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

2021-03-24 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Sam Hartman dijo [Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 05:19:09PM -0400]: > I suspect that the issues surrounding the open letter asking rms to step > down and for the FSF board to resign are fairly well understood at this > point. > It's been an ongoing issue. > > I don't think we're going to get much benefit

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-03-24 Thread Daniel Lenharo
Em 24/03/2021 18:53, Jonathan Carter escreveu: I'm comfortable making a statement on behalf of the project if necessary. On this particular issue, I feel it's better that individual developers go and make their voices heard. That said, I will also respect the outcome of the GR and follow it if

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

2021-03-24 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting M dB (2021-03-24 23:55:23) > A few thoughts: > > - I don't like the term "cancel" because I think it doesn't mean much > anymore and is too loaded. Means too little and too much at the same time?!? https://www.dictionary.com/e/pop-culture/cancel-culture/ describes it as a form of

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

2021-03-24 Thread M dB
A few thoughts: - I don't like the term "cancel" because I think it doesn't mean much anymore and is too loaded. Are we discussing a handful of people leaving volunteer positions? Yes. Are we discussing ruining their lives? No. - I think some of us have been very close to the FSF and issues

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-03-24 Thread Martina Ferrari
Isn't it funny how in threads discussing social justice there are always the same opinions coming from the same names, time and time again? One or two more of the usual names and arguments and I fill my bingo card! From: Adam Borowski I'm also disgusted with such hatred towards the

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

2021-03-24 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 12:13:19AM +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote: > On 2021/03/24 23:19, Sam Hartman wrote: > > I suspect that the issues surrounding the open letter asking rms to step > > down and for the FSF board to resign are fairly well understood at this > > point. > > It's been an ongoing

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

2021-03-24 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 3/24/21 10:20 PM, Sam Hartman wrote: > I don't think we're going to get much benefit out of a prolonged > discussion, and I think that there is significant benefit in acting > quickly in this instance. By writing you wish Debian was "acting quickly", you're expressing your opinion about the

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

2021-03-24 Thread Jonathan Carter
On 2021/03/24 23:19, Sam Hartman wrote: > I suspect that the issues surrounding the open letter asking rms to step > down and for the FSF board to resign are fairly well understood at this > point. > It's been an ongoing issue. > > I don't think we're going to get much benefit out of a prolonged

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

2021-03-24 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 3/24/21 10:00 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > Under 4.1.5 of the Constitution, the developers by way of GR are the body > who has the power to issue nontechnical statements. > > https://github.com/rms-open-letter/rms-open-letter.github.io/blob/main/index.md > is a statement which I believe Debian

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-03-24 Thread Jonathan Carter
Sorry, for some reason I didn't get Gunnar's original mail so going to reply here... On 2021/03/24 02:24, M dB wrote: >> https://opensource.org/OSI_Response >> https://rms-open-letter.github.io/ >> >> Now, as for my question: I thought repeatedly over the last couple of >> days whether to

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

2021-03-24 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
Confirmed. On Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 5:33 PM Steve Langasek wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 10:16:44PM +0100, Nicolas Dandrimont wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 01:54:16PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote : > > > Under 4.1.5 of the Constitution, the developers by way of GR are the > body > > > who

Re: diversity

2021-03-24 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 3/23/21 10:20 AM, Bart Martens wrote: > Hello DPL candidates, > > A question about diversity. We all know that some profiles are > underrepresented: gender, etnic group, disability, age, sexual preference, > education degree, rich/poor, spoken & written languages... > > 1/ One way of

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

2021-03-24 Thread Taowa
Sam Hartman, 2021-03-24 17:19 -0400: > I suspect that the issues surrounding the open letter asking rms to step > down and for the FSF board to resign are fairly well understood at this > point. > It's been an ongoing issue. > > I don't think we're going to get much benefit out of a prolonged >

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

2021-03-24 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 16082 March 1977, Steve Langasek wrote: I accept an amendment to include the word "board" (which was missed on accident by me) and would ask the seconders to confirm their acceptance of this amendment so we can avoid any unnecessary extra variations on the GR ballot. Confirmed. -- bye,

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

2021-03-24 Thread Sylvestre Ledru
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Under 4.1.5 of the Constitution, the developers by way of GR are the body who has the power to issue nontechnical statements. https://github.com/rms-open-letter/rms-open-letter.github.io/blob/main/index.md is a statement which I believe Debian as a

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

2021-03-24 Thread Colin Tuckley
On 24/03/2021 21:33, Steve Langasek wrote: > I accept an amendment to include the word "board" (which was missed on > accident by me) and would ask the seconders to confirm their acceptance of > this amendment so we can avoid any unnecessary extra variations on the GR > ballot. amendment also

