Re: Proposal G

2004-06-04 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 10:27:58AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > and the only way to do > this is to use this cited release policy. I dispute this opinion, and I doubt I'm the only one. For that matter I dispute the opinion that our users would be best served by releasing whatever we have on hand.

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 10:50:27 +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > "promise to do regular releases" does not speak about "making our > release intervals shorter". Of course, the goal is to do a release > about once a year, but that's not part of the promise. Fair enough. >> Ma

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-03 Thread Florian Weimer
* Andreas Barth: > Actually, we hide security bugs. Of course not, if they are filled > into the bts, but we hide them if they are sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please don't misunderstand me; I think the current approach is the > right one, but with literal reading SC #3 is tangled (and I know that

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-03 Thread Andreas Barth
* Manoj Srivastava ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040603 06:10]: > On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 03:09:16 +0200, Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > * Manoj Srivastava: > >>> For our users, we promise to do regular releases; as a guideline, > >>> a major release of the distribution should happen about once a

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-03 Thread Andreas Barth
* Manoj Srivastava ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040602 19:55]: > On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:27:58 +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > * Manoj Srivastava ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040602 09:25]: > >> On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:19:15 +0200, Andreas Barth > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> Reaffir

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 22:54:27 -0500, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> There are two issues here: does the old policy violate the social >> contract, > Yes, I do not think there is much of dispute on that regards > (well, there is none, in my mind). > I would like to poi

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 12:24:56 +1000, Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 03:09:16AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: >> * Manoj Srivastava: >> >> For our users, we promise to do regular releases; as a >> >> guideline, a major release of the distribution should happen >> >>

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 03:09:16 +0200, Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > * Manoj Srivastava: >>> For our users, we promise to do regular releases; as a guideline, >>> a major release of the distribution should happen about once a >>> year. >> >> On what basis do you think we can make this p

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 03:09:16AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Manoj Srivastava: > >> For our users, we promise to do regular releases; as a guideline, a > >> major release of the distribution should happen about once a year. > > On what basis do you think we can make this promise? Why ar

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Florian Weimer
* Manoj Srivastava: >> For our users, we promise to do regular releases; as a guideline, a >> major release of the distribution should happen about once a year. > > On what basis do you think we can make this promise? On the same basis that we promise not to hide bugs? Or not to rely on no

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 02 Jun 2004, Frank Küster wrote: > Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you think the contents of the link should be cited, instead of > giving only the URL, or what are you missing? So state that the RM is directed to use the following requirements for determining which packages

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:27:58 +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > * Manoj Srivastava ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040602 09:25]: >> On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:19:15 +0200, Andreas Barth >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> Reaffirmation of the social contract - priorities >> > are our users and

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Andreas Barth
* Raul Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040602 12:40]: > On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 10:27:58AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > > However, as the 3:1-majority is needed anyways(*), I don't mind to add > > something like: > > In the opinion of the Secretary, this proposal overrules the social > > contract, and

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Raul Miller
On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 10:27:58AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > However, as the 3:1-majority is needed anyways(*), I don't mind to add > something like: > In the opinion of the Secretary, this proposal overrules the social > contract, and needs therefor a 3:1-majority. In the opinion of the > prop

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Frank Küster
Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > That's a nice thing to say, but in the short term, what exactly does >> > this mean for the various clases of controversial works under >> > discussion here? >> >> See the last part of the proposal. > > The last part of the proposal only indicates tha

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Andreas Barth
* Manoj Srivastava ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040602 09:25]: > On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:19:15 +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Reaffirmation of the social contract - priorities > > are our users and the free software community > > > For our users, we promise to do regular releases

Re: Proposal G

2004-06-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:19:15 +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Reaffirmation of the social contract - priorities > are our users and the free software community > We, Debian, reaffirm that our priorities are our users and the free > software community. We keep to that, both a

Re: Proposal G (was: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003)

2004-06-01 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 01 Jun 2004, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Don Armstrong ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040601 11:40]: > > On Tue, 01 Jun 2004, Andreas Barth wrote: > > > We, Debian, reaffirm that our priorities are our users and the free > > > software community. We keep to that, both are our priorities. We > > > don't

