Debian Project Secretary, It has been two weeks since I posted my GR proposal [1] to the debian-vote mailing list, containing the text that follows:
[1] Message-ID: <20160902041505.gd3...@gwolf.org> === BEGIN GR TEXT === Title: Acknowledge that the debian-private list will remain private. 1. The 2005 General Resolution titled "Declassification of debian-private list archives" is repealed. 2. In keeping with paragraph 3 of the Debian Social Contract, Debian Developers are strongly encouraged to use the debian-private mailing list only for discussions that should not be disclosed. === END GR TEXT === This text was seconded by Thibaut Paumard [2], Didier Raboud [3], Bart Martens [4], Holger Levsen [5], Ondrej Sury [6]. [2] <640be3bf-1a3b-3396-18d0-17422f88e...@debian.org> [3] <2441667.sC8J3kiFyD@gyllingar> [4] <1474443004.3643.2.ca...@debian.org> [5] <20160908143232.ga29...@layer-acht.org> [6] <20160919194619.ga27...@lettie.labs.nic.cz> There are two other proposals that should be part of this same vote: Ian Jackson's, informally proposed as follows, and formally proposed on [7]: === BEGIN GR TEXT === Title: Acknowledge difficulty of declassifying debian-private 1. The Debian Project regrets the non-implementation of the 2005 General Resolution titled "Declassification of debian-private list archives". That General Resolution is hereby repealed. 2. In case volunteers should come forward: Permission remains for the list archives (of any messages, whether posted before or after this resolution) to be declassified, provided that the declassification process is at least as respecting of the privacy of posters to debian-private as the process set out in the 2005 General Resolution. 3. Furthermore, the Debian listmasters remain empowered (subject to the usual consultation processes within the Debian project) to revise the rules governing the privacy and declassification of messages to -private. This includes making measures to make declassification more widely applicable, or easier to automate. 4. But, any weakening of the privacy expectations must not be retrospective: changes should apply only to messages posted after the rule change has come into force. 5. In particular, we reaffirm this rule: no part of a posting made to -private, which explicitly states that it should not be declassified, may be published (without its author's explicit consent). This rule may be changed by the listmasters (para.3, above), but only for future messages (para.4, above), and only following consultation, and only with ample notice. 5. Participants are reminded to use -private only when necessary. === END GR TEXT === [7] <22482.58110.714165.864...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Ian's proposal is seconded by Micha Lenk [8], myself [9], Thibaut Paumard [A], Bas Wijnen [B], Iustin Pop [C] [8] <41c0a2f7-fd74-f771-ff20-2da2e0e20...@debian.org> [9] <20160909214418.gb70...@gwolf.org> [A] <95941b08-9a21-0a7c-19a8-305f6992d...@debian.org> [B] <20160921111048.ga5...@spark.dtdns.net> [C] <20160930211510.zfia4zblg37ww...@teal.hq.k1024.org> Iain lane proposed a third option [D], which reads: ======================================================================== Title: debian-private shall remain private The text of the GR is replaced with the following. 1. The 2005 General Resolution titled "Declassification of debian-private list archives" is repealed. 2. There shall be no declassification of any portion of the debian-private archives, except in the following circumstances. 2a. Participants may declassify their own material. 2b. Participants may declassify the material of others where consent has explicitly been given by the authors of all of the material being declassified. 3. Participants are reminded to use -private only when necessary. ======================================================================== [D] <20160921100150.yccodof5hrb2szyr@nightingale> Iain's proposal is seconded by Steve M. Robbins [E], Martin Krafft [F], Ritesh Raj Sarraf [G], Didier Raboud [H], Brend Zeimetz [I] [E] <1683290.Ra2cpX6gGv@riemann> [F] <20160922054733.h4gfzhivpqlcr...@fishbowl.rw.madduck.net> [G] <1474532367.3027.1.ca...@researchut.com> [H] <1517510.T7ciT8dn6h@gyllingar> [I] <f3e16abf-09f9-38a6-35ea-f3c4eaf86...@debian.org> Having all options reached the needed number of Seconds, and following TTBOMK the Debian Constitution (particularly section A.2), I hereby call for a vote on this issue. Thank you very much,