Re: The Debian Maintainers GR

2007-08-02 Thread Russ Allbery
Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 01:57:53AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >> Hm. I have to admit I'd be much more inclined to vote for things like >> this that I don't really like but that may work out if they >> self-destructed in a year unless confirmed by a seco

Re: The Debian Maintainers GR

2007-08-02 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 08:12:09AM +0200, Bart Martens wrote: > On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 14:38 +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > At present, how do you find packages that have been packaged by non-DDs > > and uploaded with the minimal checks by a DD in order to review them, > > or just get a sense of h

DC (Re: The Debian Maintainers GR)

2007-08-02 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Thursday 02 August 2007 08:12, Bart Martens wrote: > Also, I think that a quick win could be to stop using the term "non-DD", > and instead calling all contributors "Debian Contributor" (DC). > [...] > The term "Debian Contributor" is at > least honorable, and something to brag about. :

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 05:48:06PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Oh, that reminds me. > > I propose we change section 5.2 of the constitution concerning appointment > of the Project Leader to reduce the nomination period to a week, and the > voting period to two weeks. In wdiff format: > > =

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread Konstantinos Margaritis
On Tuesday 31 July 2007 10:48, Anthony Towns wrote: > Oh, that reminds me. > > I propose we change section 5.2 of the constitution concerning > appointment of the Project Leader to reduce the nomination period > to a week, and the voting period to two weeks. In wdiff format: > > = > 5.2. Appo

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 05:48:06PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > = > 5.2. Appointment > > 1. The Project Leader is elected by the Developers. > 2. The election begins [-nine-] {+six+} weeks before the leadership >post becomes vacant, or (if it is too late already) immediately

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Thu, 02 Aug 2007, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > Seconded. Thank you for the 542th "Seconded." on this proposal. We don't even need to vote any more :-) That said, once we reached the 5 DD who seconded (+2/3 more just to be sure in case of bad signatures), it doesn't bring much to send furth

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread Julien Danjou
At 1186057612 time_t, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > That said, once we reached the 5 DD who seconded (+2/3 more just to be > sure in case of bad signatures), it doesn't bring much to send further > seconds IMO. Seconded. Cheers, -- Julien Danjou .''`. Debian Developer : :' : http://julien.danjou.inf

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Thursday 02 August 2007 14:26, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Thank you for the 542th "Seconded." on this proposal. We don't even need to > vote any more :-) Seriously, could we have this change without voting? regards, Holger (to lazy to read up in the constitution...) pgpUcJln24qb

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-07-31 09:49]: > I will definitely second such a proposal, unless former DPLs come > forward to say that this just wouldn't work for some reason. I've > felt the same thing for a while as well. I don't think it's a good idea to increase the time of a DPL te

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-07-31 23:04]: > Note that you're still free to step down after one year, so that's > hardly a problem I don't think anyone would do that. It takes quite a bit to convince yourself to step down and then actually go through with it. -- Martin Michlmayr htt

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)
On Thursday 02 August 2007, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Thu, 02 Aug 2007, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > > Seconded. > > Thank you for the 542th "Seconded." on this proposal. We don't even need > to vote any more :-) > > That said, once we reached the 5 DD who seconded (+2/3 more just to be > sur

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread Ana Guerrero
On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 03:37:15PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Thursday 02 August 2007 14:26, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > Thank you for the 542th "Seconded." on this proposal. We don't even need to > > vote any more :-) > >Seriously, could we have this change without voting? > I was

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 03:37:15PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Thursday 02 August 2007 14:26, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > Thank you for the 542th "Seconded." on this proposal. We don't even need to > > vote any more :-) > > Seriously, could we have this change without voting? No. An

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > No. And that's a good thing. Actually, *if* each and every developer formally seconds the resolution, I think the secretary could forego the actual voting procedure as blatantly obvious. -- * Sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from tech

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread Bastian Venthur
On 02.08.2007 17:12 schrieb Kalle Kivimaa: > Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> No. And that's a good thing. > > Actually, *if* each and every developer formally seconds the > resolution, I think the secretary could forego the actual voting > procedure as blatantly obvious. I think ev

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 05:25:33PM +0200, Bastian Venthur wrote: > On 02.08.2007 17:12 schrieb Kalle Kivimaa: > > Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> No. And that's a good thing. > > > > Actually, *if* each and every developer formally seconds the > > resolution, I think the secretary

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Kalle Kivimaa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (02/08/2007): > Actually, *if* each and every developer formally seconds the > resolution, I think the secretary could forego the actual voting > procedure as blatantly obvious. ``Seconding a GR'' = ``Voting in favour of a GR''? I don't think so. Cheers, -- Cyr

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Joerg Jaspert [Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:41:44 +0200]: > Ok, they may hurt the secretary, Manoj will have a fun time listing all > of us seconders. :) Nothing prevents him from just choosing the first 5 seconds, or 5 at random, TTBOMK. -- Adeodato Simó dato at ne

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 11099 March 1977, Holger Levsen wrote: >> Thank you for the 542th "Seconded." on this proposal. We don't even need to >> vote any more :-) > Seriously, could we have this change without voting? Sure, if everyone with a key in the current keyring, ie. including those MIA, sends a "seconded" (a

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 11099 March 1977, Raphael Hertzog wrote: >> Seconded. > Thank you for the 542th "Seconded." on this proposal. We don't even need to > vote any more :-) > That said, once we reached the 5 DD who seconded (+2/3 more just to be > sure in case of bad signatures), it doesn't bring much to send furth

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:25:33 +0200, Bastian Venthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 02.08.2007 17:12 schrieb Kalle Kivimaa: >> Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> No. And that's a good thing. >> >> Actually, *if* each and every developer formally seconds the >> resolution, I think the

Re: The Debian Maintainers GR

2007-08-02 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 10:44:00AM +0200, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > Anyway, now Rperl-lover can upload the package on his own, but as a pure > perl robot, he is bound to fuck up. After a year, *you* will need to > kick him to understand how SONAMEs work :) And yet I'm speaking in favor of th

Re: The Debian Maintainers GR

2007-08-02 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 10:44:00AM +0200, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: >> Anyway, now Rperl-lover can upload the package on his own, but as a pure >> perl robot, he is bound to fuck up. After a year, *you* will need to >> kick him to understand how SONA

Re: The Debian Maintainers GR

2007-08-02 Thread David Nusinow
On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 01:36:06AM +0200, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > The problems I fear stem from the fact that the DM proposal *changes* > the system we are used to. The advantage of having Debian Maintainers is > that they don't need to go through a sponsor every time, in other words > redu

Re: On the "Debian Maintainers" GR

2007-08-02 Thread Russ Allbery
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So far, the only arguments I've seen of that type are "I don't want to > be associated with the project but I still want to maintain Debian > packages" and "I don't want to go through the NM process just to > maintain a single package." I'm sympathetic s

Final call for votes for "GR: Endorse the concept of Debian Maintainers"

2007-08-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, A couple of days before the end of the vote, we have 305 valid votes from 288 unique voters (out of a total of 1035). manoj Voting period starts 00:00:01 UTC on Sunday,22nd Jul 2007 Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC on Saturday, 04th Aug 2007 The fo

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-02 Thread Andreas Barth
* Wouter Verhelst ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070802 16:52]: > On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 03:37:15PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Thursday 02 August 2007 14:26, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > > Thank you for the 542th "Seconded." on this proposal. We don't even need > > > to > > > vote any mo