Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-12 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 10:14:23AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 05:46:15PM +0100, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: So you suggest to just ignore In each case the usual maintainer of the relevant software or documentation makes decisions initially? The TC has the authority to

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-11 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 03:13:36PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: package maintenance is not something that I believe it's in the purview of the DPL to delegate. I have to agree with this part. I think this is a power that belongs to the developers. I think that in such delegation the policy

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-10 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le dimanche, 9 février 2014, 13.02:21 Steve Langasek a écrit : On Sun, Feb 09, 2014 at 02:07:56PM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: Le vendredi, 7 février 2014, 14.27:25 Steve Langasek a écrit : (…), what I've seen suggests that systemd integration is currently in a state that would

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-09 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 03:13:36PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: I question the whole notion of DPL delegation of policy powers to the policy editors. Can I suggest you start a GR about if you think the DPL is maing decisions he can not make? I also suggest you re-read Neil's text on the

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-09 Thread Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
On 07/02/14 16:43, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: Back then, the gnome maintainers added a dependency on another package, which happened to be providing an /sbin/init. That's plain wrong. Emilio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ctte-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe.

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-09 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le dimanche, 9 février 2014, 12.33:02 Emilio Pozuelo Monfort a écrit : On 07/02/14 16:43, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: Back then, the gnome maintainers added a dependency on another package, which happened to be providing an /sbin/init. That's plain wrong. Fair enough, I was being

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-09 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Michael Gilbert: The logind issue is legitimately blocking some progress, but that only more clearly illustrates the fundamental problem. That logind issue is the one that needs referral to the TC, but no one has done that yet. I don't think so. Gnome wants a logind implementation,

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-09 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 03:30:10PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: I question the whole notion of DPL delegation of policy powers to the policy editors. The power to decide the contents of the debian-policy package follows from their status as package

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-08 Thread Bill Allombert
On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 10:13:52PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 11:04:12AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: Didier 'OdyX' Raboud o...@debian.org writes: Back then, the gnome maintainers added a dependency on another package, which happened to be providing an /sbin/init.

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-08 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 05:45:19PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 10:13:52PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 11:04:12AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: Didier 'OdyX' Raboud o...@debian.org writes: Back then, the gnome maintainers added a dependency

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 06:15:52PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 05:45:19PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 10:13:52PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 11:04:12AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: Didier 'OdyX' Raboud o...@debian.org

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-08 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 02:27:25PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: So I don't think any maintainers should feel blocked on this by the lack of a formal vote; I certainly don't think that the conclusion of the vote is the only blocker for

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-08 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: I question the whole notion of DPL delegation of policy powers to the policy editors. The power to decide the contents of the debian-policy package follows from their status as package maintainers; package maintenance is not something that I believe

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)

2014-02-07 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Hi Kurt, Le jeudi, 6 février 2014, 21.19:36 Kurt Roeckx a écrit : On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 08:38:25PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: I'm guessing that under you're asking for the interpretation of this in 6.1.1: | In each case the usual maintainer of the relevant software or | documentation

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-07 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
On 02/07/2014 17:01, Ian Jackson wrote: Kurt Roeckx writes (Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)): I'm currently of the opinion that gnome made an initial decisions and as reaction to that they are setting policy

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)

2014-02-07 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 04:01:12PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: Kurt Roeckx writes (Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)): I'm currently of the opinion that gnome made an initial decisions and as reaction to that

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)

2014-02-07 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le vendredi, 7 février 2014, 18.47:51 Kurt Roeckx a écrit : Back then, the gnome maintainers added a dependency on another package, which happened to be providing an /sbin/init. This was allowed by the Debian Policy of the time as well as by the Debian archive. The maintainers of the

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-07 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 05:46:15PM +0100, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: If you decide on the init system question first, you could just file a bug against debian-policy and things could go their usual way. Alternatively, the Policy maintainers could defer

