Bug#1003653: Revision of removal of rename.ul from package util-linux

2022-01-21 Thread Don Armstrong
e the perl version (and probably a similar number on other distributions which expect the opposite). Not impossible to change, of course, but an ideal transition would avoid breaking currently working scripts and installs. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com After

Re: Rethinking the role of the TC

2020-07-26 Thread Don Armstrong
pers as too much power with > too little responsibility. This is the difficult balance; at the end of the day, the TC can only empower someone (potentially TC member(s)) to do the implementation. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com Some pirates achiev

Bug#932795: Ethics of FTBFS bug reporting

2019-07-23 Thread Don Armstrong
on and the baseline being enshrined in policy so the RMs can rely on it to decide whether it is RC or not.] -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification

Re: tech-ctte BTS usercategories

2018-03-18 Thread Don Armstrong
's #415935; needs to get fixed, but it's a bit complicated, because the on-disk format is significantly different from what you e-mail control@. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com Personally, I think my choice in the mostest-superlative-computer wars has to

Bug#883573: Reevaluate libpam-systemd systemd-sysv dependency ordering (746578)

2017-12-05 Thread Don Armstrong
ipa-server > tinysshd These seem to be the only three which depend on systemd-sysv, and I'm not really sure why any of them actually Depend on it. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com The smallest quantity of bread that can be sliced and toasted has yet to be

Bug#883573: Reevaluate libpam-systemd systemd-sysv dependency ordering (746578)

2017-12-05 Thread Don Armstrong
rhaps a NEWS entry or something in the release notes might be a nice gesture?] Does anyone have a counter-argument? -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com Love is... a complex sequence of neurochemical reactions that makes people behave like idiots. It's simi

Bug#881339: poor yarn

2017-12-03 Thread Don Armstrong
, because the dependencies should be satisfied at bootstrap time. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com "She decided what she wished to happen and then assumed that reality would bend to her wishes." [...] "Reality doesn't indulge wishes." -- Terry Goodkind _Phantom_ p133

Bug#881339: maybe this one is solved but let's keep finding solutions together

2017-12-01 Thread Don Armstrong
pect that neither are required in Debian where sbuild manages the dependencies, and no remote sources are available. [I tried to see if this was the case, but babel seems to have very limited in-tree design documentation.] -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com Some

Bug#881339: let's find a solution

2017-11-30 Thread Don Armstrong
use the reasoning for the build-dependency was not clear, nor was it clear how to bootstrap babel to generate the first package. 1: https://github.com/babel/babel/blob/master/Makefile#L128 -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com -tommorow is our permanent address an

Re: TC nomination procedure v0

2017-11-28 Thread Don Armstrong
ntment, it's a vote to figure out whether the future appointment vote will have consensus or not. If people feel strongly that the vote should be public, one compromise is to allow nominees to the CTTE to choose to make their names public and force a public vote, with the default being the c

Re: Let's Stop Getting Torn Apart by Disagreement: Concerns about the Technical Committee

2017-10-28 Thread Don Armstrong
rry if you felt that you were being unfairly maligned, but this was addressed previously: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/20141201002812.gj25...@teltox.donarmstrong.com -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com "Old hypotheses never really die, they're

Bug#846002: blends-tasks must not be priority:important (was Re: Bug#846002: Lowering severity)

2016-12-05 Thread Don Armstrong
ked to is a screen shot of the installer at the tasksel screen showing an entry for "Debian Blends" followed by a series of entries which start with leading periods followed by entries like "HamRadio" and "DebiChem".] -- Don Armstrong https://www

Bug#846002: blends-tasks must not be priority:important (was Re: Bug#846002: Lowering severity)

2016-12-05 Thread Don Armstrong
from 'important' to 'optional/extra' 2) don't require the demotion of blends-tasks I personally thing that one of the better solutions outlined in https://bugs.debian.org/758116 would be better, but until they exist, we cannot decide about them. -- Don Armstrong

Bug#846002: Lowering severity

2016-12-05 Thread Don Armstrong
of you disagree (or anyone else on the CTTE disagrees) and still want the CTTE to resolve this (slowly), feel free to reassign it back. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com "I always tend to assume there's an infinite amount of money out there." "

Re: wider availability of pocket-devotee/devotee?

