Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Anthony Towns
Two topics for the candidates' consideration and discussion. First: "The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system." Presumably this means our primary focus should be on putting together great free software and getting it out to us

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Falk Hueffner
Anthony Towns writes: > [...] > Do you believe that developers should be (or are) equally willing to have > a dialogue with people who provide criticism consisting of suggestions > of alternatives, discussion of tradeoffs that can and should be made > and helpful bits of code, or people who accom

Re: reasonable questions? was: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Falk Hueffner
Anand Kumria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:43:29AM +0100, Falk Hueffner wrote: > > Anthony Towns writes: > > > [...] > > > Do you believe that developers should be (or are) equally willing to have > > > a dialogue with people who provide criticism consisting of suggesti

reasonable questions? was: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Anand Kumria
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:43:29AM +0100, Falk Hueffner wrote: > Anthony Towns writes: > > > [...] > > Do you believe that developers should be (or are) equally willing to have > > a dialogue with people who provide criticism consisting of suggestions > > of alternatives, discussion of tradeoffs

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:43:29AM +0100, Falk Hueffner wrote: > Anthony Towns writes: > > Do you believe that developers should be (or are) equally willing to have > > a dialogue with people who provide criticism consisting of suggestions > > of alternatives, discussion of tradeoffs that can and

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Falk Hueffner
Anthony Towns writes: > That's only one question quoted there. Are you saying you think all > of the others are unreasonable too, or just that one? I answered this in another mail. > I think it's reasonable, and I'd certainly like to know the > project's position on it. Do you really think a u

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Anthony Towns [2004-03-02 20:11]: > First: "The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have > made common cause to create a free operating system." Presumably > this means our primary focus should be on putting together great > free software and getting it out to users. That's righ

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-02 12:44]: > I, as DPL, am willing to listen to them because there concerns might > be valid. However, I don't think that most people will listen to a > mail which basically says "YOU SUCK". Again, I think communication > is important, and this applies to everyone.

Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, this morning I wrote in private to the DPL candidates but tbm asked me to foreward my questions to debian-vote which I'm doing hereby ... Here are my questions: 1. My concern is to propagate Custom Debian Distributions because I think we should set a stronger focus to the end user. I

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 01:31:19PM +0100, Falk Hueffner wrote: > Do you really think a useful and productive discussion could come from > a candidate trying to answer this question? I don't. I would be pretty > annoyed if I was to answer them. I don't think this is a reasonable question, and I dis

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Falk Hueffner
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't think this is a reasonable question, and I disagree with the > point I think you're trying to make. > > On the other hand, I think the questions you're talking about were > reasonable, if a bit verbose. I hope the candidates address at least > so

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 02 Mar 2004 13:31:19 +0100, Falk Hueffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Do you really think a useful and productive discussion could come > from a candidate trying to answer this question? I don't. I would be > pretty annoyed if I was to answer them. But you are not the candidate. They

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Debian Project Secretary
On 02 Mar 2004 11:43:29 +0100, Falk Hueffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Anthony Towns writes: >> [...] Do you believe that developers should be (or are) equally >> willing to have a dialogue with people who provide criticism >> consisting of suggestions of alternatives, discussion of tradeoffs

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Falk Hueffner
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 02 Mar 2004 13:31:19 +0100, Falk Hueffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > Do you really think a useful and productive discussion could come > > from a candidate trying to answer this question? I don't. I would be > > pretty annoyed if I was to an

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Falk Hueffner
Debian Project Secretary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 02 Mar 2004 11:43:29 +0100, Falk Hueffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Please unsubscribe from debian-vote if you do not wish to hear > the opinions of the candidates on politically charged issues as well > as ordinary technical

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-02 15:20]: > this morning I wrote in private to the DPL candidates but tbm asked > me to foreward my questions to debian-vote which I'm doing hereby Yes, I think it's important to share these answers with everyone who is interested. > 1. My concern is

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Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Gergely Nagy
Foreword: Do NOT take my answers seriously. I'm trying to make people laugh. > Here are my questions: > > 1. My concern is to propagate Custom Debian Distributions because > I think we should set a stronger focus to the end user. I see > Debian as a missing link between upstream deve

