Question to Jonathan: What did you Mean

2021-03-25 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Bart" == Bart Martens writes: Bart> On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 11:53:23PM +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote: >> On this particular issue, I feel it's better that individual >> developers go and make their voices heard. Bart> Thank you Jonathan! I really hope most DDs feel the same

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-03-25 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Roberto" == Roberto C Sánchez writes: Roberto> Given the rush to shorten the discussion period and make it Roberto> a simple yes/no vote, it does not seem likely that a Roberto> well-worded statement could be put together, seconded, and Roberto> then discussed. If someone

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-03-25 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Steve" == Steve Langasek writes: Steve> On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 01:59:25PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: >> Why not dispense with the vote and simply have the DPL sign for >> the project? Then at least those who are not in agreement will >> not feel directly targeted, t

Re: Amendment to rms-open-letter GR

2021-03-25 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Sean" == Sean Whitton writes: Sean> The vote to restore Stallman to the board was not unanimous, Sean> and there is some confusion about how the procedure for Sean> elections to the board actually works, so the call to remove Sean> *all* board members does not make sense to

Re: General resolution: ratify https://github.com/rms-open-letter/rms-open-letter.github.io

2021-03-25 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Sruthi" == Sruthi Chandran writes: Sruthi> I propose that instead of signing the said letter, Debian Sruthi> issue a position statement. The text of the statement is Sruthi> adapted from the statements by FSFE and EFF. Sruthi> Text of GR Sruthi> Release a po

Why does Debian Care about the FSF

2021-03-25 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Roberto" == Roberto C Sánchez writes: >> Roberto> Did Richard Stallman make an application to become a Debian Roberto> Maintainer or Debian Developer? It is not clear how Roberto> Richard Stallman is "included" in Debian in such a way that Roberto> it would even make s

Re: General Resolution: Richard Stallman's readmission to the FSF board

2021-03-26 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Dominik" == Dominik George writes: Dominik> With all due respect to everyone who has been offended by Dominik> Richard Stallman, feels oppressed by him, or is negatively Dominik> affected by his views — every single such person has to be Dominik> heard, their fears and sorr

Re: Amendment to GR on RMS rejoining FSF

2021-03-28 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Sruthi" == Sruthi Chandran writes: >> >> Under section 4.1.5 of the constitution, the Developers make the >> following statement: >> >> *Debian’s statement on Richard Stallman rejoining the FSF board* >> >> We at Debian are profoundly disappointed to hear of

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-28 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Jonas" == Jonas Smedegaard writes: Jonas> Quoting Pierre-Elliott Bécue (2021-03-28 20:31:01) >> Le dimanche 28 mars 2021 � 14:04:48+0200, Jonas Smedegaard a >> �crit�: > My involvement in this subthread was when Molly arguing >> that the > accusation was not harmful (using

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-28 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Milan" == Milan Kupcevic writes: Milan> An official Debian statement is not about any particular Milan> individual but about Debian's interests and goals. Yeah, but in general, I find persuading people to change their minds on stuff like this to be a waste of list time. If som

As a Reminder Someone Needs to Call for Vote

2021-04-01 Thread Sam Hartman
As a reminder, we're past the minimum discussion period. At this point, anyone who has proposed or seconded something on the ballot can call for a vote. The secretary may add delay for example so votes start on the weekened. My general opinion is that someone should call for a vote at this point,

What does FD Mean

2021-04-02 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Mathias" == Mathias Behrle writes: Mathias> I don't get that. Is this really common sense that FD Mathias> means/meant "preserve status quo"? For me voting this Mathias> option definitely should mean that further discussion on Mathias> the topic is needed. So, that is the

DD vs DM and debian-vote

2021-04-02 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Salvo" == Salvo Tomaselli writes: >> I sincerely think debian-vote should be read-only for non-DDs Salvo> because this person is not a DD (afaict) and is just Salvo> polluting our list with such non-sense. Salvo> There are non-DD people who maintain more packages and wi