2016-11-16 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 03 Nov 2016, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Thu, 03 Nov 2016, Paul Wise wrote: > > Debian often wants to have informal votes (team meeting dates for eg). > > I was thinking it would be useful to have pocket-devotee/devotee more > > widely available, perhaps by packagi

Bug#841294: Overrule maintainer of "global" to package a new upstream version

2016-11-08 Thread Don Armstrong
Could you both please stop? Sniping at eachother is not helping us resolve the technical and social issues here. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness

Re: wider availability of pocket-devotee/devotee?

2016-11-03 Thread Don Armstrong
cute name that came to mind in the 2 seconds I thought about it before copying it into the CTTE tree.] -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies [...] a theft from those who hunger and are not fed

Bug#841294: Overrule maintainer of "global" to package a new upstream version

2016-10-24 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 24 Oct 2016, Vincent Bernat wrote: > ❦ 24 octobre 2016 12:48 -0500, Don Armstrong  : > > > [Also, I'd like to note that currently Punit has not participated in > > the CTTE bug, and the last comment on #574947 was in 2014, so I'm not > > convinced that

Bug#841294: Overrule maintainer of "global" to package a new upstream version

2016-10-24 Thread Don Armstrong
not convinced that we have an alternative maintainer even if we were to decide to change ownership of this package.] -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. -- Steven Wright

Re: Bug#839570: Browserified javascript and DFSG 2 (reopening)

2016-10-05 Thread Don Armstrong
even seems to depend on being run by a specific user. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all other possibilities. -- W. Churchill

Bug#836127: New CTTE Members

2016-08-30 Thread Don Armstrong
Package: tech-ctte User: tech-c...@packages.debian.org Usertag: discussion With aba and myself terming out at the end of this year, we need up to two new members. This bug will track that process. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com I have no use for "befor

Bug#830344: Project Roadmap question - Call for votes

2016-08-22 Thread Don Armstrong
r Discussion. > > Additionally, I'd like to ask each TC member to state if they would like > to be part of the initial group for the Roadmap team if option 1 doesn't win. I vote 3 > 4 > 1=2 I'm also not volunteering to be part of the initial roadmap team. -- Don Arms

Bug#830978: Browserified javascript and DFSG 2

2016-07-19 Thread Don Armstrong
t kick everything out of the archive, and that some issues of source are bugs that we can release with, and some issues of source are bugs that we cannot release with. [And now that enough people have read this thread, we probably could have re-implemented grunt by now and solved the libjs-handlebars p

Bug#830978: Browserified javascript and DFSG 2

2016-07-13 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 13 Jul 2016, Pirate Praveen wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:43:34 -0500 Don Armstrong wrote: > > Are you asking the CTTE to make a non-binding formal announcement > > using 6.1.5 as to whether, in the opinion of the CTTE, browerified > > source is source und

Bug#830978: Browserified javascript and DFSG 2

2016-07-13 Thread Don Armstrong
ters (who have already accepted this package, but possibly without addressing this issue) or the release managers (who don't appear to have made a decision as to whether this bug is RC or not). I'd certainly be more comfortable if the ftpmasters and release managers would weigh in here

Re: My Understanding of the Plan For This Year's Recruiting

2016-07-06 Thread Don Armstrong
forgot that that announcement was made. We haven't done that in any of the intervening elections, however, and I agree that we shouldn't do that again. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com Live and learn or die and teach by example -- a softer world #625