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 05:39:48PM +0100, Falk Hueffner wrote: > Seems I have still not made myself clear. I am not objecting to asking > about the issues mentioned. I am not objecting to abybody answering > them. And I disapprove of you objecting to candidates answering those questions. > I am o

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Falk Hueffner
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 05:39:48PM +0100, Falk Hueffner wrote: > > Seems I have still not made myself clear. I am not objecting to asking > > about the issues mentioned. I am not objecting to abybody answering > > them. > > And I disapprove of you objecti

OT: Progeny Linux

2004-03-02 Thread David N. Welton
Gergely Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Easy one. As seen on debian-devel@ recently, Progeny (I think, > correct me if I'm wrong) has this Componentized Linux idea. Which is > all nice and good, and should help custom distros all right. So, the > plans are set straight already. I saw Ian's onl

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 02 Mar 2004 17:53:14 +0100, Falk Hueffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I am not objecting to asking about the issues mentioned. I am not > objecting to abybody answering them. I am objecting to abusing a > questionnaire as a platorm for a rant. A DD can ask a question that they feel pa

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 02 Mar 2004 17:55:08 +0100, Falk Hueffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Debian Project Secretary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> On 02 Mar 2004 11:43:29 +0100, Falk Hueffner >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> >> Please unsubscribe from debian-vote if you do not wish to hear the >> opinions of the ca

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Falk Hueffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have no problem with that content. I dislike reading rants, though. Actually, I would like to hear how the candidates deal with a rant.

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I think James is an excellent contributor to the project. I know him > personally, and I can assure you that he is not on a power trip. He > ... Well thanks for the clarification. I just want to make sure that this explanation is given to _everyone_

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 04:12, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-02 15:20]: > > 3. Do you think Debian should continue to support non-free? > > No. Debian is about creating a operating system with free software, > and I don't think we should be in the business o

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread David N. Welton
Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What about Debian distributing documentation - do you see it as > software, do you see all documentation (eg. philosophical) as software? > > Eg. GFDL documentation? > RFCs? Another thing that would be useful to add to all questions of this type is s

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Gergely Nagy
> > What about Debian distributing documentation - do you see it as > > software, do you see all documentation (eg. philosophical) as software? > > > > Eg. GFDL documentation? > > RFCs? > > Another thing that would be useful to add to all questions of this > type is something along the lines of "

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-02 20:31]: > Well thanks for the clarification. I just want to make sure that this BTW, there's something else I wanted to clarify. Something asked me about this in private, and I thought I'd answer her as well. Basically the question is whether I am

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* David N. Welton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-02 22:51]: > Another thing that would be useful to add to all questions of this > type is something along the lines of "and as DPL, do you think you > can do anything about it, or plan to?" to hear whether the > candidates plan to do anything either pe

Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Amaya
As a female hacker/geek/DD I find myself more and more concerned about the gender ratio in the Debian Developer/User comunity. How can we say make a "Universal" OS when it's do scarcely related to half the population of the world... I think we all agree we want to see more women involved in or usin

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 11:12, Amaya wrote: > As a female hacker/geek/DD I find myself more and more concerned about > the gender ratio in the Debian Developer/User comunity. How can we say > make a "Universal" OS when it's do scarcely related to half the > population of the world... I think we all a

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-03 01:12]: > As a female hacker/geek/DD I find myself more and more concerned > about the gender ratio in the Debian Developer/User community. How > can we say make a "Universal" OS when it's do scarcely related to > half the population of the world... I think w

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-02 20:31]: > > something works as expected. You only notice when it suddenly > > breaks. So if 95% of communication with James works well, we will > > never hear about it. But we hear about the 5% which fails. > Damn users ... this is always the same.

