Re: [list.debian.project] two questions for DPL nominees

2001-02-25 Thread Bdale Garbee
> - non-free archives? The thing that would make me happiest would be for everything in non-free to be obsoleted by some better piece of free software. Until / unless that happens, my take on this from a practical standpoint is that we should leave non-free alone. In passing, let me mention

Re: two questions for DPL nominees

2001-02-23 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 06:46:01PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > 1. what is your stance(*) on some of the recent controversial topics aka > flame-wars within debian? > 2. what action, if any, do you intend to take on these issues? > > - non-free archives? This issue is so controversial that

Re: two questions for DPL nominees

2001-02-23 Thread Ben Collins
> - non-free archives? I'd like to eventually see it moved to it's own archive. I don't think there is anything Debian can do to make this happen. It will require someone taking the time and effort to get the resources, take the time to organize it, and get it going. I don't want to see non-free

Re: two questions for DPL nominees

2001-02-23 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 06:41:21AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > Out of curiosity: are you asking for points to be repeated if the > candidate already addressed the issue in his platform? a brief statement from all nominees would be useful for comparison purposes. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PR

Re: two questions for DPL nominees

2001-02-23 Thread Raul Miller
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 06:46:01PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > (*) please give just brief 1 or 2 paragraph statements of your > positions, not a thesis or argument :) i want to find out what you > think about these issues, not trigger a repeat of the flamewars (so > please, people, just accept th

Re: two questions for DPL nominees

2001-02-23 Thread Martin Schulze
Craig Sanders wrote: > i have two questions for all of you: > > 1. what is your stance(*) on some of the recent controversial topics aka > flame-wars within debian? > > - non-free archives? > > - sluggish new maintainer process? Add to it - Maintainers who are MIA -- If you come from

two questions for DPL nominees

2001-02-23 Thread Craig Sanders
i have two questions for all of you: 1. what is your stance(*) on some of the recent controversial topics aka flame-wars within debian? - non-free archives? - sluggish new maintainer process? - other inflammable issues? (*) please give just brief 1 or 2 paragraph statements of your posit