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

2021-03-24 Thread Louis-Philippe Véronneau
On 2021-03-24 17 h 33, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 10:16:44PM +0100, Nicolas Dandrimont wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 01:54:16PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote : >>> Under 4.1.5 of the Constitution, the developers by way of GR are the body >>> who has the power to issue

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

2021-03-24 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 02:33:19PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: >On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 10:16:44PM +0100, Nicolas Dandrimont wrote: > >> Seconded. > >> (I'll also second an amended text with s/FSF/FSF board/ or equivalent >> correction) > >I accept an amendment to include the word "board" (which

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

2021-03-24 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 10:16:44PM +0100, Nicolas Dandrimont wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 01:54:16PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote : > > Under 4.1.5 of the Constitution, the developers by way of GR are the body > > who has the power to issue nontechnical statements. > > > >

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

2021-03-24 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 16082 March 1977, Sam Hartman wrote: I don't think we're going to get much benefit out of a prolonged discussion, and I think that there is significant benefit in acting quickly in this instance. So, I'd like to ask the DPL to consider shortening the discussion period. And for whatever it

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

2021-03-24 Thread Paul R. Tagliamonte
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 > Under 4.1.5 of the Constitution, the developers by way of GR are the body > who has the power to issue nontechnical statements. > > https://github.com/rms-open-letter/rms-open-letter.github.io/blob/main/index.md > is a statement which I believe

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

2021-03-24 Thread Colin Tuckley
On 24/03/2021 20:54, Steve Langasek wrote: > Under 4.1.5 of the Constitution, the developers by way of GR are the body > who has the power to issue nontechnical statements. > > https://github.com/rms-open-letter/rms-open-letter.github.io/blob/main/index.md > is a statement which I believe Debian

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

2021-03-24 Thread Nicolas Dandrimont
On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 01:54:16PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote : > Under 4.1.5 of the Constitution, the developers by way of GR are the body > who has the power to issue nontechnical statements. > > https://github.com/rms-open-letter/rms-open-letter.github.io/blob/main/index.md > is a statement

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

2021-03-24 Thread Sam Hartman
I suspect that the issues surrounding the open letter asking rms to step down and for the FSF board to resign are fairly well understood at this point. It's been an ongoing issue. I don't think we're going to get much benefit out of a prolonged discussion, and I think that there is significant

Re: diversity

2021-03-24 Thread Sruthi Chandran
On 23/03/21 2:41 pm, Bart Martens wrote: > Hello DPL candidates, > > A question about diversity. We all know that some profiles are > underrepresented: gender, etnic group, disability, age, sexual preference, > education degree, rich/poor, spoken & written languages... > > 1/ One way of

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

2021-03-24 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Steve" == Steve Langasek writes: Steve> Text of GR Steve> The Debian Project co-signs the statement regarding Richard Steve> Stallman's readmission to the FSF seen at Steve> https://github.com/rms-open-letter/rms-open-letter.github.io/blob/main/index.md.

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

2021-03-24 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 01:54:16PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: >Under 4.1.5 of the Constitution, the developers by way of GR are the body >who has the power to issue nontechnical statements. > >https://github.com/rms-open-letter/rms-open-letter.github.io/blob/main/index.md >is a statement which I

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

2021-03-24 Thread Neil McGovern
Please, as a previous vote runner, can we only have 5 seconders rather than the (currently) 82 DDs who have signed it so far? On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 01:54:16PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > Text of GR > > The Debian Project co-signs the statement regarding Richard Stallman's >

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

2021-03-24 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 16082 March 1977, Steve Langasek wrote: Under 4.1.5 of the Constitution, the developers by way of GR are the body who has the power to issue nontechnical statements. https://github.com/rms-open-letter/rms-open-letter.github.io/blob/main/index.md is a statement which I believe Debian as a

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

2021-03-24 Thread Louis-Philippe Véronneau
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2021-03-24 16 h 54, Steve Langasek wrote: > Under 4.1.5 of the Constitution, the developers by way of GR are the body > who has the power to issue nontechnical statements. > >

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

2021-03-24 Thread Steve Langasek
Under 4.1.5 of the Constitution, the developers by way of GR are the body who has the power to issue nontechnical statements. https://github.com/rms-open-letter/rms-open-letter.github.io/blob/main/index.md is a statement which I believe Debian as a project, and not just individual Debian

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-03-24 Thread Holger Levsen
On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 12:38:25PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Freedom of speech does *not* mean freedom from consequences. > > If you say unpopular, controversial things then it's entirely > reasonable that people around you may evaluate you based on what > you've said. They may decide that

Re: diversity

2021-03-24 Thread Jonathan Carter
Hi Bart On 2021/03/23 11:11, Bart Martens wrote: > A question about diversity. We all know that some profiles are > underrepresented: gender, etnic group, disability, age, sexual preference, > education degree, rich/poor, spoken & written languages... > > 1/ One way of addressing this, is

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-03-24 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 12:38:25PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: >... > On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 12:32:31PM +0100, Gerardo Ballabio wrote: > >Matthias Klumpp wrote: > >> Inclusivity and tolerance does not mean we have to accept every opinion as > >> equally valid. > > > >Equally valid -- no. >

Re: How can we make Debian packaging more standardised?