Re: What does FD Mean

2021-04-02 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Mathias" == Mathias Behrle writes: >> But for a two option situation, option A do the thing and option >> B FD, FD probably does map to no fairly well. Mathias> I would really like to avoid this situation, where FD is Mathias> expected to leave room for such wide interpret

Re: What does FD Mean

2021-04-03 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Timo" == Timo Röhling writes: Timo> * Mathias Behrle [2021-04-03 10:22]: >> [ ] Further discussion [ ] Do nothing, leave the question >> unresolved [ ] None of the above Timo> The way I see it, all these have the same consequence for a Timo> vote (that is, none of the

Re: What does FD Mean

2021-04-08 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Adrian" == Adrian Bunk writes: I don't know. I can totally believe that someone wouldn't quite have the stomach to actually say that they prefer more discussion of systemd. I actually think 1--- is a reasonable vote. And yes, I understand you are not expressing a preference between

Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-09 Thread Sam Hartman
On another list, there was discussion of the DPL encouraging the secretary to make the vote on the rms GR secret. I'll let the DPL speak for his own position. A bit of background. There has been increasing harassment of people based on what they are expected to vote on the rms gr. People on bot

Re: What does FD Mean

2021-04-12 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Adrian" == Adrian Bunk writes: Adrian> My suggestion would help people to make full use of their Adrian> vote by forcing them to rank all options. Adrian> Equal ranking is still possible, it would not remove your Adrian> freedom to rank any number of options equally. I'd

Re: What does FD Mean

2021-04-12 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Gunnar" == Gunnar Wolf writes: Gunnar> I would not like to remove the expressive option of stating Gunnar> '-' as a synonym to "below all other options". We are in agreement. However, I think Adrian has made a point that there are some non-obvious consequences if you don't fully r

Re: General Resolution: Statement regarding Richard Stallman's readmission to the FSF board result

2021-04-19 Thread Sam Hartman
I'm writing to present an alternate interpretation--the one under which I think our voting system is doing a good job of choosing among complex ballots in the last couple elections. I think we need voting reform around how the amendment process works and managing discussion time, but I am very hap

Re: Re: General Resolution: Statement regarding Richard Stallman's readmission to the FSF board result

2021-04-19 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Barak" == Barak A Pearlmutter writes: Barak> The Schwartz set resolution algorithm is absolutely best of Barak> breed. But there's an old saying in computer science: garbage Barak> in, garbage out. Barak> If we look at the actual ballots, it's really Barak> interesti

Re: General Resolution: Statement regarding Richard Stallman's readmission to the FSF board result

2021-04-20 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Jonas" == Jonas Smedegaard writes: Jonas> Quoting Barak A. Pearlmutter (2021-04-20 16:12:16) Jonas> Maybe it makes sense to e.g. add a friendly notice in the Jonas> voting confirmation email when not all voting power is used. Jonas> But there is already a lot of text surro

Re: General Resolution: Statement regarding Richard Stallman's readmission to the FSF board result

2021-04-21 Thread Sam Hartman
>>>>> "Barak" == Barak A Pearlmutter writes: Barak> On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 at 16:35, Sam Hartman wrote: >> I think we need voting reform around how the amendment process >> works and managing discussion time ... ... Preferences can be &g

Re: General Resolution: Statement regarding Richard Stallman's readmission to the FSF board result

2021-04-22 Thread Sam Hartman
>>>>> "Barak" == Barak A Pearlmutter writes: Barak> On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 at 16:57, Sam Hartman wrote: >> That's a big jump, and I don't think I agree. At least not when >> you phrase it that way. Why should my preference matter le

Re: General Resolution: Statement regarding Richard Stallman's readmission to the FSF board result

2021-04-22 Thread Sam Hartman
>>>>> "Bdale" == Bdale Garbee writes: Bdale> Sam Hartman writes: >> The math certainly helps. We can easily see that even if we >> think that kind of strategic exploration is not an abuse, it >> clearly would be an abuse if so

Re: Draft proposal for resolution process changes

2021-09-28 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: Russ> Procedurally, I don't believe we should automatically start a Russ> GR because I think there's benefit to going through the normal Russ> GR process. For example, who is the proposer of the GR for Russ> the purposes of making subsequent ba

