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: _Our_ resolution merely affirms the status quo

2004-06-04 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 01:03:43AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > I'm disappointed at the amount of nonsense being posted in this thread > along the following lines: > > But this is no excuse for arguing the legal technicalities (`what does > the Social Contract mean') as opposed to the moral/practic

Re: _Our_ resolution merely affirms the status quo

2004-06-04 Thread Ian Jackson
Andrew M.A. Cater writes ("Re: _Our_ resolution merely affirms the status quo"): > I posted a comment a long time ago, which might bear repeating > (something close to the text below IIRC). > > The Debian developers changed their policy and fundamental documents > when the Sarge release was 90% co

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: _Our_ resolution merely affirms the status quo

2004-06-04 Thread Graham Wilson
On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 11:01:18AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > I think that you also mean me with your mail. Perhaps you're right, > and it may be the best to drop both proposals F and G from the ballot. > I wouldn't stand in the way of dropping both proposals together from > the ballot, and vote

Re: _Our_ resolution merely affirms the status quo

2004-06-04 Thread Andreas Barth
* Graham Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040605 06:25]: > On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 11:01:18AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > > I think that you also mean me with your mail. Perhaps you're right, > > and it may be the best to drop both proposals F and G from the ballot. > > I wouldn't stand in the way of

Re: _Our_ resolution merely affirms the status quo

2004-06-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 06:32:11 +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > * Graham Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040605 06:25]: >> On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 11:01:18AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: >> > I think that you also mean me with your mail. Perhaps you're >> > right, and it may be the best t

Re: _Our_ resolution merely affirms the status quo

2004-06-04 Thread Graham Wilson
On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 06:32:11AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Graham Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040605 06:25]: > > By dropping proposal F from the ballot, we are dropping the only > > proposal that does not support releasing Sarge as is. We will not drop a > > proposal simply because you disa