Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 04:18:31PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > I hear from you and from Sven the argument that because this GR > > doesn't fix everything, it's pointless. That doesn't seem right. It > > fixes *something*; it doesn't fix *everything*, but it makes a start. > > I'm saying that the rationale -- where this GR only scratches the surface > of the changes which would need to be done to satisfy the rationale -- > would lead us into bigger problems.
So we should do nothing because to do everything would lead us "into bigger problems"? Then let's do what we can. > I'd start with a better rationale. I've given *my* rationale, and the resolution satisfies that one very well. My rationale for the GR is to end any kind of official branding of non-free software as Debian, and to end the provision of project resources for it. > > I haven't heard how you plan to clarify what is and is not Debian. I > > haven't heard your proposals for how to communicate to users that > > non-free is not part of the Debian distribution. > > You haven't? I guess you're saying I've not posted enough on this > subject? Or, if that's not your point, what is? Instead of asking a meta-question, why not answer the one I suggested? How do you plan to clarify what is and is not Debian? How do you plan to communicate that to users? > My plan for "fixing everything" runs something like: first examine the > problem, then come up with a solution which makes sense. [And, no, > of course that won't solve everything all at once -- which is what I > think you were trying to lead me into talking about.] Ok, so what's your solution? You've had plenty of time to be thinking about this.
