Re: DPL Elections 2010: Last call for nominations

2010-03-10 Thread Charles Plessy
s, - More fun, less insults. Cheers, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Draft GR: Simplification of license and copyright requirements for the Debian packages.

2010-02-08 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 02:08:29PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG a écrit : > On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 00:35 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > 3) Is there a benefit of allowing non-free files to be distributed together > > with the source of the Debian system ? > > Have you considere

Re: Draft GR: Simplification of license and copyright requirements for the Debian packages.

2010-02-07 Thread Charles Plessy
take the ~dfsg suffix of the Debian upstream version. Here is a revised version of the GR proposal (still unsigned to underline that it is still a draft), that I hope clarifies point 2) Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy, Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan General resolution: Simplification of licens

[OT] Re: Draft GR: Simplification of license and copyright requirements for the Debian packages.

2010-01-24 Thread Charles Plessy
people's mental health, or suggest that people who disagree should leave. -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Draft GR: Simplification of license and copyright requirements for the Debian packages.

2010-01-24 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:42:07AM +, MJ Ray a écrit : > Charles Plessy H> > Le Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:56:36PM +, MJ Ray a écrit : > > > Charles Plessy > > > > According to our social contract, “We promise that the Debian system > > > > a

Re: Draft GR: Simplification of license and copyright requirements for the Debian packages.

2010-01-24 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:56:36PM +, MJ Ray a écrit : > Charles Plessy > > > According to our social contract, “We promise that the Debian system and all > > its components will be free according to [the DFSG].” My understanding of > > this > > is that

Draft GR: Simplification of license and copyright requirements for the Debian packages.

2010-01-24 Thread Charles Plessy
needed. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy, Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan General resolution: Simplification of license and copyright requirements for the Debian packages. Motion A: The Debian binary packages contain an exhaustive summary of the licenses of the files it contains. This summary also

Supermajority first? (was: Re: Firmware)

2009-05-01 Thread Charles Plessy
thew.ath.cx), http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2009/03/msg3.html Nevertheless, wouldn't it be safer to first resolve this issue, while keeping as a goal to address the firmware question early in the release cycle? Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan --

Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009 Results

2009-04-12 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 01:43:36AM +0200, Kurt Roeckx a écrit : > It seems that devotee does not properly handle it. Hi all, at worse, there may be alternatives, like selectricity (.org), which was also made by a DD. Unfortunately, it is not packaged… Have a nice day, -- Charles -- To UNSU

Re: [Amendment] Reaffirm current requirements for GR sponsoring

2009-03-25 Thread Charles Plessy
amendments, and for overruling > of delegates. > ===== > PROPOSAL END Have a nice day -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [dissenting]: Proposal: Enhance requirements for General resolutions

2009-03-25 Thread Charles Plessy
is the duty of the proposer. I made some propositions along these lines in the constitutional discussion led by Matthew. We could also explore other possibilities such as a DPL veto mechanism. Anyway, the current GR really comes too early. I am not sure it will make it to the supermajority. Have a

Re: Amendment: Enhance requirements for General resolutions

2009-03-21 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 12:04:31AM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit : > Le Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 03:49:02PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert a écrit : > > b) Delaying a decision of a Delegate or the DPL [§4.2(2.2)], > > as well as resolutions against a shortening of discussion/voting >

Re: Amendment: Enhance requirements for General resolutions

2009-03-21 Thread Charles Plessy
evelopers to sponsor the resolution. That makes an interesting race condition with Bill's overriding GR… -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Question for all candidates about http://wiki.debian.org/DiscussionsAfterLenny

2009-03-21 Thread Charles Plessy
d get the transition done. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Question to Stefano, Steve and Luk about the organisation into packaging teams.

