Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

2004-05-04 Thread Theodore Ts'o
I second Craig's proposal. - Ted On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 09:45:18AM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 08:41:35PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > > The Debian Project, > > > > affirming its committment to principles of freeness fo

Re: Amendment to the Constitution: Add a new foundation document

2004-05-04 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 07:26:46PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 12:51:23AM +0200, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > I do not understand why this is an alternative to many existing > > proposals and would be on the same ballot. > > Does it fail to address the release issues created in t

Re: Short descriptions of GR proposals on ballot

2004-05-04 Thread Florian Weimer
Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I solicit comments about the above from -vote in general, but I > would especially like to hear reactions from the proponent of each > proposal. Given that most of the GR proposals are written to work around our RM's conscience, it would be helpful to

RfD: Proposed General Resolution on Sarge Release

2004-05-04 Thread Martin Schulze
I wonder if we have (or want) a resolution that would explicitly exclude sarge from a stronger interpretation of the social contract than it was on April 1st? That would not have to change a foundation document again and hence don't require a 3:1 majority. It would also allow the Release Manager

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-05-04 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 04:13:58PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > "Francesco P. Lovergine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Firmware is a component of hardware. Also processors uses microcode to > > work. So, do we are wrong in calling that 'hardware'? > > Real firmware is as you say. Bu

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-05-04 Thread Dale E Martin
> I'm just saying that by a practical point of view who thinks so is > pretending that hardware is free too. Your point of view is that firmware > is software. Ok, that's also true for all the hardware you are using. I'm > not so sure that any GPL program can be used along with a program > (hardwar

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-05-04 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 10:56:20AM +0200, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: > I'm just saying that by a practical point of view who thinks so is > pretending that hardware is free too. Your point of view is that > firmware is software. Ok, that's also true for all the hardware > you are using. This se

meta-issue: interpreting the outcome of the pending vote

2004-05-04 Thread Branden Robinson
I have some questions: 1) If none of the proposed courses of actions meets the 3:1 majority requirement, it is the same as "FURTHER DISCUSSION", right? Constitution A.6.3[1] seems to imply "yes". 1a) If so, what do we do? Is Anthony Towns's interpretation of the Social Contract and its bindingne

Re: Short descriptions of GR proposals on ballot

2004-05-04 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Duncan Findlay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 09:07:13PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > > [###] Choice A: Postpone changes until September 2004 [needs 3:1] > > [###] Choice B: Postpone changes until Sarge releases [needs 3:1] > > [###] Choice C: Add apology to Social Con

Re: Short descriptions of GR proposals on ballot

2004-05-04 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I solicit comments about the above from -vote in general, but I > > would especially like to hear reactions from the proponent of each > > proposal. > Given that most of the GR proposals are written to w

Re: meta-issue: interpreting the outcome of the pending vote

2004-05-04 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 11:29:55AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > 1) If none of the proposed courses of actions meets the 3:1 majority > requirement, it is the same as "FURTHER DISCUSSION", right? Right. > 1a) If so, what do we do? Is Anthony Towns's interpretation of the > Social Contract and

Re: meta-issue: interpreting the outcome of the pending vote

2004-05-04 Thread Martin Schulze
Branden Robinson wrote: > I have some questions: > > 1) If none of the proposed courses of actions meets the 3:1 majority > requirement, it is the same as "FURTHER DISCUSSION", right? I believe so. > 1a) If so, what do we do? Is Anthony Towns's interpretation of the > Social Contract and its bi

Re: meta-issue: interpreting the outcome of the pending vote

2004-05-04 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2a) Constitution A.6.8[1] strongly implies that the answer to 2) is > "yes". Is it wise to have our SRP bind us to only one of several > possible outcomes? I think it would be wholly infeasible to try to construct a ballot that would allow simultan

Re: Summary: Proposal - Rescind GR 2004-003

2004-05-04 Thread Guido Trotter
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 12:16:25AM +0200, Osamu Aoki wrote: Hi, > Here is the list of rationale raised for this proposal: > * People can make mistake and should be allowed to correct it. > * This deserves to be an option on the ballet. > * Full impact assessment by Anthony Towns [3] revealed

Re: Summary: Proposal - Rescind GR 2004-003

2004-05-04 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, One thing we all can agree is that there have been long and many arguments over what SC really means and there are few camps out there with totally different views. On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 08:05:38PM +0200, Guido Trotter wrote: > On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 12:16:25AM +0200, Osamu Aoki wrote: >