Re: Draft proposal for resolution process changes

2021-09-28 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: Russ> I don't recall the "when the outcome is no longer in doubt" Russ> provision having been a problem in the past, so I admit my Russ> bias is towards fixing the wording but maintaining the current Russ> process. I'm not sure there's a need f

Re: Draft proposal for resolution process changes

2021-09-28 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Felix" == Felix Lechner writes: Felix> The constitution's projection of hardened confrontation Felix> entails a terrible reflexivity: A 3:1 supermajority leaves no Felix> gray area. There is no gentle nudge and no room for Felix> measurement. The maintainer was so wrong, fi

Re: Draft proposal for resolution process changes

2021-09-29 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Bdale" == Bdale Garbee writes: Bdale> Russ Allbery writes: >> The process I'm proposing arguably favors the opposite side from >> my own in the TC decision that primarily prompted this change and >> would have prevented the process that indeed happened. Bdale>...

Re: Draft proposal for resolution process changes

2021-09-29 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: Russ> I've been thinking about this because I like the idea in Russ> theory but can't see how to make it work in the process Russ> without introducing new problems including tactical voting Russ> issues. I have also been wondering why it would

[Sam Hartman] Re: Draft proposal for resolution process change (v2)

2021-10-10 Thread Sam Hartman
Russ pointed out that I sent my message of support for the current language about discussion timing only to him. That's not very useful in terms of judging consensus, so here it is for the list. Start of forwarded message From: Sam Hartman To:

Re: Opposing strict time limits

2021-10-23 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst writes: Wouter> I hear and agree with the argument against such a procedure; Wouter> having a way to delay the vote which everyone can trigger Wouter> opens the system up to abuse, which could allow the vote to Wouter> be delayed indefinitely if fo

Re: Opposing strict time limits

2021-10-24 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst writes: Wouter> However, the problem I see with strict timings that cannot Wouter> be extended in any possible scenario is that we may end up Wouter> with a situation where one option cannot be fleshed out Wouter> entirely due to lack of time. I th

Re: Opposing strict time limits

2021-10-25 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Nikolaus" == Nikolaus Rath writes: Nikolaus> On Oct 22 2021, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >> I also believe that a ballot with options that were written by >> people who do not support that option will usually result in a >> cluttered ballot, with various options that are almost

Re: Opposing strict time limits

2021-11-02 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst writes: Wouter> Can you shed some light on your opinion here? I've tried to Wouter> build an option that I hope can achieve some form of Wouter> consensus, and I would like to know whether I have succeeded Wouter> in doing so. I don't think I'll c

Re: Opposing strict time limits

2021-11-03 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: Russ> This analysis is very sensitive to the percentage of people in Russ> the minority who would be willing to delay the vote. I think Russ> a more likely number (probably still too high) would be at Russ> most 10% of the voters (a quarter of

Re: Renaming the FTP Masters

2021-11-04 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Timo" == Timo Röhling writes: Timo> I am fine with any name on which the FTP masters and the DPL Timo> can agree, including the current one. I would also happily Timo> ratify their choice via GR if they felt that the whole project Timo> should have a say. What I do not want

Re: Draft GR for resolution process changes

2021-11-08 Thread Sam Hartman
Charles> - About the sponsors, if there are too many, then the Charles> proposer is more at risk to face vetos when accepting Charles> amendments. (I write that as I accepted major changes as Charles> the proposer of a GR option some years ago.) Would it make Charles> sense t

Re: Towards more GRs

2021-11-08 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Felix" == Felix Lechner writes: Felix> Hi, Felix> On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 2:45 PM Joerg Jaspert wrote: >> >> I am pretty sure that was a 100% calculated move to go directly >> to this. Felix> It was impromptu. The mail was intentional only in the sense Felix>