2009-03-17 Thread Charles Plessy
f it is a point of divergence between the candidates. Then, if there is interest for such a discussion, I would like to encourage you to develop your ideas on this subject, especially on what you can do as a DPL or DPL assistant. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Debian Med packa

Re: Constitutional issues in the wake of Lenny

2009-03-17 Thread Charles Plessy
sor of a resolution may call for a vote on that resolution and all related amendments." But then, what kind of vote can be called by the proposers of amendments in A.2.1 ? Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debia

Question for all candidates about http://wiki.debian.org/DiscussionsAfterLenny

2009-03-10 Thread Charles Plessy
Wiki. Can you comment about it ? http://wiki.debian.org/DiscussionsAfterLenny Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: RFC: General resolution: Clarify the status of the social contract

2008-12-19 Thread Charles Plessy
d for others it is because our mailboxes explode (by the way, please stop cross-posting). I think that starting another GR now will do more harm than good. Maybe the best opportunity to test if the Project is in the mood for formal reforms is the next DPL election. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy

Re: Why the gr_lenny ballot is the way it is

2008-12-17 Thread Charles Plessy
-interventionnist secretary. Best, -- Charles Plessy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: On the firmwares/Lenny vote

2008-12-14 Thread Charles Plessy
nation, in order to convey the message that they are unsatisfied ? (And by the way, for the readers of Debian Planet, I think that Christian voted 7452136, as in "option 5 first, option four second, …, and option 1 last.") Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa

Re: Final call for votes: GR: Project membership procedures

2008-12-12 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 02:52:01PM +, Steve McIntyre a écrit : > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 09:05:54PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > >Le Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:57:06AM +, Neil McGovern a écrit : > >> With approximately 60 hours remaining, 142 people have voted, out of a &

Re: Final call for votes: GR: Project membership procedures

2008-12-12 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:57:06AM +, Neil McGovern a écrit : > With approximately 60 hours remaining, 142 people have voted, out of a > potential 1018. This is somewhat of an record for low participation. Hi all, I have nothing against a voting period lasting the standard two weeks. Have a

Re: Draft ballot for the Project membership procedures vote

2008-12-03 Thread Charles Plessy
that your wording is detrimental to the choice that is the least embarassing for Jörg (or second least, after "further discussion"), but I accept your decision and will not discuss further unless invited to do so. -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Draft ballot for the Project membership procedures vote

2008-12-03 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 05:21:16PM +, Neil McGovern a écrit : > Hi all, > > Here's the draft ballot for the GR. Please note the timescale and reply > ASAP. Hi Neil The vote page has three mutually exclusive texts, with headers named "Choice 1", "Choice 2" and "Choice 3" that respectively cor

Re: [vote_002] Preparation of the ballot.

2008-11-30 Thread Charles Plessy
bian Account Managers to start the implementation of the changes described on the debian-devel-announce mailing list (Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) about "Developer Status". If there is anything I can do to help to prepare the ballot, please let me know. Have a nice day, -- Ch

[vote_002] Preparation of the ballot.

2008-11-26 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 09:09:36AM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit : > Le Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 08:12:10AM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit : > > Hello Neil, Manoj, and everybody. > > > > Thanks Neil for preparing the vote page. I think that there is no need for > > extra ex

Re: Vote pages up

2008-11-23 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 08:12:10AM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit : > Hello Neil, Manoj, and everybody. > > Thanks Neil for preparing the vote page. I think that there is no need for > extra explanation. There is a small mistake however: I am the proposer of the > GR. Can you c

Re: Vote pages up

2008-11-23 Thread Charles Plessy
Hello Neil, Manoj, and everybody. Thanks Neil for preparing the vote page. I think that there is no need for extra explanation. There is a small mistake however: I am the proposer of the GR. Can you correct the page ? Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 06:36:12AM +0200, Lars Wirzenius a écrit : > ke, 2008-11-19 kello 07:58 +0900, Charles Plessy kirjoitti: > > Manoj, > > > > I completerly agree. > > > > How about allowing the Project to release Lenny without changing the DFSG? > >

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Charles Plessy
ing their wireless cards. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Proposed wording for the SC modification

2008-11-17 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 09:38:19AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava a écrit : > On Mon, Nov 17 2008, Charles Plessy wrote: > > > the problem is that we were told that voting for your amendment makes > > it necessary to organise a vote to change the DFSG or the SC… I really > >

Re: Proposed wording for the SC modification

2008-11-17 Thread Charles Plessy
o second vote is organised ? - What if Peter's option is voted with less than a 3:1 majority ? Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Defining free, and the DFSG's terminological shortcomings

2008-11-16 Thread Charles Plessy
ent to help people vote ? Have a nice day, if that is possible after having this thread for breakfast, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Further discussion ? None of the above ?