Re: My Understanding of the Plan For This Year's Recruiting

2016-07-06 Thread Don Armstrong
publicly indicated who has been nominated and accepted a nomination, either.] -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com I've had so much good luck recently I was getting sated with it. It's like sugar, good luck. At first it's very sweet, but after a whil

Bug#829704: Voting for TC Chair

2016-07-05 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 05 Jul 2016, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > ===BEGIN=== > > The chair of the Debian Technical Committee will be: > > A: Andreas Barth > B: Don Armstrong > C: Keith Packard > D: Didier Raboud > E: Tollef Fog Heen > F: Sam Hartman > G: Phi

Bug#822803: Call for votes for new TC member

2016-07-05 Thread Don Armstrong
gt; ===BEGIN > > The Technical Committee recommends that Margarita Manterola be > appointed by the Debian Project Leader to the Technical Committee. > > MM: Recommend to appoint Margarita Manterola > FD: Further Discussion > > ===END Even though the outcome is no l

Re: About Debian

2016-06-08 Thread Don Armstrong
See https://backports.debian.org/. If you have additional questions, please use a user support channel like debian-u...@lists.debian.org or #debian on irc.debian.org. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com You could say to the Universe this is not /fair/. And the

Bug#821361: Voting for CTTE Chair

2016-04-25 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 17 Apr 2016, Don Armstrong wrote: > The ballot is the following: > > ===BEGIN=== > > The chair of the CTTE will be: > > A: Don Armstrong > B: Andreas Barth > C: Phil Hands > D: Sam Hartman > E: Tollef Fog Heen > F: Keith Packard > G: Didier Rab

Re: Next Debian CTTE Meeting at date -d 'Tue Apr 26 17:00:00 UTC 2016'

2016-04-21 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, Don Armstrong wrote: > The next Debian CTTE Meeting is at > date -d 'Tue Apr 26 17:00:00 UTC 2016' > in #debian-ctte on irc.debian.org It's date -d 'Tue Apr 26 17:00:00 UTC 2016', not three years in the past. -- Don Ar

Next Debian CTTE Meeting at date -d 'Tue Apr 26 17:00:00 UTC 2013'

2016-04-21 Thread Don Armstrong
UTC (April 27th)" Option I "Wednesday 19:00 UTC (April 27th)" #topic Further CTTE Nominees 1. Call for additional nominees to the CTTE #topic Additional Business #endmeeting -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com PowerPoint is symptomatic of

Bug#821361: Voting for CTTE Chair

2016-04-21 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 17 Apr 2016, Don Armstrong wrote: > ===BEGIN=== > > The chair of the CTTE will be: > > A: Don Armstrong > B: Andreas Barth > C: Phil Hands > D: Sam Hartman > E: Tollef Fog Heen > F: Keith Packard > G: Didier Raboud > ===END=== I vote G > A

Bug#821361: Voting for CTTE Chair

2016-04-19 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 17 Apr 2016, Don Armstrong wrote: > The ballot is the following: > > ===BEGIN=== > > The chair of the CTTE will be: > > A: Don Armstrong > B: Andreas Barth > C: Phil Hands > D: Sam Hartman > E: Tollef Fog Heen > F: Keith Packard > G: Didier Raboud

Bug#821361: Voting for CTTE Chair

2016-04-17 Thread Don Armstrong
outcome of this election is no longer in doubt) to force an election of the CTTE chair from our membership. The ballot is the following: ===BEGIN=== The chair of the CTTE will be: A: Don Armstrong B: Andreas Barth C: Phil Hands D: Sam Hartman E: Tollef Fog Heen F: Keith Packard G: Didier Raboud

Bug#797533: Call for Votes for new CTTE Member

2016-04-15 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 14 Apr 2016, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Thu, 14 Apr 2016, Don Armstrong wrote: > > I call for votes on the following ballot to fill one of two vacancies in > > the CTTE. Voting will begin now, and end when the outcome is no longer > > in doubt or one week from n

