]] Anthony Towns > On 17 November 2014 05:37, Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org> wrote:
[...] > I hope that he doesn't > actually view this TC override as an attack on the systemd maintainers. > > ... this is the TC providing technical guidance when > asked to do so; and if the TC comes to a different conclusion than a > maintainer who is acting in good faith, that is not an attack on that > maintainer. > > The committee has five powers: > 1. decide on technical policy > 2. decide on overlapping jurisdictions > 3. make decisions on a requestor's behalf > 4. overrule developers > 5. offer advice > > The tech ctte could've addressed this issue by providing policy > guidance or by just offering advice, and assuming that the systemd > maintainers would act on the advice or policy in good faith. Choosing > to override the systemd maintainers was far from the most friendly > available option. Very much agreed, also, https://lists.debian.org/debian-ctte/2012/08/msg00016.html ; second-last paragraph feels oddly appropriate. > I don't think it's unfair to say that the technical committee is both > the most powerful and least accountable group in Debian. Honestly I'd > imagine most folks in Debian would expect anyone holding that level of > power to act with a fairly high degree of caution, deliberation and, > frankly, compassion for those who don't share those > powers. Personally, I'd expect that power imbalance would imply an > inverse courtesy imbalance -- that is, the technical committee members > go out of their way to be considerate of their less-powerful > co-developers, and tolerant of criticisms made about their actions. I'm very happy to see your work on this (on -vote). Thank you for that. (The term limit work is, I believe, a first, crucial step.) -- Tollef Fog Heen UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ctte-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87vbmevg6p....@xoog.err.no