Do we want to Handle Secret Ballots in the same GR as Voting Changes

2021-11-08 Thread Sam Hartman
Russ made a final call for informal discussion. I'd like to ask the community whether we'd like to handle secret ballots now, or in a separate GR. The rationale for handling things now is that we can get it done with and if a controversial GR comes up, we'll have the option of secret ballots if

Re: Draft GR for resolution process changes

2021-11-08 Thread Sam Hartman
>>>>> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: Russ> Sam Hartman writes: Charles> - About the sponsors, if there are too many, then the Charles> proposer is more at risk to face vetos when accepting Charles> amendments. (I write that as I accep

Re: Do we want to Handle Secret Ballots in the same GR as Voting Changes

2021-11-08 Thread Sam Hartman
Holger> all of this and additionally personally I'd also find it Holger> disrespectful to hijack/piggyback (on) Russ' work. I'm frustrated reading this message because it sounds like you've jumped to the assumption that I'm hijacking Russ's work without coordinating with him. I don't thi

Re: Do we want to Handle Secret Ballots in the same GR as Voting Changes

2021-11-10 Thread Sam Hartman
>>>>> "Carsten" == Carsten Leonhardt writes: Carsten> FTR, I'd also prefer a separate GR. Since no one prefers combining these efforts, let's come back to secret ballots after Russ's resolution is resolved. Carsten> Sam Hartman wri

Re: Draft GR for resolution process changes

2021-11-12 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Timo" == Timo Röhling writes: Timo> I must say I find your reasoning convincing. A certain Timo> stability of ballot options is desirable, and as our voting Timo> scheme does not suffer from spoiler effects, we can afford to Timo> keep the odd stale option. Besides, as you p

Re: Draft GR for resolution process changes

2021-11-18 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Charles" == Charles Plessy writes: Charles> One last question: in some complex GRs there were Charles> discussions about problems caused by mixing 1:1 and 3:1 Charles> majority options, which frankly speaking I could not Charles> undertand because I never studied our Condorc

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-11-20 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: Russ> I propose the following General Resolution, which will require Russ> a 3:1 majority, and am seeking sponsors. I second your proposed GR regarding voting systems improvements and do not object to the minor change Philip pointed out and you accep

Re: Waiting for the voting vote to finish... :-)

2021-11-23 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Steve" == Steve McIntyre writes: Steve> Hey folks, I've got something else to talk about Steve> (firmware!!), but I'll wait until this current discussion and Steve> vote is finished before I start. Let's not overload people. would you be willing to let peb and I propose the se

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (2021-11-25 revision)

2021-11-26 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: Russ> Here is an updated version of my proposal, which incorporates Russ> the formal amendment to change the default option for TC Russ> resolutions to also be "None of the above" and fixes two Russ> typos. I still support this and my second s

Re: Possible fourth ballot option

2021-11-29 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: Russ> Wouter Verhelst writes: >> On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 08:55:19PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: >>> Instead of the quite complex procedure proposed by Wouter, >>> couldn't we patch the DPL's power to increase or decrease the >>> the disc

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (2021-11-25 revision)

2021-12-01 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: >>> 7. Proposing a general resolution. >>> >>> When the Technical Committee proposes a general resolution or a >>> ballot option in a general resolution to the project under point >>> 4.2.1, it may delegate the authority to withdraw, amend,

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (corrected)

2021-12-02 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst writes: Wouter> Hi Kurt, Wouter> On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 at 06:45:24PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: Wouter> It was always my intent that the discussion time can be kept Wouter> alive as long as it has not yet expired, but that it cannot Wouter> be r

Re: GR: Change the resolution process (2021-11-25 revision)

2021-12-09 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: Russ> Apologies for not having followed up on this message yet. I Russ> got rather busy with non-Debian things for a bit. Russ> To provide a status update, I think Kurt identified several Russ> significant issues and we need another revision.

Re: General Resolution: Change the resolution process: First call for votes

2022-01-17 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Andreas" == Andreas Beckmann writes: Andreas> What is "Russ' proposal"? My first thought was: Why is Andreas> this making a reference to something from the previous Andreas> discussion period without explicitly stating it? You are correct that Russ's proposal is Choice 1.