2021-03-24 Thread Christian Kastner
On 24.03.21 15:37, Simon Richter wrote: > The vast majority of the software we ship works fine with a two-line > systemd unit and three debhelper control files, and that is exactly what we > should be using for these cases, but we cannot generalize that to a > requirement, and people wishing to

Re: How can we make Debian packaging more standardised?

2021-03-24 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello Jonathan, On Mon 22 Mar 2021 at 07:57PM +02, Jonathan Carter wrote: > I admit I don't know how to use either properly and have somehow > managed to get away with it, but I do plan on learning how to use dgit > if I can find a good primer on it dgit-maint-gbp(7) is probably what you want.

Re: How can we make Debian packaging more standardised?

2021-03-24 Thread Louis-Philippe Véronneau
On 2021-03-24 10 h 37, Simon Richter wrote: > The vast majority of the software we ship works fine with a two-line > systemd unit and three debhelper control files, and that is exactly what we > should be using for these cases, but we cannot generalize that to a > requirement, and people wishing

Re: How can we make Debian packaging more standardised?

2021-03-24 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 09:08:14PM +0100, Christian Kastner wrote: > The (1) adoption of debhelper by my most packages and (2) the move to > Salsa have been an absolute blessing. They have made contributing to > other packages so much easier. We have multiple standards at different

Re: How can we make Debian packaging more standardised?

2021-03-24 Thread Holger Levsen
On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 02:05:35PM -0400, Louis-Philippe Véronneau wrote: > Even if we don't ultimately enforce it, being able to point people an > officially recommended way to create packages in Debian would be a large > step forward. I'd expect this to be found in

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-03-24 Thread Miles Fidelman
Gunnar Wolf wrote: Hello, I hope not to be too inflamatory with this. As you are surely aware, last week Richard Stallman was reinstated as part of the Board of Directors of the FSF. That is something deeply disturbing and confidence-shattering for many of us. If anything, it's about time to

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-03-24 Thread Steve McIntyre
Do we really have to go through this argument *again*? On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 12:32:31PM +0100, Gerardo Ballabio wrote: >Matthias Klumpp wrote: >> Inclusivity and tolerance does not mean we have to accept every opinion as >> equally valid. > >Equally valid -- no. >Legitimate to express -- yes.

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-03-24 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Gerardo Ballabio (2021-03-24 12:32:31) > Matthias Klumpp wrote: > > Inclusivity and tolerance does not mean we have to accept every opinion as > > equally valid. > > Equally valid -- no. > Legitimate to express -- yes. > > I am really worried about the increasing trend (not specific to

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-03-24 Thread Gerardo Ballabio
Matthias Klumpp wrote: > Inclusivity and tolerance does not mean we have to accept every opinion as > equally valid. Equally valid -- no. Legitimate to express -- yes. I am really worried about the increasing trend (not specific to Debian) towards demanding that people who hold "dissenting"

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-03-24 Thread Philip Hands
Adam Borowski writes: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 04:56:39PM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I hope not to be too inflamatory with this. As you are surely aware, >> last week Richard Stallman was reinstated as part of the Board of >> Directors of the FSF. That is something deeply

Re: How to leverage money to accomplish high impact Debian projects

2021-03-24 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 23 mar 21, 16:40:32, Gard Spreemann wrote: > > That's a good point, I agree. What about packages that we have lost > interest in, but that our users very much have not? Admittedly, I have > no idea of what the cardinality of that intersection is. [just a user here] If such packages and

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-03-24 Thread Sruthi Chandran
On 24/03/21 4:26 am, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Hello, > > I hope not to be too inflamatory with this. As you are surely aware, > last week Richard Stallman was reinstated as part of the Board of > Directors of the FSF. That is something deeply disturbing and > confidence-shattering for many of us. > >

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-03-24 Thread Sruthi Chandran
On 24/03/21 5:52 am, Matthias Klumpp wrote: > No human can do anything that makes them immune to criticism. This is > not a matter of hate, I actually doubt anyone who signed the petition > really "hates" RMS. > RMS without a doubt did a lot of good with starting the FSF and his > early work on