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 08:11:16PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Two topics for the candidates' consideration and discussion. > > First: "The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made > common cause to create a free operating system." Presumably this means > our primary focus s

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:27:16PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > I think you're positing a false dilemma. That creating a technically > excellent distribution of 100% Free Software is our primary goal, and > raison d'ĂȘtre, doesn't mean that every activity not in obvious and > direct service of

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:27:17PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 08:11:16PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > Of the technical issues that aren't being communicated about well > > enough, Branden says "In my opinion, and on balance, we do an adequate > > job on these points

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:27:17PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > Who do you think should be subscribed to -devel, and what sort of > > discussions do you think should make up the majority of the traffic? If > > reality doesn't match those desires, what, if anything, will you do to > > change t

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:27:17PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: As is probably obvious, I have a tendency to answer questions that interest me, whether they were intended rhetorically or not. > > First: "The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made > > common cause to creat

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 02:52:33PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:27:17PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > Who do you think should be subscribed to -devel, and what sort of > > > discussions do you think should make up the majority of the traffic? If > > > reality does

Questions for candidates -- Debian's Organizational Structure

2004-03-02 Thread Pascal Hakim
Hi, Which of the groups/people on [1] do you consider delegates? Why or why not? Would you change this? Do you believe the Tech Committee is effective in its role for the project? Cheers, Pasc [1]: http://www.debian.org/intro/organization -- Pascal Hakim

Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Anthony Towns
Two topics for the candidates' consideration and discussion. First: "The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system." Presumably this means our primary focus should be on putting together great free software and getting it out to us

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Falk Hueffner
Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] > Do you believe that developers should be (or are) equally willing to have > a dialogue with people who provide criticism consisting of suggestions > of alternatives, discussion of tradeoffs that can and should be made > and helpful bits of code,

Re: reasonable questions? was: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Falk Hueffner
Anand Kumria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:43:29AM +0100, Falk Hueffner wrote: > > Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > [...] > > > Do you believe that developers should be (or are) equally willing to have > > > a dialogue with people who provide criticism con

reasonable questions? was: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Anand Kumria
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:43:29AM +0100, Falk Hueffner wrote: > Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > [...] > > Do you believe that developers should be (or are) equally willing to have > > a dialogue with people who provide criticism consisting of suggestions > > of alternatives, discu

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:43:29AM +0100, Falk Hueffner wrote: > Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Do you believe that developers should be (or are) equally willing to have > > a dialogue with people who provide criticism consisting of suggestions > > of alternatives, discussion of trad

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Falk Hueffner
Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That's only one question quoted there. Are you saying you think all > of the others are unreasonable too, or just that one? I answered this in another mail. > I think it's reasonable, and I'd certainly like to know the > project's position on it. Do y

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-02 20:11]: > First: "The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have > made common cause to create a free operating system." Presumably > this means our primary focus should be on putting together great > free software and getting it out to

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-02 12:44]: > I, as DPL, am willing to listen to them because there concerns might > be valid. However, I don't think that most people will listen to a > mail which basically says "YOU SUCK". Again, I think communication > is important, and this applies to everyone.

Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, this morning I wrote in private to the DPL candidates but tbm asked me to foreward my questions to debian-vote which I'm doing hereby ... Here are my questions: 1. My concern is to propagate Custom Debian Distributions because I think we should set a stronger focus to the end user. I

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 01:31:19PM +0100, Falk Hueffner wrote: > Do you really think a useful and productive discussion could come from > a candidate trying to answer this question? I don't. I would be pretty > annoyed if I was to answer them. I don't think this is a reasonable question, and I dis

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Falk Hueffner
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't think this is a reasonable question, and I disagree with the > point I think you're trying to make. > > On the other hand, I think the questions you're talking about were > reasonable, if a bit verbose. I hope the candidates address at least > so

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 02 Mar 2004 13:31:19 +0100, Falk Hueffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Do you really think a useful and productive discussion could come > from a candidate trying to answer this question? I don't. I would be > pretty annoyed if I was to answer them. But you are not the candidate. They

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Debian Project Secretary
On 02 Mar 2004 11:43:29 +0100, Falk Hueffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> [...] Do you believe that developers should be (or are) equally >> willing to have a dialogue with people who provide criticism >> consisting of suggestions of alternatives, disc

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Falk Hueffner
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 02 Mar 2004 13:31:19 +0100, Falk Hueffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > Do you really think a useful and productive discussion could come > > from a candidate trying to answer this question? I don't. I would be > > pretty annoyed if I was to an

