Q to all 3: DPL appointed positions

2002-03-06 Thread Glenn McGrath
There are a number of delegates appointed by the debian project leader to perform important tasks within debian. Who do you intend to appoint to these positions ? If you arent prepared to announce names yet, will you do so prior to the start of voting ? Thanks Glenn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Q to all 3: DPL appointed positions

2002-03-06 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 06:37:51AM +1100, Glenn McGrath wrote: > There are a number of delegates appointed by the debian project leader to > perform important tasks within debian. Who do you intend to appoint to > these positions ? If you arent prepared to announce names yet, will you do > so prio

Re: Q to all 3: DPL appointed positions

2002-03-06 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 06:37:51AM +1100, Glenn McGrath écrivait: > There are a number of delegates appointed by the debian project leader to > perform important tasks within debian. Who do you intend to appoint to > these positions ? If you arent prepared to announce names yet, will you do > so p

Some questions for the candidates...

2002-03-06 Thread Anthony Towns
Hello world, Some questions for the DPL candidates... ...but first! The one common thing across all the candidates' platforms was a level of dissatisfaction with the release process. I figure it's probably appropriate and productive for me (the release manager, dontchyaknow) to say something abo

Re: Questions for the candidates

2002-03-06 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 08:24:01PM +0100, Marcelo E. Magallon écrivait: > outsider, figuring out how Debian works might be possible but it > won't be easy: there's too much information hiding in too many > places. "Insiders" have a problem, too. Even if public places is I do agree w

Re: Questions for the candidates

2002-03-06 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 08:24:01PM +0100, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > With that as an starting point, do you have any opinions regarding > this topic? Do you regard Debian as an "open enough" organization, > or do you think there's room for improvement? Both. The level of transpare

Re: Q to all 3: DPL appointed positions

2002-03-06 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 06:37:51AM +1100, Glenn McGrath wrote: > There are a number of delegates appointed by the debian project leader to > perform important tasks within debian. Who do you intend to appoint to > these positions ? If you arent prepared to announce names yet, will you do > so prio

Re: Question restated

2002-03-06 Thread Cord Beermann
Hallo! Du (Branden Robinson) hast geschrieben: >Yes. By making reference to my SPI Treasurer work, I was endeavoring to >illustrate how, in many respects, I've already done so. Maybe it's just >me, but I think this is a better approach than glib testimonials about >how "yes, I'll be a good boy

Re: Q to all 3: DPL appointed positions

2002-03-06 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 06:59:07PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > There are a number of delegates appointed by the debian project leader to > > perform important tasks within debian. Who do you intend to appoint to > > these positions ? If you arent prepared to announce names yet, will you do > >

Re: Some questions for the candidates...

2002-03-06 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 07:45:02PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Refs relative to: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/. > Is it just me, or does having the year and list name both appear twice > in these urls really suck? A few other people noticed this. The last dire

Comments for Raphaël: SF, ping MIAM,

2002-03-06 Thread Aaron Swartz
[ I am not subscribed to debian-vote, please cc me on responses. ] Raphaël, I really like your ideas for DPL, and I encourage you to see them thru even if you are not elected. Some comments: I think that having a SourceForge style site is great, but I'm not sure that using the SourceForge code

Question regarding Raphael's platform

2002-03-06 Thread Thom May
Hi, with regard to the proposal to create sourceforge.debian.org, I have some concerns and some questions (for all the candidates): 1) What resources do you feel that debian could provide to its developers to allow them to work more productively on their packages and other debian specific work?

Re: Question regarding Raphael's platform

2002-03-06 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 10:59:45PM +, Thom May wrote: > Hi, > with regard to the proposal to create sourceforge.debian.org, I have some > concerns and some questions (for all the candidates): > > 1) What resources do you feel that debian could provide to its developers to > allow them to work

Re: Some questions for the candidates...

2002-03-06 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 11:05:32PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 07:45:02PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > Refs relative to: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/. > > Is it just me, or does having the year and list name both appear twice > > in these

Re: Some questions for the candidates...