Secret Ballots: Handling Disagreement with the Secretary

2022-01-29 Thread Sam Hartman
Hi, everyone. Now that we have concluded deciding our GR procedure, I'd like to come back to the question of secret ballots that we decided to defer from the last round. As a reminder, that discussion started at https://lists.debian.org/tslilx2fuo8@suchdamage.org In <87a6ic6wl1@arioch.

Re: Secret Ballots: Handling Disagreement with the Secretary

2022-01-29 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Jean-Philippe" == Jean-Philippe MENGUAL writes: Jean-Philippe> secret vote does not make part of them, if I remember Jean-Philippe> correctly the constitution and the debate, so the Jean-Philippe> debate was about intrepreting the text about this. The specific question that ros

Re: Secret Ballots: Handling Disagreement with the Secretary

2022-02-04 Thread Sam Hartman
ut who it gets delegated to by default. I would trust the TC chair with the advice of the secretary and DPL to find someone to run that vote. >>>>> "don" == Don Armstrong writes: Don> On Sat, 29 Jan 2022, Sam Hartman wrote: >> So, to be specifi

Re: Waiting for the voting vote to finish... :-)

2022-02-10 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Steve" == Steve McIntyre writes: Steve> Hey Sam, I hope you're well! Steve> Any progress on that please? Yeah, I started a thread back on January 29 to focus on the big open issue we discovered before deciding to defer things in the first round. I think as of last Friday, we have

Re: Secret Ballots: Handling Disagreement with the Secretary

2022-02-10 Thread Sam Hartman
ong writes: Don> On Fri, 04 Feb 2022, Sam Hartman wrote: >> I see two ways of reading section 4.1.7: >> >> 1) If the DPL and secretary disagree on any issue then the >> project can replace the secretary. >> >> 2) If the DPL and s

Secret Ballots: How Secret

2022-02-13 Thread Sam Hartman
TL;DR: I'm proposing that the way we handle DPL elections today is a good start for what secret means. Holger asked what I meant by secret. He asked that in a thread discussing stuff related to the project secretary, and I didn't think an answer belonged there. So I'm starting a separate threa

Re: Secret Ballots: How Secret

2022-02-13 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Holger" == Holger Levsen writes: >> He asked that in a thread discussing stuff related to the project >> secretary, and I didn't think an answer belonged there. Holger> However that thread has 'secret ballots' in it's subject, so Holger> I still find it very relevant to th

Informal Discussion: Identities of Voters Casting a Particular Ballot are No Longer Public

2022-02-13 Thread Sam Hartman
This starts informal discussion of a proposed general resolution to amend the constitution. I am not seeking sponsors at this time. Comments including support or alternatives are welcome. I think this is mature enough to seek review from the secretary. Rationale = During the vote for

Re: Informal Discussion: Identities of Voters Casting a Particular Ballot are No Longer Public

2022-02-13 Thread Sam Hartman
Russ, and others who cared about the issue. I wanted to draw your attention to how I'm proposing to approach who runs the vote for secretary overrides. In general I'm proposing that the chair of the TC make the decision of who acts as secretary for that vote. The rationale there is that they ar

Re: Informal Discussion: Identities of Voters Casting a Particular Ballot are No Longer Public

2022-02-13 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Don" == Don Armstrong writes: Don> If we make all votes secret we should require that the voting Don> system used enables voters to validate that their vote was Don> correctly recorded and tabulated in the final vote count. Note that our current constitution does not require thi

Re: Secret Ballots: How Secret

2022-02-14 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: Russ> [*] I do want to acknowledge, however, that having the Russ> *capability* for verification even if almost no one uses it Russ> routinely does provide real protection against shenanigans, Russ> since it means should anyone suspect shenaniga

Re: Informal Discussion: Identities of Voters Casting a Particular Ballot are No Longer Public

2022-02-14 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Don" == Don Armstrong writes: Don> We should also enable independent tabulation,[1] which you get Don> automatically when votes are not secret. [Devotee enables this Don> currently as well, but future non-devotee systems might not.] I think the following text already in the con