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Falk Hueffner
Debian Project Secretary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 02 Mar 2004 11:43:29 +0100, Falk Hueffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Please unsubscribe from debian-vote if you do not wish to hear > the opinions of the candidates on politically charged issues as well > as ordinary technical

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-02 15:20]: > this morning I wrote in private to the DPL candidates but tbm asked > me to foreward my questions to debian-vote which I'm doing hereby Yes, I think it's important to share these answers with everyone who is interested. > 1. My concern is

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Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Gergely Nagy
Foreword: Do NOT take my answers seriously. I'm trying to make people laugh. > Here are my questions: > > 1. My concern is to propagate Custom Debian Distributions because > I think we should set a stronger focus to the end user. I see > Debian as a missing link between upstream deve

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 05:39:48PM +0100, Falk Hueffner wrote: > Seems I have still not made myself clear. I am not objecting to asking > about the issues mentioned. I am not objecting to abybody answering > them. And I disapprove of you objecting to candidates answering those questions. > I am o

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Falk Hueffner
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 05:39:48PM +0100, Falk Hueffner wrote: > > Seems I have still not made myself clear. I am not objecting to asking > > about the issues mentioned. I am not objecting to abybody answering > > them. > > And I disapprove of you objecti

OT: Progeny Linux

2004-03-02 Thread David N. Welton
Gergely Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Easy one. As seen on debian-devel@ recently, Progeny (I think, > correct me if I'm wrong) has this Componentized Linux idea. Which is > all nice and good, and should help custom distros all right. So, the > plans are set straight already. I saw Ian's onl

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 02 Mar 2004 17:53:14 +0100, Falk Hueffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I am not objecting to asking about the issues mentioned. I am not > objecting to abybody answering them. I am objecting to abusing a > questionnaire as a platorm for a rant. A DD can ask a question that they feel pa

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 02 Mar 2004 17:55:08 +0100, Falk Hueffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Debian Project Secretary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> On 02 Mar 2004 11:43:29 +0100, Falk Hueffner >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> >> Please unsubscribe from debian-vote if you do not wish to hear the >> opinions of the ca

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Falk Hueffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have no problem with that content. I dislike reading rants, though. Actually, I would like to hear how the candidates deal with a rant. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I think James is an excellent contributor to the project. I know him > personally, and I can assure you that he is not on a power trip. He > ... Well thanks for the clarification. I just want to make sure that this explanation is given to _everyone_

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 04:12, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-02 15:20]: > > 3. Do you think Debian should continue to support non-free? > > No. Debian is about creating a operating system with free software, > and I don't think we should be in the business o

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread David N. Welton
Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What about Debian distributing documentation - do you see it as > software, do you see all documentation (eg. philosophical) as software? > > Eg. GFDL documentation? > RFCs? Another thing that would be useful to add to all questions of this type is s

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Gergely Nagy
> > What about Debian distributing documentation - do you see it as > > software, do you see all documentation (eg. philosophical) as software? > > > > Eg. GFDL documentation? > > RFCs? > > Another thing that would be useful to add to all questions of this > type is something along the lines of "

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-02 20:31]: > Well thanks for the clarification. I just want to make sure that this BTW, there's something else I wanted to clarify. Something asked me about this in private, and I thought I'd answer her as well. Basically the question is whether I am

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* David N. Welton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-02 22:51]: > Another thing that would be useful to add to all questions of this > type is something along the lines of "and as DPL, do you think you > can do anything about it, or plan to?" to hear whether the > candidates plan to do anything either pe

Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Amaya
As a female hacker/geek/DD I find myself more and more concerned about the gender ratio in the Debian Developer/User comunity. How can we say make a "Universal" OS when it's do scarcely related to half the population of the world... I think we all agree we want to see more women involved in or usin

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 11:12, Amaya wrote: > As a female hacker/geek/DD I find myself more and more concerned about > the gender ratio in the Debian Developer/User comunity. How can we say > make a "Universal" OS when it's do scarcely related to half the > population of the world... I think we all a

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-03 01:12]: > As a female hacker/geek/DD I find myself more and more concerned > about the gender ratio in the Debian Developer/User community. How > can we say make a "Universal" OS when it's do scarcely related to > half the population of the world... I think w

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-02 20:31]: > > something works as expected. You only notice when it suddenly > > breaks. So if 95% of communication with James works well, we will > > never hear about it. But we hear about the 5% which fails. > Damn users ... this is always the same.