2008-11-16 Thread Charles Plessy
equences even if all options are rejected. If it can help to cut the story short, I can propose yet another option: "None of the above. The Project decides nothing. Interpretations of this result are personal opinions and are not binding to anyone." Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-15 Thread Charles Plessy
re in main: As usual ii Do we allow the Release Team to ignore SC violation bugs: As usual iii What do we do for Lenny: Release iV Do we modify foundation documents: No v Do we override foundation documents

Re: call for seconds: on firmware (was: on firmware (possible proposal))

2008-11-14 Thread Charles Plessy
h a transitory period where the firmwares stay in main). ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). In terms of workload for some developpers, it makes a big difference. I would really prefer hearing their opinion before voting for a supermajority resolution that may not be applied if nobody wants to deal with the wo

Re: Call for seconds - DAM decisions

2008-11-12 Thread Charles Plessy
ay of a general resolution of its developers, asks > > | the Debian Account Managers to start the implementation of the changes > > | described on the debian-devel-announce mailing list (Message-id: > > | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) about "Developer Status". > > I her

"Debian membership" GR: intend to call for a vote soon.

2008-11-11 Thread Charles Plessy
f. I therefore invite the people who like it to sponsor it by the end of the week. Past this delay, and unless somebody has a strong opinion against, I will call for a vote so that we can put an end to the story, heal wounds and move on. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -

Re: Call for seconds - DAM decisions

2008-11-03 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 10:04:05AM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : > On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 09:34:47AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > > > I do not think that the only interpretation of a rejected GR is the > > contrary of its option(s). For instance, people can vote &q

Re: Call for seconds - DAM decisions

2008-11-02 Thread Charles Plessy
the silent majority and interpret their votes in one or the other direction. This said, I still hope that Joerg could send a clarification that what he presented is not yet an official policy, and that he will follow consensus or propose changes through a GR. With this we could avoid the current vote

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-11-01 Thread Charles Plessy
aws his decisions. - The second best one is to cool down until the end of the discussion period, and vote this GR as it is. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Call for seconds - DC concept (was: Possible amendment for Debian Contributors concept)

2008-10-29 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:45:31PM +0100, Frans Pop a écrit : > I hereby second the proposal quoted below and have no objection to > Charles Plessy's earlier proposal being dropped (or retracted) Thanks Frans for the explanation, and thanks again to Peter who showed us a way to an exit of the cris

Re: Possible amendment for Debian Contributors concept (was: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.)

2008-10-28 Thread Charles Plessy
ussion called by the GR achieves a result, since it seems to be where we would still disagree. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Charles Plessy
do not have the appropriate delegation for taking it. We all have the same goal, making Debian more open, but disagree ont the means. Let's discuss instead of just checking who has the right to impose his opinion on the others. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa,

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Charles Plessy
the two main propositions. So to cut a long story short, I hope that this GR proposal will be a Rubicon that nobody is willing to cross, so I do not feel like tweaking it. I am fine with a status quo while progress is done on the debian-project list. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Debian Med p

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-24 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 08:27:40PM +0200, Frans Pop a écrit : > Charles Plessy wrote: > > In accordance to the paragraph 4.2.2 of the constition, this > > suspension takes immediately effect until a procedural vote decides if > > the supsension is lifted until the

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-24 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 02:36:22PM +0200, Bastian Blank a écrit : > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 09:15:43PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > The Debian Project, by the way of a general resolution of its developpers, > > decides: > > > > - The changes announced the 22nd of

Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-24 Thread Charles Plessy
procedures of the Project will be prepared in a discussion that will be finished by consensus or a general resolution. - --- Actually, if the GR road is eventually taken, it can be done through amending this proposal. This will save time and energy.

