Re: Proposed change to Debian constitution

1999-11-02 Thread Anthony Towns
In reply to Joey, On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 01:14:11PM +, Alexander Koch wrote: > Following (even your) comments on IRC and in mails I > permanently got the (unwritten) message it is a too > important part of Debian anyway and "we are working > on it" - thus not giving room to either improvement

Re: Proposed change to Debian constitution

1999-11-02 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 07:53:25AM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: > > Well, maybe because all but 1 people tried to help technically > instead of working on the issue on the proper stage. (sorry, can't > express it like I want). Assuming there are issues beside the technical one, something I am not

Re: Proposed change to Debian constitution

1999-11-02 Thread Alexander Koch
On Tue, 2 November 1999 07:53:25 +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: > Well, maybe because all but 1 people tried to help technically > instead of working on the issue on the proper stage. (sorry, can't > express it like I want). Following (even your) comments on IRC and in mails I permanently got the (u

Re: Proposed change to Debian constitution

1999-11-02 Thread Julian Gilbey
> > But the number of people who volunteered to join the NM team was > > substantial, and yet all were turned down by the then team. However, > > I think feelings within the project and probably the project itself > > would have been far more badly hurt by resorting to a vote than by > > waiting f

Re: Proposed change to Debian constitution

1999-11-02 Thread Zephaniah E. Hull
On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 02:52:17PM +, Philip Hands wrote: > Edward Brocklesby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Please offer sensible, well considered, useful comments. Replies from > > rude, abrasive people (you know who you are) will be ignored. > > How very diplomatic of you ;-) > > >

Re: Proposed change to Debian constitution

1999-11-02 Thread Martin Schulze
Julian Gilbey wrote: > > If you don't like the fact that the Delegates have chosen to close > > new-maintainer, and are too lazy to actually get off your arse to do > > the job yourself but not too lazy to make a fuss, then you can use > [...] > > But the number of people who volunteered to join t

Re: Proposed change to Debian constitution

1999-11-02 Thread Steve Greenland
On 01-Nov-99, 01:05 (CST), Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anthony Towns wrote: > > This doesn't do anything to address the real issue (getting > > new-maintainers back on its feet), and only seems to give people something > > to point to when whining about how everyone else isn't doin

Re: Proposed change to Debian constitution

1999-11-02 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Martin Schulze wrote: > Anthony Towns wrote: > > This doesn't do anything to address the real issue (getting > > new-maintainers back on its feet), and only seems to give people something > > to point to when whining about how everyone else isn't doing everything > > for them.

Re: Proposed change to Debian constitution

1999-11-02 Thread Julian Gilbey
> If you don't like the fact that the Delegates have chosen to close > new-maintainer, and are too lazy to actually get off your arse to do > the job yourself but not too lazy to make a fuss, then you can use [...] But the number of people who volunteered to join the NM team was substantial, and y