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 08:11:16PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Two topics for the candidates' consideration and discussion. > > First: "The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made > common cause to create a free operating system." Presumably this means > our primary focus s

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:27:16PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > I think you're positing a false dilemma. That creating a technically > excellent distribution of 100% Free Software is our primary goal, and > raison d'ĂȘtre, doesn't mean that every activity not in obvious and > direct service of

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:27:17PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 08:11:16PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > Of the technical issues that aren't being communicated about well > > enough, Branden says "In my opinion, and on balance, we do an adequate > > job on these points

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:27:17PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > Who do you think should be subscribed to -devel, and what sort of > > discussions do you think should make up the majority of the traffic? If > > reality doesn't match those desires, what, if anything, will you do to > > change t

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:27:17PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: As is probably obvious, I have a tendency to answer questions that interest me, whether they were intended rhetorically or not. > > First: "The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made > > common cause to creat

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 02:52:33PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:27:17PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > Who do you think should be subscribed to -devel, and what sort of > > > discussions do you think should make up the majority of the traffic? If > > > reality does

Questions for candidates -- Debian's Organizational Structure

2004-03-02 Thread Pascal Hakim
Hi, Which of the groups/people on [1] do you consider delegates? Why or why not? Would you change this? Do you believe the Tech Committee is effective in its role for the project? Cheers, Pasc [1]: http://www.debian.org/intro/organization -- Pascal Hakim

Re: Questions for the candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 03:17:55PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:27:17PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > As is probably obvious, I have a tendency to answer questions that > interest me, whether they were intended rhetorically or not. I seldom ask purely rhetorical q

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 03:20:16PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > Here are my questions: > > 1. My concern is to propagate Custom Debian Distributions because > I think we should set a stronger focus to the end user. I see > Debian as a missing link between upstream developers and end

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 05:12:44PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > 3. Do you think Debian should continue to support non-free? > > No. Debian is about creating a operating system with free software, > and I don't think we should be in the business of distributing > non-free software. I think

Re: OT: Progeny Linux

2004-03-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 08:47:35PM +0100, David N. Welton wrote: > Gergely Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Easy one. As seen on debian-devel@ recently, Progeny (I think, > > correct me if I'm wrong) has this Componentized Linux idea. Which is > > all nice and good, and should help custom di

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 08:24:11AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 04:12, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > * Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-02 15:20]: > > > 3. Do you think Debian should continue to support non-free? > > > > No. Debian is about creating a operating sy

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 10:51:18PM +0100, David N. Welton wrote: > Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What about Debian distributing documentation - do you see it as > > software, do you see all documentation (eg. philosophical) as software? > > > > Eg. GFDL documentation? > > RFCs

Re: OT: Progeny Linux

2004-03-02 Thread Martin Schulze
David N. Welton wrote: > > Easy one. As seen on debian-devel@ recently, Progeny (I think, > > correct me if I'm wrong) has this Componentized Linux idea. Which is > > all nice and good, and should help custom distros all right. So, the > > plans are set straight already. > > I saw Ian's online jou

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Martin Schulze
Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > No. Debian is about creating a operating system with free software, > > and I don't think we should be in the business of distributing > > non-free software. I think we should focus on what we do best (create > > and integrate free software), and this would also get us

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 01:12:11AM +0100, Amaya wrote: > As a female hacker/geek/DD I find myself more and more concerned about > the gender ratio in the Debian Developer/User comunity. How can we say > make a "Universal" OS when it's do scarcely related to half the > population of the world... I t

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 06:58:12AM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 05:12:44PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > > 3. Do you think Debian should continue to support non-free? > > Having said this, I don't think the current non-free removal vote is > > being done correctly.