Re: Proposed General Resolution : IRC as a Debian communicationchannel

2001-11-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi folks, This is to acknowledge the fact that a GR Titled "IRC AS A DEBIAN COMMUNICATION CHANNEL" was proposed by Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Wed, 31 Oct 2001, on the debian-vote mailing list, with message ID <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I note that failing a mention of

Re: Proposed General Resolution : IRC as a Debian communication channel

2001-11-03 Thread Anthony Towns
> 4. Item proposed to vote (after the discussion period) > [ ] I accept the ratification of IRC channels as a communication medium > and as such they have to follow the usual Debian policies (adapted > for IRC habits) Shall we next have a GR that says: [ ] I accept that the sky is blue,

Re: Proposed General Resolution : IRC as a Debian communicationchannel

2001-11-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I am not sure why we need this policy in Debian. After all, the IRC channel in question are not run on Debian resources. The owners of the channel may allow volunteers who happen to also be Debian developers be in charge of the channel, but, Debian is not in charge. By all means

Re: Proposed General Resolution : IRC as a Debian communication channel

2001-11-03 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sat, Nov 03, 2001 at 10:46:50PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 12:34:36PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > Legislating where you can and can't talk about Debian issues is > > bureaucracy gone mad. > Amen to that. Why not just say "Developers should ensure that whereever >

Re: Proposed General Resolution : IRC as a Debian communicationchannel

2001-11-03 Thread Adam Heath
On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Anthony Towns wrote: > For example, if we've specifically ratified #debian-private on > openprojects for discussion of issues from -private, what does that say > about discussing -private issues over the phone with another developer? It > could be tapped, after all. Or how abo

Re: Proposed General Resolution : IRC as a Debian communication channel

2001-11-03 Thread Anthony Towns
> 4. Item proposed to vote (after the discussion period) > [ ] I accept the ratification of IRC channels as a communication medium > and as such they have to follow the usual Debian policies (adapted > for IRC habits) Shall we next have a GR that says: [ ] I accept that the sky is blue, a

Re: Proposed General Resolution : IRC as a Debian communication channel

2001-11-03 Thread Ben Collins
On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 12:34:36PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > Legislating where you can and can't talk about Debian issues is > bureaucracy gone mad. > Amen to that. Why not just say "Developers should ensure that whereever they decide to discuss private issues of the project, that they ma

Re: Proposed General Resolution : IRC as a Debian communication channel

2001-11-03 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sat, Nov 03, 2001 at 10:46:50PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 12:34:36PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > Legislating where you can and can't talk about Debian issues is > > bureaucracy gone mad. > Amen to that. Why not just say "Developers should ensure that whereever >

Re: Proposed General Resolution : IRC as a Debian communication channel

2001-11-03 Thread Ben Collins
On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 02:06:59PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Sat, Nov 03, 2001 at 10:46:50PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 12:34:36PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > > > Legislating where you can and can't talk about Debian issues is > > > bureaucracy gone mad. > >

Re: Proposed General Resolution : IRC as a Debian communication channel

2001-11-03 Thread Adam Heath
On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Anthony Towns wrote: > For example, if we've specifically ratified #debian-private on > openprojects for discussion of issues from -private, what does that say > about discussing -private issues over the phone with another developer? It > could be tapped, after all. Or how abou

Re: Proposed General Resolution : IRC as a Debian communication channel

2001-11-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi folks, This is to acknowledge the fact that a GR Titled "IRC AS A DEBIAN COMMUNICATION CHANNEL" was proposed by Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Wed, 31 Oct 2001, on the debian-vote mailing list, with message ID <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I note that failing a mention of a