Bug#797533: Call for Votes for new CTTE Member

2016-04-14 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 14 Apr 2016, Don Armstrong wrote: > I call for votes on the following ballot to fill one of two vacancies in > the CTTE. Voting will begin now, and end when the outcome is no longer > in doubt or one week from now. > > ===BEGIN > > The Technical Committee recomme

Bug#797533: Call for Votes for new CTTE Member

2016-04-14 Thread Don Armstrong
Technical Committee. A: Recommend to Appoint Philip Hands (philh) B: Further Discussion ===END -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com "Do you think you might be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder?" [...] "Who isn't?" -- Walter Jo

Next Debian CTTE Meeting is at date -d 'Wed March 30 18:00:00 UTC 2016'

2016-03-29 Thread Don Armstrong
1. Discussing nominees; any additional information needed 2. Still missing reviews from almost everyone #topic Additional Business #endmeeting -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com Rule 6: "If violence wasn't your last resort, you f

Re: Conflicts for the April 27 meeting; any chance of another time

2016-03-29 Thread Don Armstrong
or the first week in May? If you could update your vote for those meetings, I think we can select a different day. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com The computer allows you to make mistakes faster than any other invention, with the possible exception of handguns a

Next CTTE Meeting Tomorrow at date -d 'Wed Feb 24 18:00:00 UTC 2016'

2016-02-23 Thread Don Armstrong
The next CTTE Meeting will be tomorrow at date -d 'Wed Feb 24 18:00:00 UTC 2016' in #debian-ctte on irc.debian.org. The meeting agenda is in git. See you all there! -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com Vimes hated and despised the privileges of rank, bu

Re: Comp Code Net Web Server - Interested in Adding as a Debian Package

2016-02-11 Thread Don Armstrong
you're interested in getting your web server in Debian, the general process is outlined here: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq#How_do_I_add_a_new_package_to_the_archive.3F Feel free to ask on debian-ment...@lists.debian.org if you have additional questions. -- Don A

Next CTTE meeting is at date -d 'Wed Jan 27 2016 18:00 UTC'

2016-01-22 Thread Don Armstrong
Given that no one else has changed their vote, the next CTTE meeting will be at date -d 'Wed Jan 27 2016 18:00 UTC' in #debian-ctte on irc.debian.org. Please update the agenda in git as appropriate. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com Where I slee

Re: Scheduling the next Debian CTTE Meeting

2016-01-14 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 14 Jan 2016, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > Le mercredi, 13 janvier 2016, 15.32:15 Don Armstrong a écrit : > > Please update meeting_poll/run_vote.sh in git with your preference for > > the January and February meeting time. I will announce the winners on > &

Scheduling the next Debian CTTE Meeting

2016-01-13 Thread Don Armstrong
Please update meeting_poll/run_vote.sh in git with your preference for the January and February meeting time. I will announce the winners on Wednesday the 20th. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com The sheer ponderousness of the panel's opinion [...] refute

Bug#741573: (no subject)

2015-11-24 Thread Don Armstrong
olicy. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com From ba679bff76f5b9152f43d5bc901b9b3aad257479 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Charles Plessy Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 11:12:30 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Document the FreeDesktop menu entries and media type declarations. MIME-Version

Agenda for this Wednesday's CTTE Meeting (date -d 'Wed Nov 25 19:00:00 UTC 2015')

2015-11-23 Thread Don Armstrong
roduce #topic #797533 New CTTE members #topic #795855 Formal cloture vote #topic Additional Business #endmeeting -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com

Bug#802159: New OpenSSL upstream version

2015-11-04 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 31 Oct 2015, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 02:38:13PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Oct 2015, Don Armstrong wrote: > > > If there's something specific that you'd like the CTTE to try to do > > > beyond what I've just

Chair Re-appointment after new membership procedure

2015-10-30 Thread Don Armstrong
f a member resigning from the CTTE, the current chairperson should announce their intention to vacate the position within two weeks. This will force a new election to which all members of the CTTE (including the vacating chair if the chair is still a member) are eligible. -- Don

