Re: CoC / procedural abuse

2014-09-19 Thread Ean Schuessler
- Charles Plessy ple...@debian.org wrote: I guess that the story is simpler than this: time-limited bans do not seem to be supported natively in Debian's mailing list engine (SmartList), so if one wants to see our listmasters use time-limited bans more often, then somebody has to spend

Re: CoC / procedural abuse

2014-09-19 Thread Ean Schuessler
- Russ Allbery r...@debian.org wrote: The actual code may be extremely simple, only two or three lines. It's getting the right lines in the right place in a way that works for the people who are doing the day-to-day work that's the hard part. I hereby do solemnly volunteer to write an coc

Re: CoC / procedural abuse

2014-09-19 Thread Ean Schuessler
) would be willing to write up a specification for the software. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO e...@brainfood.com 214-720-0700 x 315 Brainfood, Inc. http://www.brainfood.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-04 Thread Ean Schuessler
- Russ Allbery r...@debian.org wrote: At least in the United States, people who use the term political correctness in all seriousness as something they dislike and think is bad are generally people with whom you would not want to share a project and people who you would be best off

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-04 Thread Ean Schuessler
- Ean Schuessler e...@brainfood.com wrote: I'm saying it *does* do that but I am saying that we can't ever allow it to. Oops. Should read I'm not saying it *does* do that Sorry. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Ean Schuessler
- Zenaan Harkness z...@freedbms.net wrote: Or perhaps a +1/-1 button, and it acts as a voting process, whilst the +1s are winning the microphone stays on :) +1! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: open source or free software?

2014-08-30 Thread Ean Schuessler
wrote: There has been some chat on my recent blog post[1] and #debian-devel about whether the terms open source or free software provide more correct or useful terminology. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO e...@brainfood.com 214-720-0700 x 315 Brainfood, Inc. http://www.brainfood.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: The Code of Conduct needs specifics

2014-03-24 Thread Ean Schuessler
- Russ Allbery r...@debian.org wrote: I think this is a mistake. The experiences of other groups have mostly convinced me that the point of a Code of Conduct should be to scare away potential contributors who cannot or are unwilling to behave according to the standards that we expect

Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-13 Thread Ean Schuessler
- Henrique de Moraes Holschuh h...@debian.org wrote: Agreed. It will serve no purpose but to put everyone at risk [of legal actions] and extra nuisances. We can have a private location with this data which only DDs can access for governance purposes, if required (and I *do not* think

Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Ean Schuessler
- Wouter Verhelst wou...@debian.org wrote: # Debian Code of Conduct ... ## In case of problems Serious or persistent offenders will be temporarily or permanently banned from communicating through Debian's systems. Complaints should be made (in private) to the administrators of the

Re: GR proposal: code of conduct

2014-02-12 Thread Ean Schuessler
- Ian Jackson ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk wrote: This isn't really true IMO. Someone who is banned can always send a message privately to a sympathetic contributor, who can forward it if it seems relevant or interesting. (I have in fact done this for a contributor who was under some

Re: Debian services and Debian infrastructure

2014-02-07 Thread Ean Schuessler
- Thomas Goirand z...@debian.org wrote: My first remark about this would be: do we have any other cloud software that can extensively use something like Ceph for distributed storage? Because for me, distributed storage is a mandatory piece which we have to implement when thinking about

Re: Debian services and Debian infrastructure

2014-01-05 Thread Ean Schuessler
We've implemented OpenNebula here at Brainfood and after having had some experience with it I would say that having that kind of infrastructure simplifies management rather than making it more complicated. Having a bunch of hand baked KVMs running without coordinated migration or shared storage is

Re: Proposed MBF - mentions of the word Ubuntu

2013-11-08 Thread Ean Schuessler
a relaxed approach to trademarks.  We use them, expecting that in the cases where trademark law gives the trademark holder a say, the holder approves of our uses, which we think are unobjectionable. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO e...@brainfood.com 214-720-0700 x 315 Brainfood, Inc. http

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Anonymous donation to Debconf 13

2012-12-13 Thread Ean Schuessler
) that the withdrawn offer had any material effect on the choice of venue. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO e...@brainfood.com 214-720-0700 x 315 Brainfood, Inc. http://www.brainfood.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

A Software Populist Who Doesn't Do Windows

2009-01-13 Thread Ean Schuessler
achievements... so, I... won't. I do like how the article mentions Debian's 1000+ volunteers in place of a count of Ubuntu's. I also like Mark's lead quote: “It feels pretty clear to me that the open process produces better stuff,” -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com e...@brainfood.com - http

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Ean Schuessler
. There are no enemies here, just people disagreeing passionately. Passion is good, we just need to channel it properly. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com e...@brainfood.com - http://www.brainfood.com - 214-720-0700 x 315

Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Ean Schuessler
for another GR unless you want one. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com e...@brainfood.com - http://www.brainfood.com - 214-720-0700 x 315

Re: Call for vote (Re: call for seconds: on firmware)

2008-12-12 Thread Ean Schuessler
Srivastava sriva...@debian.org wrote: Here is the *DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT* ballot for the GR. Please note the dates on the ballot; voting is not open yet. Please send comments to the debian-v...@lists.debian.org list. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com e...@brainfood.com - http

Re: [OT] Free software for social networks.

