Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-05 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 02:51:08PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I stay in constant contact with a wide range of people involved in core > team. Just to give two examples, I'm in regular contact with Matt > Zimmerman (security) and Pascal Hakim (listmaster), but the same go

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 05:27:24PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > I guess it's been decided that Debian doesn't care to stop the bullying > and outrageously abusive language. No; mostly we just file craig sanders' mail in /dev/null. -- - mdz

Re: Final call for votes for future handling of the non free section GR

2004-03-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 10:34:49PM -0600, Debian Project Secretary wrote: > In a little under 24 hours from now, at the time of writing, > the polls shall close for the GR resolving future handling of the > non-free section. At this point, with 433 unique voters, we are still > 21 voter

Re: Branden's Platform in German, Spanish, Italian, and (some) French

2004-03-21 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 08:28:42PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > As I balance, I think we should make it clearer to bug submitters that > > they can re-open bugs and that feedback is encouraged. > > What about where a bug is closed by the

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-04-27 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 12:06:05PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 01:49:12 +1000, Anthony Towns > said: > > I'm sorry, you're mistaken. It was against Andrew's interpretation > > of the social contract. It wasn't against mine, nor to the best of > > It certainly was

Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

2004-04-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 12:44:49PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > I've cc:ed our stable release manager, ftp-masters, and the security > team, in the hopes that they'll offer some insight into their > understanding of their own responsibilities for sarge if this GR passes. My assumption would be

Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

2004-04-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 01:56:40PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 11:20:50AM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 12:44:49PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > > I've cc:ed our stable release manager, ftp-masters, and the s

Re: my platform for Debian Project Leader

2001-02-23 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 01:28:17PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 12:02:42PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > > > I'm offline at the moment and the exact URL escapes me, but this list is > > on www.debian.org and was created about 2 yaers ago. > [...] > > Release mana

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-05 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 02:51:08PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I stay in constant contact with a wide range of people involved in core > team. Just to give two examples, I'm in regular contact with Matt > Zimmerman (security) and Pascal Hakim (listmaster), but the same go

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 05:27:24PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > I guess it's been decided that Debian doesn't care to stop the bullying > and outrageously abusive language. No; mostly we just file craig sanders' mail in /dev/null. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Final call for votes for future handling of the non free section GR

2004-03-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 10:34:49PM -0600, Debian Project Secretary wrote: > In a little under 24 hours from now, at the time of writing, > the polls shall close for the GR resolving future handling of the > non-free section. At this point, with 433 unique voters, we are still > 21 voter

Re: Branden's Platform in German, Spanish, Italian, and (some) French

2004-03-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 08:28:42PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > As I balance, I think we should make it clearer to bug submitters that > > they can re-open bugs and that feedback is encouraged. > > What about where a bug is closed by the

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-04-27 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 12:06:05PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 01:49:12 +1000, Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > I'm sorry, you're mistaken. It was against Andrew's interpretation > > of the social contract. It wasn't against mine, nor to the best of > >

Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

2004-04-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 12:44:49PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > I've cc:ed our stable release manager, ftp-masters, and the security > team, in the hopes that they'll offer some insight into their > understanding of their own responsibilities for sarge if this GR passes. My assumption would be

Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

2004-04-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 01:56:40PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 11:20:50AM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 12:44:49PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > > I've cc:ed our stable release manager, ftp-masters, and the s

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-13 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 11:07:04PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > I suppose most the proposers feel the same. Why they resort to such a > desperate means is something to think about, IMHO. Having thought about it, my conclusion is that they are behaving irrationally. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSC

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-13 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 05:18:34PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > The people actualy putting amd64 on hold are ftpmasters. And I don't think > he can include any discussions with ftpmasters since all the mail sent to > them on this issue made its way into /dev/null. Was that before or after the re

Stop the madness (Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64)

2004-07-13 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 12:51:51AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > So what technical issues are there? And please reply with your ftp-master > hat on. All we hear is "there are issues and ftp-master will post > something soon" but you never say what. Consider the situation from their perspec

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-14 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 06:13:38AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > On mar, 2004-07-13 at 21:41 +0100, James Troup wrote: > > If anyone thinks this GR will actually achieve anything positive, > > they're mistaken. > > Are you trying to say you would work against the decision of the > majority of

Re: Questions for candidate Walther

2005-03-08 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 03:42:17PM +, Matthew Garrett wrote: > It's fair to ask users to upgrade, but it's not fair to ask them to do so > every 6 months. Many organisations will want to spend 6 months testing a > new release before rolling it out. I've no objection to releases every 6 > month

Re: Question to all candidates.

2005-03-11 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 08:27:04PM -0300, Blu Corater wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 11:53:51PM +0100, Romain Francoise wrote: > > Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > How do you see the relation between Debian and Ubuntu in the future? > > > > Note that the LWN article about t

LWN (Re: Question to all candidates.)

2005-03-12 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 09:25:32AM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: > Since October of 2002, HP has sponsored a subscription to LWN for all > interested Debian developers, so this shouldn't be an issue for anyone > eligible to vote in DPL elections. And thanks for that; it's been a great benefit to De

Re: my platform for Debian Project Leader

2001-02-23 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 01:28:17PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 12:02:42PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > > > I'm offline at the moment and the exact URL escapes me, but this list is > > on www.debian.org and was created about 2 yaers ago. > [...] > > Release manag