Bug#802159: New OpenSSL upstream version

2015-10-30 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 20 Oct 2015, Don Armstrong wrote: > If there's something specific that you'd like the CTTE to try to do > beyond what I've just reported now, let me know. Let me know if you'd like the CTTE to do something beyond what I've already done. -- Don Arms

Bug#802159: New OpenSSL upstream version

2015-10-21 Thread Don Armstrong
to move forward? Would a list of the specific bug fixes and additional features be enough for an initial yes/no, given the review process upstream? -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com There is no more concentrated form of evil than apathy.

Bug#802159: New OpenSSL upstream version

2015-10-20 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 20 Oct 2015, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Sat, 17 Oct 2015, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > I've been waiting for the release team for a while to make a decision > > on #765639 for a year now. Could you help in getting a decision? > > > > I've actually been

Bug#802159: New OpenSSL upstream version

2015-10-20 Thread Don Armstrong
ecision on this? Specifically, this being (FWICT), bringing a new(er) version of openssl into jessie and/or wheezy. I personally don't have enough information to form an opinion yet, but I recognize that some decision should be made. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.

Scheduling the next CTTE meetings

2015-10-15 Thread Don Armstrong
Currently the winner for the October meeting is the 28th at 19:00 UTC. If this doesn't work for you, please fix your vote in meeting_poll/run_vote.sh. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com 6: I'm human. I have a thousand flaws. I break down. I get up or I

Next CTTE meeting is at date -d 'Wed Sep 23 19:00:00 UTC 2015'

2015-09-21 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 17 Sep 2015, Don Armstrong wrote: > Please update your meeting preferences in git so that we can make a > final decision on a date and time next week's meeting and the meeting in > october. > > I will announce the winning date/time for the September meeting on >

Voting for the next CTTE meeting in September.

2015-09-17 Thread Don Armstrong
basis for scheduling that meeting. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com "Do you need [...] [t]ools? Stuff?" "Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs. [...] We have a protractor." -- Neal Stephenson _Anathem_ p320

Re: Bug#797533: New CTTE members

2015-09-10 Thread Don Armstrong
calling for votes. Indeed, that precise event has happened: see #770789 for an example. In the multi-arch case, I personally would have voted FD above all other options had a ballot been proposed immediately, and I suspect at least two other people would have also. -- Don Armstrong

Re: Bug#797533: New CTTE members

2015-09-10 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 10 Sep 2015, Wookey wrote: > +++ Don Armstrong [2015-09-10 09:57 -0500]: > > Have the notes from the discussion at debconf been published yet? > > Not quite, but I'm working on them right now (I only got back a few > days ago). Should be out imminently (after giv

Re: Bug#797533: New CTTE members

2015-09-10 Thread Don Armstrong
nguishing between the immediate issue > for jessie and the general issue for stretch onwards. Have the notes from the discussion at debconf been published yet? I'm afraid that this issue is not going to be resolved in time for stretch either unless things start moving. -- Don Armstrong

Bug#741573: CFV: Debian Menu Systems

2015-09-02 Thread Don Armstrong
=-=-=-=-=-=-= The winners are: Option D "adopt changes proposed by Charles Plessy, additionally resolve that packages providing a .desktop file shall not also provide a menu file (…)" -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Bug#741573: CFV: Debian Menu Systems

2015-09-01 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 01 Sep 2015, Sam Hartman wrote: > I'd like to call for votes on the following resolution: [...] I vote: D>A=B>C>Z -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com unbeingdead isn't beingalive -- e.e. cummings "31" _73 Poems_

Bug#797533: New CTTE members

2015-09-01 Thread Don Armstrong
. I personally cannot reasonably dedicate more than an hour or two a week to the CTTE, and I suspect that few people serving can either. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com We want 6. 6 is the 1. -- "The Prisoner (2009 Miniseries)" _Checkmate_