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-07 Thread Russ Allbery
Didier 'OdyX' Raboud o...@debian.org writes: Back then, the gnome maintainers added a dependency on another package, which happened to be providing an /sbin/init. This was allowed by the Debian Policy of the time as well as by the Debian archive. The maintainers of the Policy maintainers

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-07 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 05:46:15PM +0100, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: On 02/07/2014 17:01, Ian Jackson wrote: Kurt Roeckx writes (Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)): I'm currently of the opinion that gnome made an

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-07 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le vendredi, 7 février 2014, 11.04:12 Russ Allbery a écrit : Didier 'OdyX' Raboud o...@debian.org writes: Back then, the gnome maintainers added a dependency on another package, which happened to be providing an /sbin/init. This was allowed by the Debian Policy of the time as well as by the

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-07 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 11:04:12AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: Didier 'OdyX' Raboud o...@debian.org writes: Back then, the gnome maintainers added a dependency on another package, which happened to be providing an /sbin/init. This was allowed by the Debian Policy of the time as well as by

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-07 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Fri, 2014-02-07 at 13:22 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 07:44:31PM +0100, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: The Policy maintainers are the maintainers of the policy document, they are not maintainers of the relevant software in

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-07 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 10:05:47PM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: I keep thinking that bundling the default init decision with ruling on what software dependencies are allowed in Debian packs two quite different issues, allows (or features, one could say) tactical voting and has, in

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-07 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 02:27:25PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: So I don't think any maintainers should feel blocked on this by the lack of a formal vote; I certainly don't think that the conclusion of the vote is the only blocker for switching the default init system in jessie today [..] We

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-07 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Hi, Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: Quite frankly, given that all members of the TC have by this point weighed in with their preference on the systemd vs. upstart question and these preferences can be tallied by hand, I don't think there should be any doubt as to how the vote on that

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)

2014-02-06 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Sorry for yet-another-mail on that (long-lasting) bug, but I feel it's important; so feel free to dismiss it if it isn't bringing to the conversation. Le jeudi, 6 février 2014, 16.27:15 Anthony Towns a écrit : Rankings between remaning actual outcomes is: 4x UL DL UT DT (steve,

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)

2014-02-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 10:20:02AM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: L really reads to me like a way to enforce support for all init systems alike (thereby ensuring that the default init gets the same [bad] support) on maintainers and I feel it's too coercitive. I don't interpret L as

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)

2014-02-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Colin Watson writes (Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)): On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 10:20:02AM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: L really reads to me like a way to enforce support for all init systems alike

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 12:05:05PM +0100, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: On 02/06/2014 11:50, Colin Watson wrote: I don't interpret L as meaning that everything must support all init systems, certainly not alike (indeed the text of that option is explicit that it isn't necessarily alike). Rather,

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)

2014-02-06 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le jeudi, 6 février 2014, 10.50:05 Colin Watson a écrit : On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 10:20:02AM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: L really reads to me like a way to enforce support for all init systems alike (thereby ensuring that the default init gets the same [bad] support) on maintainers

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)

2014-02-06 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Didier 'OdyX' Raboud dixit: Now, I think there is currently a shared agreement in Debian that all Debian packages (unless there's a good reason) should run on sysvinit + Linux + amd64 , support outside that is best-effort Eh, no! Debian is the universal OS, and it has quite a number of

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)

2014-02-06 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 01:30:25PM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: Finally, I have hard time seeing under which powers could L be decided by the tech-ctte: the policy team hasn't worked on that (§6.1.1), there is no juridiction overlap that I could see (nor a disagreement about the

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)

2014-02-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Kurt Roeckx writes (Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)): I'm currently of the opinion that gnome made an initial decisions and as reaction to that they are setting policy and that this will be allowed under 6.1.1.

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)

2014-02-06 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 10:20:02AM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: ... Now, I think there is currently a shared agreement in Debian that all Debian packages (unless there's a good reason) should run on sysvinit + Linux + amd64 , support outside that is best-effort sysvinit