Re: Informal Discussion: Identities of Voters Casting a Particular Ballot are No Longer Public

2022-02-14 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Don" == Don Armstrong writes: Don> Without minimizing the totally unacceptable harassment that Don> occurred, all three of you seconded the proposals and were Don> significantly more visible than a voter listed on the tally Don> page. My suspicion is that if Debian had mad

Re: FYI, Secret Ballots Proposal is Likely to Die for Lack of Support

2022-02-16 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Richard" == Richard Laager writes: Richard> Your secret ballots proposal had some other procedural Richard> housekeeping bits in it, like dealing with overrides for Richard> the secretary. How do you feel about the consensus on that? I think we're fairly close to a proposal th

Re: Informal Discussion: Identities of Voters Casting a Particular Ballot are No Longer Public

2022-02-17 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Bill" == Bill Blough writes: Okay, this message spoke to me powerfully. I'm now in the strongly supporting this proposal camp, rather than the hey I think this is a good idea and I'll do the leg work because it's a way I can help out promote a good idea. For me, even one person saying tha

Re: Secret Ballots: How Secret

2022-02-17 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Bill" == Bill Allombert writes: You are absolutely right. And in fact Don proposes to embody a requirement in the constitution that would prevent plausible deniability in favor of allowing voters to confirm their votes were counted. And yet, we've been living with this trade off for DPL

Re: Informal Discussion: Identities of Voters Casting a Particular Ballot are No Longer Public

2022-02-18 Thread Sam Hartman
I hear where people are coming from, when they talk about not wanting to bundle things, but do not plan to conduct multiple votes. Fortunately, especially under the constitutional amendment we just passed, others who want us to act differently have the flexibility to argue for that. One of the

Second Round: Informal Discussion of Proposal to Hide Identities of Developers Casting a Particular Vote

2022-02-20 Thread Sam Hartman
Hi. Here's an updated proposal based on discussion so far. The changes were the ones I said I'd make Thursday: 1) include secretary decisions in the list of decisions that can be put on hold. 2) Attempt to address Don's concerns regarding independent verification of the tally and verification b

Re: Second Round: Informal Discussion of Proposal to Hide Identities of Developers Casting a Particular Vote

2022-02-20 Thread Sam Hartman
Here's a diff to the rationale section: Rationale = @@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ would require sufficient support in the project but would not require another constitutional amendment. This proposal relies on the secretary's existing power to decide how votes are conducted. During discussion we r

Re: Second Round: Informal Discussion of Proposal to Hide Identities of Developers Casting a Particular Vote

2022-02-21 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: If other people would like to see the option allowing secretary decisions to be placed on hold removed, I will remove it. The specific class of decisions that are related to the rest of the proposal are unlikely to need to be placed on hold. Russ> Maybe "

Re: Second Round: Informal Discussion of Proposal to Hide Identities of Developers Casting a Particular Vote

2022-02-22 Thread Sam Hartman
TL;DR: I propose to unbundle the idea of putting secretary decisions on-hold from my proposal. I believe that will resolve Russ's concern. > "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: Russ> Yes. All of these problems are pre-existing, so maybe this is Russ> really a topic for a different GR.

GR: Hide Identities of Developers Casting a Particular Vote

2022-02-23 Thread Sam Hartman
I propose the followiwng general resolution, which will require a 3:1 super majority to pass. I'm seeking sponsors for this resolution. Rationale = During the vote for GR_2021_002o, several developers said they were uncomfortable voting because under the process at that time, their name

Re: GR: Hide Identities of Developers Casting a Particular Vote

2022-02-23 Thread Sam Hartman
I wanted to give a diff from what I published as the second round to what I formally proposed. The changes should be removal of the text about putting secretary decisions on hold and some indentation fixes in the rationale. @@ -40,22 +40,20 @@ Summary of Changes outcome requires a 3:1 majori