2002-03-06 Thread Martin Schulze
Anthony Towns wrote: > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 11:05:32PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 07:45:02PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > Refs relative to: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/. > > > Is it just me, or does having the year and list name both app

Questions for the candidates

2002-03-06 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
Hi everyone, A couple of questions for the candidates: 1. The project's main goal is to produce a 100% free operating system, and in my opinion we are doing quite well in that respect. But the question of *how* this goal is achieved is seldom posed. In particular, I have the feeli

Re: Question to Bdale

2002-03-06 Thread Scott Dier
* Nicolas SABOURET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020305 02:22]: > far as I understand, this means that you attend these conferences more > as a HP member than as a Debian member. I really dont feel thats completely fair. Have you looked at how most of these 'confrences' nickle-and-dime everyone into havin

Re: Question to Bdale

2002-03-06 Thread Nicolas SABOURET
Bdale Garbee wrote: > > While I don't mind being called out for this question since I mentioned my > new job explicitly in my platform posting, if this is a topic you are > concerned about, perhaps you should ask all of us? > [...] > Hmmm. I think those who have met me in person or heard me speak

Q to all 3: DPL appointed positions

2002-03-06 Thread Glenn McGrath
There are a number of delegates appointed by the debian project leader to perform important tasks within debian. Who do you intend to appoint to these positions ? If you arent prepared to announce names yet, will you do so prior to the start of voting ? Thanks Glenn

Re: Q to all 3: DPL appointed positions

2002-03-06 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 06:37:51AM +1100, Glenn McGrath wrote: > There are a number of delegates appointed by the debian project leader to > perform important tasks within debian. Who do you intend to appoint to > these positions ? If you arent prepared to announce names yet, will you do > so prior

Re: Q to all 3: DPL appointed positions

2002-03-06 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 06:37:51AM +1100, Glenn McGrath écrivait: > There are a number of delegates appointed by the debian project leader to > perform important tasks within debian. Who do you intend to appoint to > these positions ? If you arent prepared to announce names yet, will you do > so pr

Some questions for the candidates...

2002-03-06 Thread Anthony Towns
Hello world, Some questions for the DPL candidates... ...but first! The one common thing across all the candidates' platforms was a level of dissatisfaction with the release process. I figure it's probably appropriate and productive for me (the release manager, dontchyaknow) to say something abou

Re: Questions for the candidates

2002-03-06 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 08:24:01PM +0100, Marcelo E. Magallon écrivait: > outsider, figuring out how Debian works might be possible but it > won't be easy: there's too much information hiding in too many > places. "Insiders" have a problem, too. Even if public places is I do agree wi

Re: Questions for the candidates

2002-03-06 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 08:24:01PM +0100, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > With that as an starting point, do you have any opinions regarding > this topic? Do you regard Debian as an "open enough" organization, > or do you think there's room for improvement? Both. The level of transparen

Re: Q to all 3: DPL appointed positions

2002-03-06 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 06:37:51AM +1100, Glenn McGrath wrote: > There are a number of delegates appointed by the debian project leader to > perform important tasks within debian. Who do you intend to appoint to > these positions ? If you arent prepared to announce names yet, will you do > so prior

Re: Question restated

2002-03-06 Thread Cord Beermann
Hallo! Du (Branden Robinson) hast geschrieben: >Yes. By making reference to my SPI Treasurer work, I was endeavoring to >illustrate how, in many respects, I've already done so. Maybe it's just >me, but I think this is a better approach than glib testimonials about >how "yes, I'll be a good boy i

Re: Q to all 3: DPL appointed positions

2002-03-06 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 06:59:07PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > There are a number of delegates appointed by the debian project leader to > > perform important tasks within debian. Who do you intend to appoint to > > these positions ? If you arent prepared to announce names yet, will you do > >

Re: Some questions for the candidates...

2002-03-06 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 07:45:02PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Refs relative to: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/. > Is it just me, or does having the year and list name both appear twice > in these urls really suck? A few other people noticed this. The last direc

Comments for Raphaël: SF, ping MIAM,

2002-03-06 Thread Aaron Swartz
[ I am not subscribed to debian-vote, please cc me on responses. ] Raphaël, I really like your ideas for DPL, and I encourage you to see them thru even if you are not elected. Some comments: I think that having a SourceForge style site is great, but I'm not sure that using the SourceForge code i

Question regarding Raphael's platform

2002-03-06 Thread Thom May
Hi, with regard to the proposal to create sourceforge.debian.org, I have some concerns and some questions (for all the candidates): 1) What resources do you feel that debian could provide to its developers to allow them to work more productively on their packages and other debian specific work? 2

Re: Question regarding Raphael's platform

2002-03-06 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 10:59:45PM +, Thom May wrote: > Hi, > with regard to the proposal to create sourceforge.debian.org, I have some > concerns and some questions (for all the candidates): > > 1) What resources do you feel that debian could provide to its developers to > allow them to work

Re: Some questions for the candidates...

2002-03-06 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 11:05:32PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 07:45:02PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > Refs relative to: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/. > > Is it just me, or does having the year and list name both appear twice > > in these u