On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 17:57 +0200, Robert Lemmen wrote: > there are two reasaons: > - while debian developers might have access to it, it's in a form that > makes it hard to access it, so i doubt that anyone will look up who > is living at some place when he gets there. making this more > accessible is way easier if the one accessing the info doesn't need to > autheticate himself as a developer
If that's the case, we should improve developer access instead of backing your proposal. > - it's not only about keysigning, but mainly about getting to know more > people, preferably from different places. this is very interesting for > everyone, developers, new maintainers and also the many people who > contribute to debian who are not even in the new maintainer queue... Social networking systems exist outside of Debian that do a better job at this. Supporting this is outside of our mandate, and not a good use of our resources. You're as likely to want to get to know people who aren't DD's as who are. How does your proposal address this problem? > i see your point. i actually didn't expect many people to have a problem > with disclosing where they live, but i might have been mistaken... If you were talking about the average person on the street who thinks nothing of sacrificing their privacy in the name of the "War on Terror" (have a look at the polls some time, it's scary,) then yes, most people don't have a problem with this. However, in Debian there is a heightened awareness and sophistication in thinking about privacy issues, so naturally you are going to find plenty of people who would rather err on the side of caution and keep such details as their exact location in the world private. Ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]