Re: Logo swap vote is bogus

1999-06-30 Thread Philip Hands
> There was discussion of swapping the official and unofficial images > for a number of submissions to both the Gimp contest and the logo > vote. Not just the swirl. Many people said, "what if I like , but > want them swapped?" It's an idea that's been in the air the whole > time. I have no ide

Re: Negative Summary of the Split Proposal

1999-06-30 Thread Joseph Carter
On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 10:47:32AM -0700, Craig Brozefsky wrote: > > I am not arguing this; there are plenty of people out there who have > > the *perception* that we are Bolsheviks. This proposal will give more > > fuel to their fire (can you see the Slashdot comments on an article > > about this

Re: Ad hoc and spontaneous voting

1999-06-30 Thread Darren O. Benham
On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 02:24:54PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > a) All general resolutions must start with an announcement to > debian-devel-announce and debian-devel, with foolow ups > redirected to -devel. No. resolutions won't be tracked on -devel. If I get cc'd, I'll end up g

Re: Logo swap vote is bogus

1999-06-30 Thread Chris Waters
Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Oh, I saw Brenden's comment that he might propose a swap (but didn't want to > talk about it), I just failed to realise that the constitution said that we > should assume that the terms of the vote were change

Re: A Fate Worse than Red Hat? (was Re: Negative Summary of the Split Proposal)

1999-06-30 Thread John Goerzen
Chris Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Jun 30, John Goerzen wrote: > > In this case, what relevance does it have to the discussion at hand? > > The day we are ruled by marketing concerns is the day we are doomed to > > a fate akin to RedHat. > > I don't think we should be ruled by marke

Re: Negative Summary of the Split Proposal

1999-06-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Chris" == Chris Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Chris> I am not arguing this; there are plenty of people out there Chris> who have the *perception* that we are Bolsheviks. This Chris> proposal will give more fuel to their fire (can you see the Chris> Slashdot comments on an articl

Re: Ad hoc and spontaneous voting

1999-06-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Wichert> Your first and second point seem to be basically the same: you Wichert> think the current method is not visible enough. There are currently Wichert> no rules or guidelines that state how exactly proposals, seconds Wichert

Re: Ad hoc and spontaneous voting

1999-06-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Wichert> Your first and second point seem to be basically the same: Wichert> you think the current method is not visible enough. Frankly, I thought this was quite significant. I think that if general resolutions can sneak

Re: What I would like to vote for (was: Negative Summary of the Split Proposal)

1999-06-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 01:36:57PM +0900, Ionutz Borcoman wrote: > What I'm really missing in our current state is an explanation in the > description of non-free telling me why is that package there. Ian Jackson proposed this well over a year ago, but nobody seems to have done anything about it.

A Fate Worse than Red Hat? (was Re: Negative Summary of the Split Proposal)

1999-06-30 Thread Chris Lawrence
On Jun 30, John Goerzen wrote: > In this case, what relevance does it have to the discussion at hand? > The day we are ruled by marketing concerns is the day we are doomed to > a fate akin to RedHat. I don't think we should be ruled by marketing concerns; however, we should be at least cognizant

Re: Negative Summary of the Split Proposal

1999-06-30 Thread Craig Brozefsky
Chris Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am not arguing this; there are plenty of people out there who have > the *perception* that we are Bolsheviks. This proposal will give more > fuel to their fire (can you see the Slashdot comments on an article > about this plan? I certainly can imagi

Re: Negative Summary of the Split Proposal

1999-06-30 Thread John Goerzen
Chris Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Jun 30, John Goerzen wrote: > > Pardon me, but while I agree that there is really no need for the > > separation, I must disagree fervently with your argument likening RMS, > > and the FSF (to whom we owe our very existance) to the Bolsheviks. > >

Re: Negative Summary of the Split Proposal

1999-06-30 Thread Chris Lawrence
On Jun 30, John Goerzen wrote: > Pardon me, but while I agree that there is really no need for the > separation, I must disagree fervently with your argument likening RMS, > and the FSF (to whom we owe our very existance) to the Bolsheviks. I am not arguing this; there are plenty of people out th

Re: Ad hoc and spontaneous voting

1999-06-30 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Wichert> Previously Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> Most votes (like the non-free issue) have been called with no > >> formal proposal, seconds, or a discussion period. I have strong > >> fe

Re: Ad hoc and spontaneous voting

1999-06-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Wichert> Previously Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Most votes (like the non-free issue) have been called with no >> formal proposal, seconds, or a discussion period. I have strong >> feeling against taking any action whatsoever merely

Re: Ad hoc and spontaneous voting

1999-06-30 Thread Davide G. M. Salvetti
* DOB => Darren O Benham DOB> On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 12:19:44AM +0200, Davide G. M. Salvetti wrote: >> What about the proposer of a vote writing the pros, and---at the end >> of the discussion period---anybody so inclined submitting cons by >> means of a procedure similar to the amendment one

Re: Negative Summary of the Split Proposal

1999-06-30 Thread John Goerzen
Pardon me, but while I agree that there is really no need for the separation, I must disagree fervently with your argument likening RMS, and the FSF (to whom we owe our very existance) to the Bolsheviks. It is really uncalled-for, and not even close to being accurate. RMS is acting to ensure mo