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-05-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, 3 May 2004 23:42:20 +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > * Manoj Srivastava ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040503 19:55]: >> On Mon, 3 May 2004 17:28:43 +0100, Ian Jackson >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> >I would ask all proposers and sponsors of resolutions to avoid >> >callin

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Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-05-04 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
"Francesco P. Lovergine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm just saying that by a practical point of view who thinks so is > pretending that hardware is free too. No, I'm not pretending that hardware is free. It may well not be, which is why we don't distribute it. > Your point of view is that

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Re: Short descriptions of GR proposals on ballot

2004-05-04 Thread Duncan Findlay
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 05:57:34PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > (Rumor has it that we'll have a further proposal that explicitly > resolves to do nothing and let Sarge be delayed, but if so, it will > be easy to make that clear in the short description). Don't we already have that in the form o

RfD: Proposed General Resolution on Sarge Release

2004-05-04 Thread Martin Schulze
I wonder if we have (or want) a resolution that would explicitly exclude sarge from a stronger interpretation of the social contract than it was on April 1st? That would not have to change a foundation document again and hence don't require a 3:1 majority. It would also allow the Release Manager

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-05-04 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 04:13:58PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > "Francesco P. Lovergine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Firmware is a component of hardware. Also processors uses microcode to > > work. So, do we are wrong in calling that 'hardware'? > > Real firmware is as you say. Bu

Re: Short descriptions of GR proposals on ballot

2004-05-04 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Duncan Findlay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 09:07:13PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > > [###] Choice A: Postpone changes until September 2004 [needs 3:1] > > [###] Choice B: Postpone changes until Sarge releases [needs 3:1] > > [###] Choice C: Add apology to Social Con

Re: Short descriptions of GR proposals on ballot

2004-05-04 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I solicit comments about the above from -vote in general, but I > > would especially like to hear reactions from the proponent of each > > proposal. > Given that most of the GR proposals are written to w

Re: meta-issue: interpreting the outcome of the pending vote

2004-05-04 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 11:29:55AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > 1) If none of the proposed courses of actions meets the 3:1 majority > requirement, it is the same as "FURTHER DISCUSSION", right? Right. > 1a) If so, what do we do? Is Anthony Towns's interpretation of the > Social Contract and

Re: meta-issue: interpreting the outcome of the pending vote

2004-05-04 Thread Martin Schulze
Branden Robinson wrote: > I have some questions: > > 1) If none of the proposed courses of actions meets the 3:1 majority > requirement, it is the same as "FURTHER DISCUSSION", right? I believe so. > 1a) If so, what do we do? Is Anthony Towns's interpretation of the > Social Contract and its bi

Re: meta-issue: interpreting the outcome of the pending vote

2004-05-04 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2a) Constitution A.6.8[1] strongly implies that the answer to 2) is > "yes". Is it wise to have our SRP bind us to only one of several > possible outcomes? I think it would be wholly infeasible to try to construct a ballot that would allow simultan

Re: Summary: Proposal - Rescind GR 2004-003

2004-05-04 Thread Guido Trotter
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 12:16:25AM +0200, Osamu Aoki wrote: Hi, > Here is the list of rationale raised for this proposal: > * People can make mistake and should be allowed to correct it. > * This deserves to be an option on the ballet. > * Full impact assessment by Anthony Towns [3] revealed

Re: Summary: Proposal - Rescind GR 2004-003

2004-05-04 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, One thing we all can agree is that there have been long and many arguments over what SC really means and there are few camps out there with totally different views. On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 08:05:38PM +0200, Guido Trotter wrote: > On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 12:16:25AM +0200, Osamu Aoki wrote: >

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-05-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, 3 May 2004 23:42:20 +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > * Manoj Srivastava ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040503 19:55]: >> On Mon, 3 May 2004 17:28:43 +0100, Ian Jackson >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> >I would ask all proposers and sponsors of resolutions to avoid >> >callin

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Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-05-04 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
"Francesco P. Lovergine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm just saying that by a practical point of view who thinks so is > pretending that hardware is free too. No, I'm not pretending that hardware is free. It may well not be, which is why we don't distribute it. > Your point of view is that

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Re: Short descriptions of GR proposals on ballot

2004-05-04 Thread Duncan Findlay
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 05:57:34PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > (Rumor has it that we'll have a further proposal that explicitly > resolves to do nothing and let Sarge be delayed, but if so, it will > be easy to make that clear in the short description). Don't we already have that in the form o