On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 09:24:29PM +, Joseph Nahmias wrote:
> Hello Steve, Luk, and Zak!
Argh, "Zack", with 'c' and 'k' :-) SCNR
> Having just particpated in the latest SPI board meeting, I've
> learned that The Debian Project currently has over 125k USD in
> reserve. This amount (even setti
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 05:39:38PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> > "Collaborative maintenance should not be mandatory (we do have
> > several very efficient one-man-band developers), but should be our
> > default".
> What I would do if the times will come, is to get in touch with NM
> people.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:59:44PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> 3 - Should these decisions be made by the DPL acting alone, or
> should that be left to the project membership deciding
> collectively?
I believe the decision should remain, as the default, a DPL priorit
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 05:39:38PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
>>> "Collaborative maintenance should not be mandatory (we do have
>>> several very efficient one-man-band developers), but should be our
>>> default".
>
>> What I would do if the times will come, is to
Joseph Nahmias wrote:
> Hello Steve, Luk, and Zack!
Hi Joseph
> Having just particpated in the latest SPI board meeting, I've learned
> that The Debian Project currently has over 125k USD in reserve. This
> amount (even setting aside the recent 30k debconf9 sponsorship by HP)
> seems to be at a
On 20/03/09 at 11:50 +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> Other potential usages of Debian moneys are bounties, to which I'm not
> opposed in principle. However, they should obey to very specific
> rules. The first one is that no one already contributing to Debian
> should be authorized to pick them
Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 18 2009, Joseph Nahmias wrote:
>
>
>> 1 - What is an appropriate reserve level for the project?
>>
>> 2 - How should funds above that level be allocated?
>
> 3 - Should these decisions be made by the DPL acting alone, or
> should that
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 09:24:29PM +, Joseph Nahmias wrote:
>> 2 - How should funds above that level be allocated?
> Other potential usages of Debian moneys are bounties, to which I'm not
> opposed in principle. However, they should obey to very specific
> rule
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:42:11PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> This raises the question of bounties sponsored by companies to do
> Debian development. Of course, the DPL can't prevent companies from
> offering money to do Debian work. However, as a DPL (or 2IC), will
> you actively seek such spo
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 01:26:08PM +0100, Luk Claes wrote:
> I don't think bounties are the answer. I agree however that money
> could possibly be spent on tasks where we find no volunteer for.
Which is my precise position (look at the two conditions I've posed)
... or else I'm not getting the dis
Hi Charles,
Apologies for the delay in responding: I've been ill (as *always*
seems to happen around the DPL election period) and then had a funeral
to attend today. I hope next week is better...!
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:13:30AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
>
>Our Consitution suggests a strong
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 01:19:27PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
>Dear Stefano, Steve and Luk,
Hi again Charles!
>I like a lot Stefano's statement about collaborative maintainance:
>"Collaborative maintenance should not be mandatory (we do have several very
>efficient one-man-band developers), but
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 09:24:29PM +, Joseph Nahmias wrote:
>Hello Steve, Luk, and Zak!
Hi Joseph!
>Having just particpated in the latest SPI board meeting, I've learned
>that The Debian Project currently has over 125k USD in reserve. This
>amount (even setting aside the recent 30k debconf9
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:59:44PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>
> 3 - Should these decisions be made by the DPL acting alone, or
> should that be left to the project membership deciding
> collectively?
Hi Manoj,
For many of the expenses, I'm happy to leave it up to the
Hey Lucas,
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:42:11PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
>
>This raises the question of bounties sponsored by companies to do Debian
>development. Of course, the DPL can't prevent companies from offering
>money to do Debian work. However, as a DPL (or 2IC), will you actively
>see
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