Re: Linux in Canada, might severely affect all free software projects

2010-07-03 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
On 07/03/2010 05:46 PM, Toni Mueller wrote: > > > Hi, > > I've just been pointed to this: > > http://www.reddit.com/comments/cb3n0/are_you_a_canadian_linux_user_youre_about_to/ > > I'd like the project to assess the impact of this kind of legislation, > and to publicly speak out against it. I

Re: On terminology

2010-07-03 Thread Henri Le Foll
you can read on http://www.debian.org/devel/join/nm-checklist.en.html that before someone applies to the nm procees he is usually a Debian Maintainer in the glossary, on http://www.debian.org/devel/join - you could define Applicant by : A Debian Maintainer requesting to become Debian Develo

Re: Linux in Canada, might severely affect all free software projects

2010-07-03 Thread MJ Ray
Toni Mueller wrote: > I've just been pointed to this: > http://www.reddit.com/comments/cb3n0/are_you_a_canadian_linux_user_youre_about_to/ > > I'd like the project to assess the impact of this kind of legislation, > and to publicly speak out against it. Propose a Position Statement GR then becaus

Re: Linux in Canada, might severely affect all free software projects

2010-07-03 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2010-07-03 at 17:46 +0200, Toni Mueller wrote: > > Hi, > > I've just been pointed to this: > > http://www.reddit.com/comments/cb3n0/are_you_a_canadian_linux_user_youre_about_to/ > > I'd like the project to assess the impact of this kind of legislation, > and to publicly speak out agains

Linux in Canada, might severely affect all free software projects

2010-07-03 Thread Toni Mueller
Hi, I've just been pointed to this: http://www.reddit.com/comments/cb3n0/are_you_a_canadian_linux_user_youre_about_to/ I'd like the project to assess the impact of this kind of legislation, and to publicly speak out against it. Kind regards, --Toni++ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-pro

Re: About DDs not maintaining packages

2010-07-03 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 01:45:40PM +0200, Hector Oron a écrit : > > I totally agree. For one thing, it seems that new maintainers look > after having something new into Debian, which we already are full of > it. I would say that it is more worth to support good orphaned > software than yet another

Re: About DDs not maintaining packages

2010-07-03 Thread Hector Oron
Hello, 2010/7/3 Ana Guerrero : > On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 07:01:18PM +0200, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote: >> >> (There are more official Debian Developers in that city but they didn't >> reply to the calls, and they do not maintain packages at least in some >> cases, so probably they should

Re: On terminology

2010-07-03 Thread Holger Levsen
On Freitag, 2. Juli 2010, Faidon Liambotis wrote: > Nowadays, we're asking people to become Maintainers so that they can > become Debian Maintainers and *then* apply to the New Maintainer's > process so that they can become Debian Developers. > > Am I the only one who has trouble -and getting laugh