Re: GR: Hide Identities of Developers Casting a Particular Vote

2022-02-23 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Pierre-Elliott" == Pierre-Elliott Bécue writes: Pierre-Elliott> I sponsor the resolution quoted below. I haven't gone and checked signatures, but unless someone's signature is bad or something, I think that gives us more than enough sponsors. --Sam

Re: Ballot option 2 - Merely hide Identities of Developers Casting a Particular Vote and allow verification

2022-02-23 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Judit" == Judit Foglszinger writes: Judit> Give the opportunity to vote for secret voting without Judit> needing to additionally vote for unrelated/only slightly Judit> related constitution changes; for example for the change of Judit> mode of voting from email to somethin

Re: Ballot option 2 - Merely hide Identities of Developers Casting a Particular Vote and allow verification

2022-02-23 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Martin" == Martin Michlmayr writes: Yes, I think 3) and 4) are much more important in hidden votes. Even without 2, the constitution gives the secretary significant flexibility in how the voting system is set up. With hidden votes, several of us believe it is more likely that people coul

Re: Amendment: Keep e-mail while allowing other options in addition [Re: GR: Hide Identities of Developers Casting a Particular Vote]

2022-02-25 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Don" == Don Armstrong writes: Don> Rationale: e-mail should continue to be an option for casting Don> votes even while alternative methods of casting ballots might Don> also be allowed. I'm supportive of a change here, and let's see if we can work out something that we both li

Re: Amendment: Keep e-mail while allowing other options in addition [Re: GR: Hide Identities of Developers Casting a Particular Vote]

2022-02-27 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Don" == Don Armstrong writes: >> However, I don't think it should take a 3:1 super majority to >> change how we collect votes. Don> I don't want it to take a 3:1 majority to add additional Don> methods (web based, I'm presuming), but I think not allowing a Don> signed

Re: Ballot option 2 - Merely hide Identities of Developers Casting a Particular Vote and allow verification

2022-02-27 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: Russ> I completely agree with separating *unrelated* changes, but Russ> the whole point of this discussion is that some folks believe Russ> the changes are closely related, to the extent that one of the Russ> changes may not be desirable unless

Draft Amendment for Rationale Section

2022-03-02 Thread Sam Hartman
I'd like to update the rationale section of my GR to fix a typo and to better explain the differences between this option and other ballot options. If sponsors of my option do not have comments I intend to formally amend my option tomorrow. Sponsors would then have an additional 24-hours to obje

Re: Draft Amendment for Rationale Section

2022-03-02 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Sean" == Sean Whitton writes: Sean> Could we have a diff, please? --- /tmp/old2022-03-02 16:48:23.358673871 -0700 +++ /tmp/new2022-03-02 16:48:00.945961500 -0700 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Rationale = -During the vote for GR_2021_002o, several developers said they were + Duri

Amendment to GR Option 1: Hide Identities of Developers Casting a Particular Vote

2022-03-03 Thread Sam Hartman
I hereby amend the ballot option I proposed using the procedure in Constitution section A.1. My understanding is that this amendment replaces my ballot option unless one of the sponsors objects. There are two changes. The first is the change to rationale I sent out yesterday. The second is to i

Re: Amendment to GR Option 1: Hide Identities of Developers Casting a Particular Vote

2022-03-04 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Ansgar" == Ansgar writes: Ansgar> Would removing the trailing space introduced by these Ansgar> changes require a separate GR? There are also other similar Ansgar> inconsistencies, e.g., one space vs. two spaces after a Ansgar> period. There are a number of cases where y

Lynx is not Accessibility

2022-03-07 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Thorsten" == Thorsten Glaser writes: >> At the same time it relaxes the requirement that the secretary >> must conduct a vote via email. There are no current plans to >> move away from Thorsten> This is a very bad idea. Hi. Several of the issues you brig up are legitimat

Re: Ballot option 2 - Merely hide Identities of Developers Casting a Particular Vote and allow verification

2022-03-07 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Judit" == Judit Foglszinger writes: >> I think it would be clearer to add "that" between "confirm" and >> "their": >> >> {+ public, but developers will be given an option to confirm that >> their vote is included in the votes+} cast. Judit> I agree. It makes this