2008-12-03 Thread Ean Schuessler
money). Nah. Its not true! Redhat has MugShot. There is ShinDig from Apache. I've been doing some work to hook ShinDig into OFBiz, which has its party management tools that are quite a bit more sophisticated than the consumer social network models. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com [EMAIL

Debian on Causes (Facebook and MySpace)

2008-12-02 Thread Ean Schuessler
aren't die-hard computer nerds and, yes, there is a world beyond Advogato. Now shut up and go make your less nerdy friends give money to Debian. Oh, I gave $50 to Debian too. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.brainfood.com - 214-720-0700 x 315

Re: Member distributions and popularity

2008-11-20 Thread Ean Schuessler
those distributions that maintain a good working relationship (and some level of compatibility) with us. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.brainfood.com - 214-720-0700 x 315 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: Member distributions and popularity

2008-11-20 Thread Ean Schuessler
. (sorry if this mail is hard to read in mutt... I'm using Zimbra and I'm trying to figure out how to fix its formatting) -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.brainfood.com - 214-720-0700 x 315 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Member distributions and popularity

2008-11-20 Thread Ean Schuessler
in their site, they are heavily promoted at a top level. That's what I'm saying we should mimic. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.brainfood.com - 214-720-0700 x 315 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Member distributions and popularity

2008-11-19 Thread Ean Schuessler
them? http://www.eclipse.org/membership/special_programs/member-downloads-program.php Thanks. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.brainfood.com - 214-720-0700 x 315 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Member distributions and popularity

2008-11-19 Thread Ean Schuessler
recently went back to a straight Debian core with their own added value stuff on top. They would probably love to have this kind of exposure. (sorry if my emails aren't word wrapping in mutt. I'm using zimbra and can't figure out how to get it to wrap.) -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com

Re: Member distributions and popularity

2008-11-19 Thread Ean Schuessler
visibility and a sense of quality and good community behavior. It would help users avoid things that we know are badly behaved. Most of all it would expand the visibility of the Debian umbrella so that we feel like we are growing (which we are) rather than shrinking. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO

Re: Debian Powered Logo

2006-06-30 Thread Ean Schuessler
Raphael Hertzog wrote: Indeed, that's why it's great that Ubuntu is ready to make it more obvious that they are Debian based. I very much agree. I never had a problem with the fact that Canonical is willing to capitalize improvements to Debian. I never cared for their de-branding of

Re: Minutes of an Ubuntu-Debian discussion that happened at Debconf

2006-06-30 Thread Ean Schuessler
Lucas Nussbaum wrote: I've been working on this specifically. The idea is to create an Ubuntu team which would interact by volunteer DD more closely (filing bugs for their packages in the BTS for all relevant issues, for example). On the other hand, the DD would have to act promptly on those

Re: Call for a new DPL mediation ... This will be the only thread i will reply to in the next time about this issue.

2006-06-21 Thread Ean Schuessler
Matthew Garrett wrote: No. A GR can override any decision made by the DPL, a delegate or the technical committee. A GR can not override a decision made by an individual developer or a team of developers. I guess you could argue that svn.debian.org is adminned by a delegate of the DPL, and a

Re: Call for a new DPL mediation ... This will be the only thread i will reply to in the next time about this issue.

2006-06-21 Thread Ean Schuessler
Manoj Srivastava wrote: We are indeed a volunteer group. We need to at least work well enough together so it remains fun enough for the volunteers to continue to volunteer. When one individual cause enough fun to be sucked out from other people, we need ti step back and figure the

Re: Call for a new DPL mediation ... This will be the only thread i will reply to in the next time about this issue.

2006-06-21 Thread Ean Schuessler
Frans Pop wrote: Bah. That is a gross overexaggeration. No arch has been killed in d-i. d-i is, and will remain, perfectly capable of installing powerpc. As I've said before, there may be a temporary reduction in support (specifically for the lesser used subarchitectures), but there is

Re: Call for a new DPL mediation ... This will be the only thread i will reply to in the next time about this issue.

2006-06-20 Thread Ean Schuessler
Manoj Srivastava wrote: It is also very upsetting when technical discussions immediately escalate into insults, distortion of motivation, accusations of wanting to hurt Debian, or the users, of being hide bound in pride and stupidity, having agendas that smack of discrimination,

Re: debian-niggers and debian-lgbt projects.

2006-06-16 Thread Ean Schuessler
Matthias Julius wrote: Or a little more direct: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Nigger_Association_of_America Matthias I have suspected for some time the GNAA has a number of sleeper agents infiltrated into Debian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Advertising on Planet Debian

2005-05-05 Thread Ean Schuessler
. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO [EMAIL PROTECTED] 214-720-0700 x 315 Brainfood, Inc. http://www.brainfood.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I'll be a son of a bitch.

