Re: so ... let's merge DAM and FD?

2009-07-03 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 07:11:08PM +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: Richard Hecker wrote: While consensus might exist that eliminating bureaucracy is good, division of labor can be a good thing too. I do not think you have established the need to combine the FD and DAM tasks. Are

Re: so ... let's merge DAM and FD?

2009-07-03 Thread Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
Steve Langasek wrote: On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 07:11:08PM +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: No, what is bureaucratic is having to wait one month for FD to review one application, just to say `hey it's complete`, and pass it to the DAM. Then wait another month. I don't see the point in it

Re: so ... let's merge DAM and FD?

2009-07-03 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Fri Jul 03 10:54, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: I definitely *don't* agree that there's justification for automatically merging the FD into DAM. OK, you have a point. However, as long as one of the teams (e.g. FD) stops duplicating the same task, and the other one is added more members,

so ... let's merge DAM and FD?

2009-07-02 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
In the midst of the huge discussion started at [1], a specific proposal [2] did not appear to have received much counter arguments, namely: merging DAM with FD (both CC-ed). I advanced that proposal because I consider it offers the following advantages: - less bureaucracy: the _decision_ about

Re: so ... let's merge DAM and FD?

2009-07-02 Thread Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
Richard Hecker wrote: While consensus might exist that eliminating bureaucracy is good, division of labor can be a good thing too. I do not think you have established the need to combine the FD and DAM tasks. Are you claiming the DAMs are too bureaucratic? No, what is bureaucratic is having

Re: so ... let's merge DAM and FD?

2009-07-02 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 09:53:16AM -0700, Richard Hecker wrote: Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: In the midst of the huge discussion started at [1], a specific proposal [2] did not appear to have received much counter arguments, namely: merging DAM with FD (both CC-ed). snip... Lack of

Re: so ... let's merge DAM and FD?

2009-07-02 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 07:34:12PM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote: OTOH, I'm not sure merging DAM and FD is something that will change the frace from NM, but for sure, it's a step in the good direction. Ah, right, I forgot to add this disclaimer to the first post. I've never claimed, nor

Re: so ... let's merge DAM and FD?

2009-07-02 Thread Richard Hecker
Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: Richard Hecker wrote: While consensus might exist that eliminating bureaucracy is good, division of labor can be a good thing too. I do not think you have established the need to combine the FD and DAM tasks. Are you claiming the DAMs are too bureaucratic?

Re: so ... let's merge DAM and FD?

2009-07-02 Thread Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
Richard Hecker wrote: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: No, what is bureaucratic is having to wait one month for FD to review one application, just to say `hey it's complete`, and pass it to the DAM. Then wait another month. I don't see the point in it being reviewed twice if FD has no say in

Re: so ... let's merge DAM and FD?

2009-07-02 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 02 Jul 2009, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: Richard Hecker wrote: While consensus might exist that eliminating bureaucracy is good, division of labor can be a good thing too. I do not think you have established the need to combine the FD and DAM tasks. Are you claiming the DAMs

Re: so ... let's merge DAM and FD?

2009-07-02 Thread Richard Hecker
Lucas Nussbaum wrote: Don't you think that there's some sense in listening to what Emilio says, whithout immediately minimizing his arguments, since he has already been at least 4 times more useful to Debian than you were during the last 8 years? - Lucas I did listen. That is why it was

Re: so ... let's merge DAM and FD?

2009-07-02 Thread Felipe Augusto van de Wiel (faw)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 02-07-2009 18:15, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: On 02/07/09 at 12:05 -0700, Richard Hecker wrote: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: Richard Hecker wrote: While consensus might exist that eliminating bureaucracy is good, division of labor can be a good