On 4 Apr 2006, Benj. Mako Hill said:
quote who=Manoj Srivastava date=Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 03:23:35AM
-0500
The way I see it, Debian produces an modular OS. the
modularity of the product is, by and large[0], packages.
.. snip ..
[0]. There are people who contribute to Debian other than as
Wouter Verhelst [EMAIL PROTECTED]
They don't need to be in the web of trust to affect those issues. They
can just step in and do something.
This is often overlooked as a form of democracy. It's a bit brutal,
but can be useful.
[...] and b) there is no clear-cut and
objective criteria
Jorgen Schaefer wrote:
Helen Faulkner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It seems to me that we are already in a situation where only the
people who are really interested in, or informed about, a
particular question are voting on it.
And that's bad because ...?
Oh, I wasn't suggesting it was bad.
Scripsit Benj. Mako Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think that the fact that the upload keyring is the same as the
voting keyring is bad. Contributors are told they can't vote until
they learn C compiler flags.
Who tells contributors that nonsense?
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Henning Makholm However,
Scripsit Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 3 Apr 2006, Wouter Verhelst outgrape:
I don't have any problems per se with non-DD contributors being
allowed to vote on matters of purely technical substance.
I have a problem with _anyone_ voting on a matter of purely
technical
Scripsit Benj. Mako Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's argueably the most important right that is reserved for developers
but it does not necessary stand to reason that it should be reserved
only for those who engage in development.
I'd like to see those who have made long-term, sustained, and
In other words, those who are responsible, decide.
I agree. So let's divest of their voting privileges those DDs who
don't contribute enough. We have several hundred of those.
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On 4 Apr 2006, Benj. Mako Hill spake thusly:
quote who=Wouter Verhelst date=Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 08:58:57AM
+0200
The problem is more one of 'how do we identify those people that
aren't a Developer, but that do contribute regularly'.
There are a number of ways of doing this although, like
On 4 Apr 2006, Henning Makholm verbalised:
Scripsit Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 3 Apr 2006, Wouter Verhelst outgrape:
I don't have any problems per se with non-DD contributors being
allowed to vote on matters of purely technical substance.
I have a problem with _anyone_ voting on
On 4 Apr 2006, Benj. Mako Hill stated:
quote who=Steve Langasek date=Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 12:15:15AM
-0700
Most developers seem to agree that there are bugs in our process
for integrating new members into the project, but that's not the
same as saying that non-DDs should be allowed to vote
On 4 Apr 2006, Clint Adams stated:
In other words, those who are responsible, decide.
I agree. So let's divest of their voting privileges those DDs who
don't contribute enough. We have several hundred of those.
Please help out the MIA process. It would really be
appreciated.
On Monday 03 April 2006 01:25, Christian Surchi wrote:
Il giorno dom, 02/04/2006 alle 18.39 -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas ha scritto:
Well, personally I had debian-specific projects like d-i and debconf
translations in mind.
And how could be that idea connected to upstream translation work? That
Greetings!
I am searching for a free Telugu font that I can install on my computer. I
do not know enough about the software to ask specific questions. I would
like to be able to do word processing and possibly publication using Telugu
font.
Do you have any suggestions on how I should
On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 02:36:58PM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote:
Scripsit Benj. Mako Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's argueably the most important right that is reserved for developers
but it does not necessary stand to reason that it should be reserved
only for those who engage in
On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 11:18:59AM -0500, James Hardy wrote:
Greetings!
I am searching for a free Telugu font that I can install on my computer. I
do not know enough about the software to ask specific questions. I would
like to be able to do word processing and possibly publication
* Adrian von Bidder [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060404 19:41]:
I guess the answer is 'not, and that's not a bad thing either'. For d-i and
package descriptions etc. there are not upstream developers separate from
Debian. I presume work on program translations should take place wherever
upstream
Scripsit Kevin Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 02:36:58PM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote:
Scripsit Benj. Mako Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's argueably the most important right that is reserved for developers
but it does not necessary stand to reason that it should be reserved
Please help out the MIA process. It would really be
appreciated.
The MIA process does not address the type of people that are the
object of my complaints.
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