Re: Proposal G (was: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003)

2004-06-01 Thread Andreas Barth
* John H. Robinson, IV ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040601 20:55]: > To: to debian-devel removed > > Andreas Barth wrote: > > * Andrew Suffield ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040505 14:10]: > > > --- > > > The Debian project resolves that it will not compromise on freedom, > > > and will never knowingly issue anoth

Re: Proposal G (was: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003)

2004-06-01 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
To: to debian-devel removed Andreas Barth wrote: > * Andrew Suffield ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040505 14:10]: > > --- > > The Debian project resolves that it will not compromise on freedom, > > and will never knowingly issue another release (excluding point > > updates to stable releases) that contains

Re: Proposal G (was: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003)

2004-06-01 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 10:19:15AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > I propose the following amendment, replacing the entire text of the > resolution: > > -- > Reaffirmation of the social contract - priorities are our users and > the free software community > > We, Debian, reaffirm th

Re: Proposal G (was: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003)

2004-06-01 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 10:31:21AM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > Objection. Common sense is what tells you that the world is flat. Common sense tells me that if the world was flat the horizon would always be obscured. -- Raul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: Proposal G (was: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003)

2004-06-01 Thread Sam Couter
Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "We vote for more money" And a pony! -- Sam "Eddie" Couter | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian Developer| mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP fingerprint: A46B 9BB5 3148 7BEA 1F05 5BD5 8530 03AE DE89

Re: Proposal G (was: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003)

2004-06-01 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jun 01, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I propose the following amendment, replacing the entire text of the > resolution: Seconded. -- ciao, | Marco | [6555 tr7cnnrfx4XGs] signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Proposal G (was: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003)

2004-06-01 Thread Andreas Barth
* MJ Ray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040601 11:25]: > On 2004-06-01 09:19:15 +0100 Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I propose the following amendment, replacing the entire text of the > >resolution: > Don't you need to sign it? According to my mail program, it was signed. > >We know that,

Re: Proposal G (was: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003)

2004-06-01 Thread Andreas Barth
* Don Armstrong ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040601 11:40]: > On Tue, 01 Jun 2004, Andreas Barth wrote: > > We, Debian, reaffirm that our priorities are our users and the free > > software community. We keep to that, both are our priorities. We > > don't intend to give one of them up for the other. We stro

Re: Proposal G (was: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003)

2004-06-01 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 10:15:47AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > >course, the Release Manager team is authorized to adjust the release > >policy. > So, if this option passes, the RM could just revert it to the > overruled one immediately? I think I can safely speak for everyone involved in release and a

Re: Proposal G (was: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003)

2004-06-01 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 10:19:15AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > For our users, we promise to do regular releases; as a guideline, a > major release of the distribution should happen about once a year. "We vote for more money" -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://

Re: Proposal G (was: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003)

2004-06-01 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 10:19:15AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > We know that, as with every guidelines, there are border cases were > these guidelines don't really match. We promise to use our common > sense in this case to get to an appropriate result. We will use our > guidelines in a way that s

Re: Proposal G (was: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003)

2004-06-01 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 01 Jun 2004, Andreas Barth wrote: > We, Debian, reaffirm that our priorities are our users and the free > software community. We keep to that, both are our priorities. We > don't intend to give one of them up for the other. We strongly > believe that, in the long run, their interests are th

Re: Proposal G (was: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003)

2004-06-01 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-06-01 09:19:15 +0100 Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I propose the following amendment, replacing the entire text of the resolution: Don't you need to sign it? We know that, as with every guidelines, there are border cases were where not were. re-inforce the release policy that was

Re: Proposal G (was: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003)

2004-06-01 Thread Michael Schiansky
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 10:19:15AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > I propose the following amendment, replacing the entire text of the > resolution: > > -- > Reaffirmation of the social contract - priorities are our users and > the free software community > > We, Debian, reaffirm th

Re: Proposal G (was: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003)

2004-06-01 Thread Eduard Bloch
> I propose the following amendment, replacing the entire text of the > resolution: > > -- > Reaffirmation of the social contract - priorities are our users and > the free software community ... > community, and we don't intend to blow our guidelines up to full legal > texts, becau