Re: Ballot option 2 - Merely hide Identities of Developers Casting a Particular Vote and allow verification

2022-03-12 Thread Sam Hartman
>>>>> "Kurt" == Kurt Roeckx writes: Kurt> On Mon, Mar 07, 2022 at 03:12:57PM -0700, Sam Hartman wrote: >> >>>>> "Judit" == Judit Foglszinger writes: >> >> >> I think it would be clearer to add "

Re: To all candidates: Debian and people with disabilities

2022-03-22 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Jonathan" == Jonathan Carter writes: Jonathan> I installed a Jitsi server for Debian (it's a system for Jonathan> making group video calls), and was really proud that we Jonathan> had this... until we had some blind people join some calls Jonathan> and learned how utterly in

Re: Question to all candidates: registering Debian as an organization

2022-03-24 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Richard" == Richard Laager writes: Richard> On 3/20/22 07:10, Felix Lechner wrote: >> If we accidentally formed a General Partnership, as has been >> suggested elsewhere Richard> Yes, that would be really dumb for a number of reasons. The problem is that at least in the U

Re: Results for Voting secrecy

2022-03-28 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Kurt" == Kurt Roeckx writes: >> It inadvertently weakened the constitutional protection against >> changes to the constitution. Kurt> I currently fail to see how it does. I think Felix's point is that if we had choice 1, 2 and Nota, People who preferred option 3 would vote

Re: Question to all candidates: GDPR compliance review

2022-04-01 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Adrian" == Adrian Bunk writes: Adrian> Your "services" approach does not work for the non-trivial Adrian> cases where Debian might be a (joint) controller of personal Adrian> data. Adrian> The Debian Community Team promises confidentiality regarding Adrian> personal inf

Re: General Resolution: Liquidate donated assets as soon as possible

2022-06-20 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Milan" == Milan Kupcevic writes: Milan> Pollo, Milan> I trust your best intention but I hold that these decisions Milan> should be worked out by the Project Leader and/or appointed Milan> delegates in coordination with TOs and with help of qualified Milan> advisers. Th

Re: On community and conflicts

2023-03-16 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Roberto" == Roberto C Sánchez writes: Roberto> I'm afraid that you miss the point. I specifically chose Roberto> flat earth, & co., as a contrast. My position is that we Roberto> are all adults, capable of deciding for ourselves and that, Roberto> absent some behavior that

Re: Call for vote: public statement about the EU Legislation "Cyber Resilience Act and Product Liability Directive"

2023-11-18 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Bart" == Bart Martens writes: Bart> On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 02:52:31PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: >> I wonder if we should have something like "Free software >> development by nonprofit organizations" somewhere. Bart> Are we now drawing a line between profit and nonprofi

Re: Call for vote: public statement about the EU Legislation "Cyber Resilience Act and Product Liability Directive"

2023-11-18 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Bart" == Bart Martens writes: >> >> * A commercial company writes free-software that for all >> practical purposes can be used only for access to their >> proprietary web service. I'd rather not allow arguments about >> whether a flaw is on the web service side or the

Re: Candidates question: politics and Debian

2024-03-10 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Thomas" == Thomas Koch writes: Thomas> A question to DPL candidates Generally we mwait until the campaining period for questions to the candidates. I mean it's a list, you can post to it whenever, but those conventions do help us.

Re: Question to candidates: what are your quantitative diversity goals and metrics?

2024-03-28 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Roberto" == Roberto C Sánchez writes: Roberto> I can infer that you likely view the current ratio of around 3% women Roberto> (33/1004) and around 96% men ((1004-33)/1004) [0] (and, yes, I recognize Roberto> that this does not account for gender minority individuals, but I wa

Re: Question to all candidates: Bits from the DPL?

2024-04-03 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Andreas" == Andreas Tille writes: Andreas> I was told in private that a daily log in Git might be a bit tough but Andreas> I hope to manage. I consider it a good preparation for the monthly Bits. I think I recall inheriting some infrastructure from Chris for maintaining some DPL

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