Bug#797533: New CTTE members

2015-08-31 Thread Don Armstrong
#x27;re going to take people at their word that they have time enough to serve on the CTTE; people's time commitments are also going to change. [I know I've been spread very thin the past few weeks myself.] -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com The attackers

Bug#741573: Proposed draft of ballot to resolve menu/desktop question

2015-08-28 Thread Don Armstrong
ussing bugs which have been referred to the CTTE. Please stop. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com With one simple pill we cured unhappiness and art -- a softer world #437 http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=437

Bug#741573: Proposed draft of ballot to resolve menu/desktop question

2015-08-18 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 17 Aug 2015, Sam Hartman wrote: > >>>>> "Don" == Don Armstrong writes: > > Don> On Sun, 16 Aug 2015, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > >> What about "just" adding Keith's proposal to the ballot, and let >

Bug#741573: Proposed draft of ballot to resolve menu/desktop question

2015-08-16 Thread Don Armstrong
time necessary to work through Keith's plan and shift it into a specific patch to policy. If someone else wants to take this on and run with it, I'd appreciate that. Otherwise, I'll hopefully get to it in the next two weeks. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmst

Bug#741573: Proposed draft of ballot to resolve menu/desktop question

2015-07-29 Thread Don Armstrong
menu package support translating .desktop files of > packages which do not provide menu files. > > > I'd like to be able to vote on that option, but I suspect there's no one > who favors B who doesn't favor that text. Sounds good to me; added. -- Don Armstrong

Bug#741573: Proposed draft of ballot to resolve menu/desktop question

2015-07-29 Thread Don Armstrong
ocess. [1]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=1;filename=patch2;bug=707851;msg=446 OPTION Z: Further discussion -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com The attackers hadn't simply robbed the bank. They had carried off everything portable, inc

Next CTTE Meeting at date -d 'Wed Jul 29 19:00:00 UTC 2015'

2015-07-28 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 20 Jul 2015, Don Armstrong wrote: > Based on Steve's updated voting, the time for the next meeting has moved > back to 19:00 UTC from 17:00 UTC on Wednesday the 29th. I've now finalized this; we will be meeting at 19:00 UTC tomorrow in #debian-ctte on irc.debian.org. P

Tentative Scheduling for next CTTE meeting

2015-07-20 Thread Don Armstrong
ext week's meeting on Wednesday (48 hours from now). -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com 6: I'm human. I have a thousand flaws. I break down. I get up or I don't get up. I get lost. I make the same mistakes over and over. I have scars and wounds. So

Next CTTE meeting is at date -d 'Jun 24 2015 17:00:00 UTC'

2015-06-23 Thread Don Armstrong
The next CTTE meeting is at date -d 'Jun 24 2015 17:00:00 UTC' in #debian-ctte on irc.debian.org. The agenda is in git as usual; please update the agenda if there are additional items you would like discussed. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com a friend

Re: Regrets for Tomorrow's Meeting

2015-06-23 Thread Don Armstrong
g our > process. OK. So assuming this is the case, does option B in the draft now represent your view? Or is option A sufficient? -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com You think to yourself, hey, it's a test tube, for God's sake. Pretty soon, though, the

Bug#741573: Bug #741573:Process Approach vs Others

2015-06-21 Thread Don Armstrong
eir internal process. But that doesn't mean that I should be standing in the way of members of the TC who feel differently about that either. Please go ahead and do #1 and #2 above as you suggest. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Bug#750135: Call for Vote: Resolution on Aptitude Maintainer

2015-06-16 Thread Don Armstrong
nd option A has won. I will announce and record the decision later today. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com in Just- spring when the world is mud- luscious the little lame baloonman whistles far and wee -- e.e. cummings "[in Just-]"

