On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 08:33:03PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > > > Personally, I expect soc-ctte to do something to support the existing > > > situation when they think it's fair overall. We've seen situations > > > where doing nothing has allowed complaints to fester. > > > > Well, that's like saying they should act on common sense. Why would we ever > > want to say that it should support an existing situation even if it is > > not fair? > > Am I being trolled?
You're not. > I mean that soc-ctte should either: > 1. do something to support an existing fair situation; > 2. seek replacement of an unfair situation. > > That is, doing nothing about a problem, becoming another /dev/null > alias, should not be a regular option. Well, yes. > > Please see Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on -project > > for my last take on this general stance. > > What bit? "placing emphasis on existing practice rather than novel > ideas"? Seems to me like a soc-ctte that is expected to rubber stamp > even unfair practices, but maybe the mail didn't include enough context. No, I meant the general stance as in: | | 1. The Social Committee's purpose is to promote constructive and | | agreeable relations between Debian Developers and others involved | | with Debian. | | This should also mention - documenting the social norms and procedures | that are used by developers and others to achieve the same purpose. Since unfair situations don't usually promote constructive or agreeable relations, supporting those situations wouldn't happen. Right? > > > I prefer to keep this topic on a development list, rather than hidden > > > on a miscellaneous one. It's developers who may vote on it. > > > > Uhh, debian-project is not a miscellaneous list for hiding things, at least > > it's not any less miscellaneous than debian-vote. > > -project is listed as "Miscellaneous Debian" on http://lists.debian.org > while -vote is "Development". If you feel that's wrong, please file a > bug. I think that categorization was meant to say that users can expect to find something interests them on -project, whereas only developers will find -vote interesting; but I see how this can be turned around. In reality both lists are oriented towards develop*ers*, not develop*ment*, because we usually mean packages etc when we refer to development. I'll file a bug. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]