Sure I do understand how things work. I'm not suggesting that ALL discussions need be public - specifically I was not meaning deliberations on any given case.
But I do think that general policy discussions should involve the entire debian community - as is done for Debian Policy Manual. On March 7, 2018 7:03:54 PM EST, Gunnar Wolf <gw...@debian.org> wrote: >Steve Robbins dijo [Sat, Mar 03, 2018 at 01:15:35PM -0600]: >> (...) >> To me, one of the puzzling aspects is why the FTP policy work has >been so >> secretive. The release team has a mailing list, tech committee has a >mailing >> list. There is Debian Policy list. It doesn't seem in congruence >that the >> ftp team is making their policy behind closed doors. Should it not >flow from >> Debian Policy and be debated on open lists? >> >> Or maybe it is all open and I simply haven't found it. If so, I >would >> gratefully accept pointers. Concretely: where would one find the >> deliberations behind https://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html ? > >Ummm... > >Not that I know much about how ftp-masters work internally. But I have >been on several other Debian teams. In general, all decisions are >taken in the public - But it is by far not uncommon to resort to >private communication for many of the non-obvious, contentious >cases. There are *always* cases where you want to discuss something >without the affected actors being part of the loop. > >Yes, Debian as a whole strives for openness, and you will often see >calls to "get out of private" whenever interesting discussions taking >place. But I would perfectly understand and support a ftp-master >workflow that routinely involves private communication - Their >decisions, although non-personal in nature, can be *felt* as personal >attacks. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.