Bug#750135: Call for Vote: Resolution on Aptitude Maintainer

2015-06-15 Thread Don Armstrong
e the > decision. I can take care of this once the outcome is certain. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ctte-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Adding support for LZIP to dpkg, using that instead of xz, archive wide

2015-06-14 Thread Don Armstrong
be involved to help clarify communication, but anyone can do that, really. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ctte-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.d

Re: Bug#750135: Initial draft of resolution

2015-06-12 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 12 Jun 2015, Sam Hartman wrote: > I'm fine with this proposal. > I slightly prefer it to my original draft and hope others prefer it > significantly. Cool. I'm personally OK with you calling for a vote whenever you're ready (or the 15th of June, whichever is earl

Bug#741573: Bug #741573:Process Approach vs Others

2015-06-11 Thread Don Armstrong
y/policy.git/commit/?id=ba679bff76f5b9152f43d5bc901b9b3aad257479 OPTION C: 1. The Technical Committee adopts the changes proposed by Bill Allombert.[1] [1]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=1;filename=patch2;bug=707851;msg=446 OPTION Z: Further discussion -- Don Arm

Re: Bug#750135: Initial draft of resolution

2015-06-11 Thread Don Armstrong
l aspects of the Aptitude project, working to recruit new developers, building a stronger Aptitude development community, and establishing policies and procedures that promote a collaborative team. 3. We thank Manuel Fernandez Montecelo for bringing this matter to our

CTTE Meeting in ~30 minutes

2015-05-27 Thread Don Armstrong
The next CTTE Meeting is in #debian-ctte on irc.debian.org in approximately 30 minutes. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com What prison taught me was that some people are born into a life where they're going to be subjected to intense life experiences and per

Re: Next CTTE Meeting is in about two hours at 'Wed Apr 29 17:00:00 UTC 2015' in #debian-ctte on irc.debian.org

2015-04-29 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 27 Apr 2015, Don Armstrong wrote: > I'm going to arbitrarily break the tie and hold the next meeting at: > > date -d 'Wed Apr 29 17:00:00 UTC 2015' > > I will update the next meetings appropriately. Just a reminder that the next meeting is in about two h

Next CTTE Meeting is at 'Wed Apr 29 17:00:00 UTC 2015' in #debian-ctte on irc.debian.org

2015-04-27 Thread Don Armstrong
o voted whose schedule has changed), please go ahead and add/change your vote in run_vote in the apr_2015_meeting directory in the git repo. I'll try to recheck that output periodically when I notice that someone has changed it. 1: cd apr_2015_meeting; ./run_vote.sh; -- Don Armstrong

Re: Polling open for next CTTE Meeting (and default in future)

2015-04-09 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 09 Apr 2015, Don Armstrong wrote: > This is a non-binding poll for the default meeting times for future CTTE > meetings. > > A: Tuesday 16:00 UTC (April 28th) > B: Tuesday 17:00 UTC (April 28th) > C: Tuesday 18:00 UTC (April 28th) > D: Tuesday 19:00 UTC (April 28t

Polling open for next CTTE Meeting (and default in future)

2015-04-09 Thread Don Armstrong
(April 30th) Z: Further Discussion Please rank times which you cannot attend in general at all below Z. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com in Just- spring when the world is mud- luscious the little lame baloonman whistles far and wee -- e.e

Re: Poll for next CTTE Meeting (and default in future)

2015-04-07 Thread Don Armstrong
We want to settle on a default time that works for everyone most of the time, even if this specific instance doesn't work well. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com PowerPoint is symptomatic of a certain type of bureaucratic environment: one typified by intermina

Poll for next CTTE Meeting (and default in future)

2015-04-06 Thread Don Armstrong
if at all possible. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com We must realize that today's Establishment is the New George III. Whether it will continue to adhere to his tactics, we do not know. If it does, the redress, honored in tradition, is also revolution. -- Wil

Bug#750135: Status of #750135 (Maintainer of aptitude package)