Re: Proposal - defer changes to Debian membership procedures to after the release of Lenny.

2008-10-23 Thread Charles Plessy
will satify the account managers and the many persons hoping for a change, but this requires time, exchange, less pressure and an open discussion on which we can construct the instead of just hoping to amend. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Proposal - defer changes to Debian membership procedures to after the release of Lenny.

2008-10-23 Thread Charles Plessy
suspension stays effective until the results of the GR vote are published). Have a nice day, - -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkkApgwACgkQdYl1krr+x/IBVACfYHQ2OZ1ky6NNm/b24695c5CE 9QMAn0rNEZIAATKtR4ol4NdfoCy1ZG54 =NPw1

Proposal - defer changes to Debian membership procedures to after the release of Lenny.

2008-10-23 Thread Charles Plessy
are published). Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Proposed vote on issue of the day: trademarks and free software

2008-09-18 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:17:18AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst a écrit : > For those of you who're not aware: the Mozilla Foundation is now forcing > people who want to use their firefox trademark to display an EULA Hi Wouter, haven't we read on planet.debian.org that they changed their minds? Have a

Re: Proposal - Project infrastructure team procedures

2008-04-30 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 08:15:42PM +0200, Josip Rodin a écrit : > > > > * Infrastructure teams are encouraged to adapt their sizes to their > > workloads, > > to ensure that they don't block or slow down the work of other Debian > > contributors. Hi Josip and everybody, I understand that ad

Re: Question for all candidates: inter-dependancy of works the growing Debian project.

2008-03-12 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:07:30AM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit : > Le Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 09:50:27AM +0900, Paul Wise a écrit : > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:46 AM, Charles Plessy > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > (building non-free on

Re: Question for all candidates: inter-dependancy of works the growing Debian project.

2008-03-12 Thread Charles Plessy
hope I made myself a bit clearer. Finally, "Opt-out" is a negative concept that does not describe so well what I wanted to say. If I could summarise in a few words, it would be "sharing the responsability between the package maitainer and the Debian infrastructure teams"

Question for all candidates: inter-dependancy of works the growing Debian project.

2008-03-10 Thread Charles Plessy
service managers to opt in or opt out the use of each services by Debian packages (or preferably groups of them)? If yes, how would you define the role of the DPL in implusing these changes? Have a nice day, and many thanks for your candidacy. -- Charles Plessy http://charles.plessy.org Wakō

Re: On the "Debian Maintainers" GR

2007-07-26 Thread Charles Plessy
o do sound team work and do not touch things they do not understand should be accepted as DD, then "just doing it" would be the most direct way to fulfill this goal. But I do not think that rejecting the GR gives a clear message to the people in charge of this task, since many different re

Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal

2007-06-22 Thread Charles Plessy
rking together with DDs, by sharing the spirit of the fondamental texts, and by never lowering his aims of quality (which does not mean never making mistakes, this is more a funciton of to the quantity of work done). Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy http://charles.plessy.org Wako, Saitama, Japan

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-10 Thread Charles Plessy
nd are clueless monthes later about the reasons for which nothing happened ? Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy http://charles.plessy.org Wako, Saitama, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Request for GR: clarifying the license text licensing / freeness issue

2007-04-23 Thread Charles Plessy
moves them, the system, on a functionnal point of view, still works as before... Nothing "Depends:" on the licences. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy http://charles.plessy.org Wako, Saitama, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Request for GR: clarifying the license text licensing / freeness issue

2007-04-17 Thread Charles Plessy
ers such as restriction of freedom to modify of course). Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy http://charles.plessy.org Wako, Saitama, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Question for Anthony Towns

2006-02-28 Thread Charles Plessy
Dear Anthony Towns, When I sent you a private mail complaining about the ad-hominem style of one of your posts on -devel, you published it on your blog. Will you do the same with the private mails sent you as a DPL, if you were elected ? Best regards, -- Charles Plessy Wako, Saitama, Japan

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