Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-03 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 11:03:03PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Wouter Verhelst: > > First of all, I do think we can, per 4.1.3 (as others have already > > pointed out). However, I don't think that is relevant; "Debian will seek > > to do foo" doesn't mean "Debian will do foo", and "This proces

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-02 Thread Hubert Chan
On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 23:03:03 +0100, Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > * Wouter Verhelst: >> First of all, I do think we can, per 4.1.3 (as others have already >> pointed out). However, I don't think that is relevant; "Debian will >> seek to do foo" doesn't mean "Debian will do foo", and

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-02 Thread Horms
In gmane.linux.debian.devel.project Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 01 Dec 2005, Horms wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 07:09:25AM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: >> > if there *really* are some DDs who volunteer to spend their time >> > on old postings it is fine for me but because

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-02 Thread Florian Weimer
* Wouter Verhelst: >> > In accordance with principles of openness and transparency, Debian >> > will seek to declassify and publish posts of historical or ongoing >> > significance made to the Debian Private Mailing List. >> > >> > This process will be undertaken under the followin

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-01 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 08:21:53AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > Erm, as a point of order, as per A.2(4), the discussion period > > begins when the resolution was proposed (18th Nov) or the last > > amendment was accepted (which hasn't happened; the last amendment > > not accepted was formalis

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-01 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 09:40:52AM +, Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 04:04:31PM -0600, Debian Project Secretary wrote: > > In accordance with principles of openness and transparency, Debian > > will seek to declassify and publish posts of historical or ongoing > > si

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 17:28:09 +0200, Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > to, 2005-12-01 kello 09:04 -0600, Manoj Srivastava kirjoitti: >> On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 16:35:02 +0200, Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> said: >> >> > I like the proposed GR by Anthony Towns. I don't think it is >>

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-01 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 08:54:03AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Debian Project Secretary: > > > In accordance with principles of openness and transparency, Debian > > will seek to declassify and publish posts of historical or ongoing > > significance made to the Debian Private Mail

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-01 Thread Lars Wirzenius
to, 2005-12-01 kello 09:04 -0600, Manoj Srivastava kirjoitti: > On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 16:35:02 +0200, Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > I like the proposed GR by Anthony Towns. I don't think it is against > > our constitution, and I don't see how it can be breaking any trust, > > since

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 16:35:02 +0200, Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I like the proposed GR by Anthony Towns. I don't think it is against > our constitution, and I don't see how it can be breaking any trust, > since the authors and other affected people can prevent publication.

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-01 Thread Lars Wirzenius
I like the proposed GR by Anthony Towns. I don't think it is against our constitution, and I don't see how it can be breaking any trust, since the authors and other affected people can prevent publication. To make my support more concrete: I expect this GR gets passed, so I hereby declare my avail

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 14:27:01 +1000, Anthony Towns said: > On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 04:04:31PM -0600, Debian Project Secretary wrote: >> Time Line: Proposal and amendment Friday, 18th November 2005 >> Tuesday, 29th November, 23:59:59 UTC, 2005 Discussion Period: >> Tuesday, 29th November, 23:59:59

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-01 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's not the mailing list policy part, it's the mandated delegation by > the DPL. I suppose a GR can create a declassification team, but a GR > cannot force the DPL to create one by delegation. Well, a GR cannot force anybody to do anything, due to 2.1

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-01 Thread MJ Ray
Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I see a glaring contradiction here: on the one hand, the opening > paragraph talks about publishing selected posts: those with historical > or ongoing significance, but the rest of the GR talks about > declassifying *all* emails with stated exceptions. [...] I d

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-01 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 04:04:31PM -0600, Debian Project Secretary wrote: > Text: The actual text of the GR is: > > In accordance with principles of openness and transparency, Debian > will seek to declassify and publish posts of historical or ongoing > significance made to the Debia

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-01 Thread Florian Weimer
* Kalle Kivimaa: > Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> If I read the constitution correctly, you cannot decide such a thing >> by GR. > > Could you give us your reasoning why this isn't "Issuing, superseding > and withdrawing nontechnical policy documents and statements"? It's not the m

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-01 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If I read the constitution correctly, you cannot decide such a thing > by GR. Could you give us your reasoning why this isn't "Issuing, superseding and withdrawing nontechnical policy documents and statements"? In my opinion mailing list usage rules are

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-01 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 12:36:26AM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Thu, 01 Dec 2005, Horms wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 07:09:25AM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > > > if there *really* are some DDs who volunteer to spend their time > > > on old postings it is fine for me but because I think th

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-01 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 01 Dec 2005, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Debian Project Secretary: > > > In accordance with principles of openness and transparency, Debian > > will seek to declassify and publish posts of historical or ongoing > > significance made to the Debian Private Mailing List. > > > >

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-12-01 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 01 Dec 2005, Horms wrote: > On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 07:09:25AM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > > if there *really* are some DDs who volunteer to spend their time > > on old postings it is fine for me but because I think there are > > much more valuable tasks to do for the benefit of Debian I

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-11-30 Thread Horms
On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 07:09:25AM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Debian Project Secretary wrote: > > > Propose that the Debian project resolve that the process > > defined in the Proposal will be applied only for the future > > content of debian-private maili

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-11-30 Thread Florian Weimer
* Debian Project Secretary: > In accordance with principles of openness and transparency, Debian > will seek to declassify and publish posts of historical or ongoing > significance made to the Debian Private Mailing List. > > This process will be undertaken under the following cons

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-11-30 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Debian Project Secretary wrote: Propose that the Debian project resolve that the process defined in the Proposal will be applied only for the future content of debian-private mailing list. I for myself see no real technical benefit in publishing the ar

Re: General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-11-30 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 04:04:31PM -0600, Debian Project Secretary wrote: > Time Line: >Proposal and amendment Friday, 18th November 2005 > Tuesday, 29th November, 23:59:59 UTC, 2005 >Discussion Period: Tuesday, 29th November, 23:59:59 UTC, 2005 - Erm, as

General Resolution: Declassification of debian-private list archives

2005-11-30 Thread Debian Project Secretary
Time Line: Proposal and amendment Friday, 18th November 2005 Tuesday, 29th November, 23:59:59 UTC, 2005 Discussion Period: Tuesday, 29th November, 23:59:59 UTC, 2005 - Proposer: Anthony Towns [EMAIL PROTECTED] Seconds: 1. Anibal Monsalve Salazar