2005-04-17 Thread Ean Schuessler
then that may explain the current status. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood, Inc. http://www.brainfood.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: getting lully back on-line [Was, Re: I'll be a son of a bitch.]

2005-04-17 Thread Ean Schuessler
are talking about any great investment here. It just needs an IDE boot drive. It might be worth buying two and doing RAID so that we don't end up in this situation again. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood, Inc. http://www.brainfood.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: GFDL freedoms

2005-04-14 Thread Ean Schuessler
On Thursday 14 April 2005 12:58 am, Glenn Maynard wrote: Computer programs are useful tools, even if you can't change them. So are laws? -- Ean Schuessler, CTO [EMAIL PROTECTED] 214-720-0700 x 315 Brainfood, Inc. http://www.brainfood.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

I'll be a son of a bitch.

2005-04-12 Thread Ean Schuessler
peace pipe and extend the olive branch. Branden, congratulations on your election and good luck as DPL. ~Ean -- Ean Schuessler, CTO [EMAIL PROTECTED] 214-720-0700 x 315 Brainfood, Inc. http://www.brainfood.com pgpR0PvEqnQaN.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [Spi-trademark] Re: debian domains

2005-04-03 Thread Ean Schuessler
about this. While we whine and quake Ooooh, somebody could sue us, oh no oh no oh no we are in significant danger of creating an estoppel that will allow anyone to use the Debian trademark for anything. It is time to defend what is ours. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood, Inc. http

Re: debian domains

2005-04-02 Thread Ean Schuessler
if necessary by an ICANN UDRP proceeding would be the way to go. I await the trademark committee's input. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood, Inc. http://www.brainfood.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Small teams and other platform positions...

2005-03-25 Thread Ean Schuessler
into a tireless and helpful servant. Humans will always be subject to their personal failings and tantrums. Let's remember to be lazy programmers and leave everything we can to machines. When you vote, remember, code is more important than commercials. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO [EMAIL PROTECTED] 214

Re: Small teams and other platform positions...

2005-03-25 Thread Ean Schuessler
for liberty but that's another discussion. Sounds more like a recipe for being mugged repeatedly by street gangs and hiding fearfully in your house. Might even throw a nice raping in there for good measure. I hear that's popular with lawless warlord types. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO [EMAIL PROTECTED] 214

Re: Small teams and other platform positions...

2005-03-25 Thread Ean Schuessler
meetings are fine, but not as a method for day-to-day operations. IMHO. Your post was which of these? I'm a one-man cabal, so everything I say should be regarded as propaganda. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO [EMAIL PROTECTED] 214-720-0700 x 315 Brainfood, Inc. http://www.brainfood.com

Annual report.

2004-08-10 Thread Ean Schuessler
One of my responsibilities as SPI President was to provide an annual report of SPI's operations for the year. I have not been able to obtain sufficient information to prepare such a report. The only details I have in my personal possession are the results from processing the backlog of SPI

Re: Idea: debian representative @ conferences

2004-08-01 Thread Ean Schuessler
thought: why not institute a rule/program that only past Debian leaders may speak at conferences (except for debconf)? -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood, Inc. http://www.brainfood.com

A few comments.

2004-07-30 Thread Ean Schuessler
anyone else to make SPI presentable on-line. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood, Inc. http://www.brainfood.com

Re: GNU Hurd and Linux

2004-07-08 Thread Ean Schuessler
Yes. We will indeed be phasing out Linux support when Hurd is ready. We plan to do this in tandem to our switchover to 100% photon based computing cores and the new GNUeron Hallucinatronic machine-brain interface. Some people claim this deadline is not reachable by 2012. The Mayan lunar

Re: Please Join SPI (was Re: The Sky is Not Falling)

2004-05-07 Thread Ean Schuessler
2004 03:41 am, Tomas Pospisek's Mailing Lists wrote: I guess someone needs to pay for some of Debian's infrastructure, assumed that no sponsor would be giving it to Debian for free. That needs to be *some* entity. The fact that it's an US one is secondary. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood, Inc

On the uselessness of Debian trademarks.

2004-05-07 Thread Ean Schuessler
curious to hear their thoughts. E -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood, Inc. http://www.brainfood.com

Re: Re: Kill the DPL! (Elections are almost over)

2004-04-08 Thread Ean Schuessler
Clearly, we should make him SPI president! Being the SPI President is a much uglier responsibility, as you shall soon learn. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood, Inc. http://www.brainfood.com

Re: Re: Kill the DPL! (Elections are almost over)

2004-04-07 Thread Ean Schuessler
. Attending conferences and Debian stuff would be a decrease on the efficiency. Besides, you cannot force anybody to be someone or something: If he wants to be DPL, he will postulate and show work which endorse it. -- Ean Schuessler, President of Diabolical Sneakiness Software in the Interest