one yet. > > (Ideas?) > > Coul

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Faidon Liambotis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, > including but not limited to: package maintenance, translations, > infrastructure

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Christoph Berg dijo [Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 12:30:57PM +0200]: > > As we still remember the big "on terminology" thread[0] and we don't > > want here to create more confusion nor to start the big renaming race, > > I think it will be better to leave terminology out of this GR, as this > > will introd

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Gunnar Wolf
MJ Ray dijo [Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:26:01AM +0100]: > "Giacomo A. Catenazzi" > > So you are already free to do it by delegating. A GR would be used > > to overrule your decision, but, as you already noted, there is > > already a general consensus on the issue. > > Equally, the DPL is empowered t

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, While I support welcoming non-packaging contributors as project members, I am concerned that we are creating the concept of second-class DDs (or at least, that it will be communicated like that). I see two different ways to avoid that: [A] Avoid giving DDs without upload rights any special n

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Stefano Zacchiroli dijo [Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 05:53:46PM +0900]: > --- > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, > including but n

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 12238 March 1977, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > --- > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, > including but not limited to: pa

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Xavier Oswald
On 17:53 Tue 14 Sep , Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > --- > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, > including but not limited to

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Philip Hands
On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:53:46 +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: ... > * Active contributors of non-packaging work, which share Debian values > and are ready to uphold Debian Foundation Documents, deserve the > opportunity for becoming Debian project members.

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 09/14/2010 10:53 AM, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > --- > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end the project benefits from various types o

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Gerfried Fuchs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi! * Stefano Zacchiroli [2010-09-14 10:53:46 CEST]: > --- > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end the project benefits from va

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ti, 2010-09-14 at 13:14 +0200, Christoph Berg wrote: > Re: Lars Wirzenius 2010-09-14 <1284461384.2573.26.ca...@havelock> > > I do not like the introduction of yet another class of person developing > > Debian. I propose we call everyone with voting rights in Debian a > > "Debian Developer" (deve

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 05:53:46PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > [ Draft GR text below, look for "-". M-F-T set to -vote. ] > > Dear Debian project, > in recent events I've attended as DPL, the topic of welcoming > non-packaging contributors as project members has been a recurring one.

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Ferdinand Thommes
Am Dienstag 14 September 2010, 10:53:46 schrieb Stefano Zacchiroli: > [ Draft GR text below, look for "-". M-F-T set to -vote. ] > > Dear Debian project, > in recent events I've attended as DPL, the topic of welcoming > non-packaging contributors as project members has been a recurring one.

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Christoph Berg
Re: Lars Wirzenius 2010-09-14 <1284461384.2573.26.ca...@havelock> > I do not like the introduction of yet another class of person developing > Debian. I propose we call everyone with voting rights in Debian a > "Debian Developer" (development not being restricted to coding and > packaging). We are

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ti, 2010-09-14 at 17:53 +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > The Debian project therefore invites the Debian Account Managers to: > > * Endorse the idea that contributors of non-packaging work might become > Debian Developers without upload rights to the Debian archive. These > new developers

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Enrico Zini
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 05:53:46PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > --- > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, > including b

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Christoph Berg
Re: Luca Bruno 2010-09-14 <20100914120120.c0d3f45b.lu...@debian.org> > As we still remember the big "on terminology" thread[0] and we don't > want here to create more confusion nor to start the big renaming race, > I think it will be better to leave terminology out of this GR, as this > will introd

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread MJ Ray
"Giacomo A. Catenazzi" > So you are already free to do it by delegating. A GR would be used > to overrule your decision, but, as you already noted, there is > already a general consensus on the issue. Equally, the DPL is empowered to start a GR to do this. I'm very happy to see a DPL checking th

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Christoph Berg
Re: Giacomo A. Catenazzi 2010-09-14 <4c8f40be.9050...@debian.org> > I don't understand the procedure. You are already empowered to do it: > > 8.1 The Project Leader's Delegates: > 1. [...] > 2. may make certain decisions which the Leader may not make > directly, including approving or expelling De

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Luca Bruno
Stefano Zacchiroli scrisse: > The Debian project therefore invites the Debian Account Managers to: > > * Endorse the idea that contributors of non-packaging work might > become Debian Developers without upload rights to the Debian archive. > These new developers shall be recognized as Debian Cont

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Manuel Prinz
Am Dienstag, den 14.09.2010, 17:53 +0900 schrieb Stefano Zacchiroli: > --- > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, > including b

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 05:53:46PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : > > Of all those topics, one topic *might* have consensus already: accepting > as DDs contributors which have contributed a lot to Debian doing > non-packaging work, which intend to continue doing so, and which are > ready to u

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Sylvestre Ledru
Le mardi 14 septembre 2010 à 17:53 +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : > --- > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, > includin

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Sylvestre Ledru
Le mardi 14 septembre 2010 à 17:53 +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : > --- > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, > includin

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
* Stefano Zacchiroli [100914 10:53]: > --- > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, > including but not limited to: package mai

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Giacomo A. Catenazzi
On 14.09.10 10:53, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: Of all those topics, one topic *might* have consensus already: accepting as DDs contributors which have contributed a lot to Debian doing non-packaging work, which intend to continue doing so, and which are ready to uphold our Foundation Documents. M

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Christoph Berg
> --- > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, > including but not limited to: package maintenance, translations, > infrastructur

GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
[ Draft GR text below, look for "-". M-F-T set to -vote. ] Dear Debian project, in recent events I've attended as DPL, the topic of welcoming non-packaging contributors as project members has been a recurring one. Since it was also part of my platform and since DPL terms don't last forever,