Re: The Debian Maintainers GR

2007-07-28 Thread Pierre Habouzit
As a matter of a fact, I agree with your mail quite fully, and people that read me about this already won't be surprised. There is though some bits that you address that wasn't discussed recently yet, so I'd like to comment on them. On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 01:38:02AM +0200, Joerg Jaspert wrote:

Re: The Debian Maintainers GR

2007-07-28 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > How to integrate a concept of DM then? > -- > > First - by starting in the right area - getting it into the NM system by > talking to all those involved. There is FrontDesk, DAM and also the > NM-Committee, the la

Choice of NM by AM

2007-07-28 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Disclaimer: I'm not AM (I tried to but the first two NM were so slow that they ended up on hold and left enrico alone to handle them when they came back to life). Moving to debian-newmaint, this has nothing to do on -vote. Please respect reply-to. On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > H

Re: On the "Debian Maintainers" GR

2007-07-28 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 12:39:29AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 08:48:26PM +0200, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote: > > Essentially the proposal allows non-DD maintainers (we have 900+, see the > > thread starting at [1] for details) to upload their own packages IF AND

Re: On the "Debian Maintainers" GR

2007-07-28 Thread Andreas Barth
* Holger Levsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070727 13:02]: > Sure. But why shouldnt trusted non-DDs not be able to upload their teams > packages? And a subscriber and active Debian Edu developer I think it would > make complete sense and would be helpful, if certain non-DDs from our team > (not all of

Re: On the "Debian Maintainers" GR

2007-07-28 Thread Martin Schulze
Andreas Barth wrote: > * Holger Levsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070727 13:02]: > > Sure. But why shouldnt trusted non-DDs not be able to upload their teams > > packages? And a subscriber and active Debian Edu developer I think it would > > make complete sense and would be helpful, if certain non-DDs

Re: The Debian Maintainers GR

2007-07-28 Thread Andreas Barth
* Raphael Hertzog ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070728 10:02]: > Hi, > > On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > > How to integrate a concept of DM then? > > -- > > > > First - by starting in the right area - getting it into the NM system by > > talking to all those

Re: On the "Debian Maintainers" GR

2007-07-28 Thread Andreas Barth
* Martin Schulze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070728 11:37]: > Andreas Barth wrote: > > * Holger Levsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070727 13:02]: > > > Sure. But why shouldnt trusted non-DDs not be able to upload their teams > > > packages? And a subscriber and active Debian Edu developer I think it > > > woul

Re: On the "Debian Maintainers" GR

2007-07-28 Thread Steffen Joeris
Hi mates On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 07:32:02 pm Martin Schulze wrote: > Andreas Barth wrote: > > * Holger Levsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070727 13:02]: > > > Sure. But why shouldnt trusted non-DDs not be able to upload their > > > teams packages? And a subscriber and active Debian Edu developer I > > > thin

Re: On the "Debian Maintainers" GR

2007-07-28 Thread cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)
On Saturday 28 July 2007, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 08:48:26PM +0200, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote: > > Essentially the proposal allows non-DD maintainers (we have 900+, see > > the thread starting at [1] for details) to upload their own packages IF > > AND ONLY IF their

Re: On the "Debian Maintainers" GR

2007-07-28 Thread Martin Schulze
Andreas Barth wrote: > * Martin Schulze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070728 11:37]: > > Andreas Barth wrote: > > > * Holger Levsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070727 13:02]: > > > > Sure. But why shouldnt trusted non-DDs not be able to upload their > > > > teams > > > > packages? And a subscriber and active Deb

Re: The Debian Maintainers GR

2007-07-28 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Raphael Hertzog ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070728 10:02]: > > Hi, > > > > On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > > > How to integrate a concept of DM then? > > > -- > > > > > > First - by starting in the right area -

Re: The Debian Maintainers GR

2007-07-28 Thread Matthew Johnson
Pierre Habouzit wrote: > - step 2: waiting for an AM. > Step 2: is not long nowadays, maybe 1 month. Well, if people can't > wait a month, then they should not help Debian-we-release-every-10-years > in the first place ;) I disagree. I was advocated on 7 Mar 2007. I then waited 79 days during wh