Re: Negative Summary of the Split Proposal

1999-06-30 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Raul Miller wrote: > Every tangible point in this summary appears to rest on the > assumption that we need to have multiple physical servers to support > the non-free/main split. This doesn't make sense to me: all we really That's not very true, only the last paragraph cont

Re: Negative Summary of the Split Proposal

1999-06-30 Thread Chris Lawrence
On Jun 30, Raul Miller wrote: > Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As I mentioned earlier I have written what I'm calling a negative summary > > of the split proposal. > > Every tangible point in this summary appears to rest on the > assumption that we need to have multiple physical se

Re: Negative Summary of the Split Proposal

1999-06-30 Thread Raul Miller
Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I mentioned earlier I have written what I'm calling a negative summary > of the split proposal. Every tangible point in this summary appears to rest on the assumption that we need to have multiple physical servers to support the non-free/main split.

Re: Moving contrib and non-free of master.debian.org

1999-06-30 Thread Richard Stallman
Otherwise just about everything in contrib has dependency on non-free software. That makes it simple--put the contrib packages on the server that has the non-free packages. A few months ago, I think someone mentioned that some packages were in contrib because their quality or utility was

Re: What I would like to vote for (was: Negative Summary of the Split Proposal)

1999-06-30 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 11:46:06AM +0200, Nils Rennebarth écrivait: > On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 01:36:57PM +0900, Ionutz Borcoman wrote: > > I completely agree with Jason. > So do I (just to add another voice) Me too. > Very good. We could even define keywords or standard reasons why anything is >

Re: Logo swap vote is bogus

1999-06-30 Thread Philip Hands
Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Where was the swap discussed? > On -devel. (I wasn't even subscribed to -vote until last night.) Oh, I saw Brenden's comment that he might propose a swap (but didn't want to talk about it), I just failed to r

Re: What I would like to vote for (was: Negative Summary of the Split Proposal)

1999-06-30 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 01:36:57PM +0900, Ionutz Borcoman wrote: > I completely agree with Jason. So do I (just to add another voice) > But I would like to see (in time, not immediately) that > non-free packages explains why they are not free from the very > beginning, aka in the description field

Re: Logo swap vote is bogus

1999-06-30 Thread Chris Waters
Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You went on on to say two other things: > 1) the logo swap was aired during the vote. > 2) the Modified swirl lost, so should be discounted > Where was the swap discussed? On -devel. (I wasn't even subscribed to -vote until last night.) > Would

What I would like to vote for (was: Negative Summary of the Split Proposal)

1999-06-30 Thread Ionutz Borcoman
Hi, I completely agree with Jason. I just want to add some more things (already said this here and on IRC): What I'm really missing in our current state is an explanation in the description of non-free telling me why is that package there. You can get these infos after you install the package or

Re: Logo swap vote is bogus

1999-06-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 01:57:36AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > Well, quite. If people had left it alone, I probably would have too, at > least > until last weekend when I found myself explaining to several people that I > couldn't sell them a swirl T-Shirt, because they were licensed in a way

Negative Summary of the Split Proposal

1999-06-30 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
As I mentioned earlier I have written what I'm calling a negative summary of the split proposal. It focuses on the arguments against the archive split and does not attempt to provide any sort of balance with the arguments for the archive split which I belive are aplt represented in the initial pro

Re: Logo swap vote is bogus

1999-06-30 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 01:57:36AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > Here's my problem. Subverting the process by proposing something that is > tangential to ones aims seems plain wrong to me. We're not sneaky > politicians > here, so why are we acting like them ? > > You went on on to say two oth

Re: Ad hoc and spontaneous voting

1999-06-30 Thread Darren O. Benham
On Tue, Jun 29, 1999 at 08:20:13PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote: > This might be a good idea, but how did I get dragged into it? I have neither > voted nor added to this vote discussion. > > Adam, who is a little perplexed First name I came up with... -- Please cc all mailing list replies to me, als

Re: Ad hoc and spontaneous voting

1999-06-30 Thread Adam Heath
On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Darren O. Benham wrote: > > It does seem really stupid to be passing a general resolution of the > > entire developer corps just to swap two piccies. It'd be nice if, in > > future, these things could be thought about in advance enough so we only > > need to vote once on these

Re: Logo swap vote is bogus

1999-06-30 Thread Philip Hands
> Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'll leave you with a fairly simple question: > > > I like the swirl logo, and want it to be widely used. > > I don't like the bottle logo, and don't want it as our official logo. > > > > How should I vote ? > > AH! Now I understand where

Re: Ad hoc and spontaneous voting

1999-06-30 Thread Darren O. Benham
On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 12:19:44AM +0200, Davide G. M. Salvetti wrote: > What about the proposer of a vote writing the pros, and---at the end > of the discussion period---anybody so inclined submitting cons by > means of a procedure similar to the amendment one (i.e., with a proper > number of supp

Re: Logo swap vote is bogus

1999-06-30 Thread Darren O. Benham
On Tue, Jun 29, 1999 at 08:46:51PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > OK, it looks like a mail SNAFU and the web pages being behind, have conspired > to ensure that I didn't see that. > > I'll leave you with a fairly simple question: > > I like the swirl logo, and want it to be widely used. > I do