2015-03-27 Thread Don Armstrong
ither. Currently unresolved questions from me are the following: 1) Is there still a conflict here? What precisely is it? 2) What would a resolution of this conflict look like to the parties? FWICT, it looks like Axel is also working on aptitude development; what is his opinion of th

Re: Next CTTE Meeting at date -d 'Thu Mar 26 19:00:00 UTC 2015'

2015-03-25 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, Andreas Barth wrote: > > We can do it at 19.00 UTC on that Thursday for me, but then we should > > re-discuss our future meetings timings on IRC. > > OK. Lets go ahead and do that. > > The next CTTE meet

Next CTTE Meeting at date -d 'Thu Mar 26 19:00:00 UTC 2015'

2015-03-18 Thread Don Armstrong
#debian-ctte on irc.debian.org. I'll update the calendars shortly. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. -- Mark Twain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ctte-requ...@lists.debian.

Re: Scheduling CTTE Meetings

2015-03-18 Thread Don Armstrong
I hoped the dudle would be slightly better than email. If everyone fills out the dudle and if some other time than two hours later ends up working better, I'll choose it. I'm pretty flexible. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com [T]he question of whether Machin

Re: Scheduling CTTE Meetings

2015-03-17 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 10 Mar 2015, Don Armstrong wrote: > Given that we have new members, if anyone has a conflict with that time > slot, and would prefer that it was moved, I've created a dudle poll > which can be used to vote: > > https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/ctte_march_meeting/ From

Re: Scheduling CTTE Meetings

2015-03-11 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 11 Mar 2015, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > Le mardi, 10 mars 2015, 13.48:42 Don Armstrong a écrit : > > Given that we have new members, if anyone has a conflict with that > > time slot, and would prefer that it was moved, I've created a dudle >

Re: Call for Votes for new CTTE Chairman

2015-03-10 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 10 Mar 2015, Bdale Garbee wrote: > Don Armstrong writes: > > > The outcome is no longer in doubt: > > While this is true, I note that the constitution says we either need all > current members to vote or a week to pass for the vote to officially > conclude.

Scheduling CTTE Meetings

2015-03-10 Thread Don Armstrong
was moved, I've created a dudle poll which can be used to vote: https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/ctte_march_meeting/ -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com If I had a letter, sealed it in a locked vault and hid the vault somewhere in New York. Then told you to

Re: Call for Votes for new CTTE Chairman

2015-03-10 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 10 Mar 2015, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 08:49:04PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:33:49PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > > > Option A Reached quorum: 5 > 2 > > > Option B Reached quorum: 4 > 2 > > > Opt

Re: Call for Votes for new CTTE Chairman

2015-03-10 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 10 Mar 2015, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Mon, 09 Mar 2015, Bdale Garbee wrote: > > === BEGIN > > > > The Technical Committee Chairman should be: > > > > A: Don Armstrong > > B: Andreas Barth > > C: Steve Langasek > >

Re: Call for Votes for new CTTE Chairman

2015-03-10 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 09 Mar 2015, Bdale Garbee wrote: > === BEGIN > > The Technical Committee Chairman should be: > > A: Don Armstrong > B: Andreas Barth > C: Steve Langasek > D: Keith Packard > E: Didier Raboud > F: Tollef Fog Heen > G: Sam Ha

Re: bastardizing packages or stepping down

2015-03-06 Thread Don Armstrong
re building, but perhaps there are architectures where the disk is so slow that this would be prohibitive? If so, it should be possible to take out a lock to prevent new sbuild processes on an lvm source chroot, update the source, and then remove the lock. But maybe there are buildds which are

Bug#769972: Call for Votes for new CTTE Members

2015-03-05 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 04 Mar 2015, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Wed, 04 Mar 2015, Don Armstrong wrote: > > ===BEGIN > > > > The Technical Committee recommends that Sam Hartman (hartmans) be > > appointed by the Debian Project Leader to the Technical Committee. > > > &

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