Re: Tech ctte tweaks

On 2/17/06, Anthony Towns wrote: > Otherwise, Raul's vote has to be excluded so we're still waiting on an > outcome; and it's not entirely clear that any of the votes are binding > in any way :( Eh... basically my vote on this issue is to go along with whatever Ian thinks we should do on this iss

Re: Bug#353277: ndiswrapper in main

reopen 353278 reassign 353278 tech-ctte reopen 353277 reassign 353277 tech-ctte merge 353278 353277 thanks Hi, I requested that ndiswrapper and ndiswrapper-modules-i386 be moved to contrib. My reasons are: - The sole purpose of these packages is allowing the use of non-free Windows drivers.

Processed: Re: Bug#353277: ndiswrapper in main

Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reopen 353278 Bug#353278: should be in contrib Bug reopened, originator not changed. > reassign 353278 tech-ctte Bug#353278: should be in contrib Bug reassigned from package `ndiswrapper-modules-i386' to `tech-ctte'. > reopen 353277 Bug#353277: should

Re: Bug#353277: ndiswrapper in main

On 2/20/06, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I requested that ndiswrapper and ndiswrapper-modules-i386 be moved to contrib. This proposal is clear enough. > My reasons are: > > - The sole purpose of these packages is allowing the use of non-free Windows > drivers. > > - There are

Re: Bug#353277: ndiswrapper in main

On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 05:36:13PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > I requested that ndiswrapper and ndiswrapper-modules-i386 be moved to contrib. ndiswrapper is a program to allow users to load Windows drivers for their hardware and use them on Linux. The drivers are executed on the main CPU; there

Re: Tech ctte tweaks

On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 03:22:44PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 06:24:49PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > I agree with the proposal to implement a rotating chair, for the reasons > > you've given. > > It seems to contradict 6.1.7 of the constitution as written to have an

Bug#353277: ndiswrapper in main

On 2/20/06, Anthony Towns wrote: > AFAICS, this would come under the "overrule a developer (3:1 majority)" > power. That's a good point. While there are technical issues here (such as: "what software does ndiswrapper depend on?"), they are not the deciding issues. The core issues are more like

Re: Tech ctte tweaks

On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 09:49:21AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Okay, Steve's meant to start today (in 20 minutes if we go by UTC), > so Ian are you happy to step down, and does everyone want to send in their > vote for new chair? > Mine's: 1. Steve, 2. Bdale, 3. Andy, 4. Raul, 5. Me, 6. Ian, 7. F

status of technical committee chair vote

Recapping the status to date; it'd be nice to get this wrapped up so we can move on to issues of substance. Ian has, as I understand it, stepped down as chair per his message at . Since he also did not vote in favor of Anthony's proposed

Re: Bug#353277: ndiswrapper in main

On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:40:06AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 05:36:13PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > I requested that ndiswrapper and ndiswrapper-modules-i386 be moved to > > contrib. > ndiswrapper is a program to allow users to load Windows drivers for their > hard

Re: status of technical committee chair vote

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Langasek) writes: > Bdale, Manoj, Andi, could you please send in your votes for committee chair > so we can close this out? I'm ok with the rotation idea, and with Steve taking the first rotation. Bdale -BEGIN PGP SIGNAT