Re: The Debian Maintainers GR

2007-07-28 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 03:24:11PM +0100, Matthew Johnson wrote: > Pierre Habouzit wrote: > > > - step 2: waiting for an AM. > > > Step 2: is not long nowadays, maybe 1 month. Well, if people can't > > wait a month, then they should not help Debian-we-release-every-10-years > > in the first place

Re: The Debian Maintainers GR

2007-07-28 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 02:32:12PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Andreas Barth wrote: > > * Raphael Hertzog ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070728 10:02]: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > > > > How to integrate a concept of DM then? > > > >

Re: The Debian Maintainers GR

2007-07-28 Thread Martin Schulze
Pierre Habouzit wrote: > > Why are you setting up a buildd network not handled by the buildd admins > > and by DSA ? (No need to reply, it's just to show you the parallel) > > Nice ad-hominem. It's always a pleasure to see how easily you fall in > those traps when you don't have proper argument

Second call for votes for GR: Accept concept of Debian Maintainers

2007-07-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, We are now nearing the end of the first (out of two) week of this vote. At the time of writing, 190 people have voted, out of a potential 1035. Detailed stats are to be found at: http://master.debian.org/~srivasta/gr_dm/ People who have voted should see their names at:

Re: On the "Debian Maintainers" GR

2007-07-28 Thread Matthew Garrett
Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If someone doesn't want to be a DD because the NM process is broken, we > should fix the NM process. If someone doesn't want to be a DD because of > laziness or whatever other excuse, I think the current rules are > perfect. I don't want to be a DD be

Re: On the "Debian Maintainers" GR

2007-07-28 Thread David Nusinow
On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 10:04:20AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 09:12:46PM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > > And so on. The thread you point is an excellent proof of the fact that > > you seem to be quite alone in your point. Honnestly, if you don't like > > the project whe

Re: The Debian Maintainers GR

2007-07-28 Thread Andreas Barth
* Raphael Hertzog ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070728 14:57]: > On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Andreas Barth wrote: > > Oh crap. Why invent new comittees in the first place? And BTW, why don't > > speak with DAM/FD/NM-committee first, before starting new things? > > Rewirting from scratch is mostly not a good idea.

Re: On the "Debian Maintainers" GR

2007-07-28 Thread Andreas Barth
* Martin Schulze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070728 13:27]: > Andreas Barth wrote: > > * Martin Schulze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070728 11:37]: > > > Andreas Barth wrote: > > > > * Holger Levsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070727 13:02]: > > > > > Sure. But why shouldnt trusted non-DDs not be able to upload their >

Re: On the "Debian Maintainers" GR

2007-07-28 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 07:55:18PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: [...] > Sure, "Don't quit Debian then" is a valid response (though I'm perhaps > old-fashioned in terms of thinking that as a full member of an > organisation I have a duty to participate in its democratic process, > which I'm not

Re: On the "Debian Maintainers" GR

2007-07-28 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le samedi 28 juillet 2007 à 19:55 +0100, Matthew Garrett a écrit : > Sure, "Don't quit Debian then" is a valid response (though I'm perhaps > old-fashioned in terms of thinking that as a full member of an > organisation I have a duty to participate in its democratic process, > which I'm not enth

Re: On the "Debian Maintainers" GR

2007-07-28 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 02:56:39PM -0400, David Nusinow wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 10:04:20AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 09:12:46PM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > > > And so on. The thread you point is an excellent proof of the fact that > > > you seem to be quit

Re: On the "Debian Maintainers" GR

2007-07-28 Thread Matthew Garrett
Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le samedi 28 juillet 2007 =E0 19:55 +0100, Matthew Garrett a =E9crit : >> Sure, "Don't quit Debian then" is a valid response (though I'm perhaps=20 >> old-fashioned in terms of thinking that as a full member of an=20 >> organisation I have a duty to par