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Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 00:33:37 +, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 2004-03-11 19:20:41 + Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> non-free.org is vapourware, and god know what standards of quality >> it shall have; Debian does have a certain reputation for quality >> that pure

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 19:15:02 +, Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I think the Technical Committee is mostly not working because of its > current members; this is related to the structure of the Technical > Committee and the way members are appointed. I see. As a tech ctte

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 05:43:17PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > The "concession" you seem to have forgotten is that main is actually > free of partially free software, no matter how necessary, useful, or > close to being free it was at the time. Well, for some values of "actually free", anyway.

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates, and a blatantly political answer

2004-03-11 Thread Ron
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 06:25:47PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-11 15:24]: > > My concern is that we find a DPL who is *honest* and *enthusiastic* > > about the future they see for the project and who is prepared to > > share that vision unabashedly with anyon

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-11 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 12:33:37AM +, MJ Ray wrote: > Having just returned from a LUG meeting where I think I was the only > DD present, I can tell you exactly what at least one former user > thinks our "certain reputation for quality" is. :-/ And which distribution does that user use now? G

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Miles Bader
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes: > But regardless, yes, it is allowed to be a pedantic idiot. Indeed, it's almost a tradition... -Miles -- "I distrust a research person who is always obviously busy on a task." --Robert Frosch, VP, GM Research

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-11 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 12:33:37AM +, MJ Ray wrote: > Having just returned from a LUG meeting where I think I was the only > DD present, I can tell you exactly what at least one former user > thinks our "certain reputation for quality" is. :-/ And which distribution does that user use now? G

Re: Offensive emails, was: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 12:01:32AM +, MJ Ray wrote: > On 2004-03-11 15:33:10 + Anthony Towns > wrote: > >On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:50:14AM +, MJ Ray wrote: > >>On 2004-03-11 10:48:54 + Anthony Towns > >>wrote: > >>>[...] Avoiding making individuals the focus of > >>>a thread i

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:21:49AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > You have mistaken my point. My point is not that the clause prohibits > saying certain things. Rather, the compromise makes a straightforward > assertion about what Debian *is* , and *is not*. Uh, no, it's not: it's a stra

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 03:20:45PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: > True, but -- I don't think that either of those subject lines are really > slanderous. The question isn't whether it's libellous; it's whether it's a productive way of having a conversation. > For instance, the "Why Anthony Towns i

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Miles Bader
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes: > But regardless, yes, it is allowed to be a pedantic idiot. Indeed, it's almost a tradition... -Miles -- "I distrust a research person who is always obviously busy on a task." --Robert Frosch, VP, GM Research -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 03:20:45PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: > True, but -- I don't think that either of those subject lines are really > slanderous. For instance, the "Why Anthony Towns is wrong" should > probably have read "Why Anthony Towns' *Argument* is wrong" -- which > simply uses Anthony'

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-11 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-03-11 19:20:41 + Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: non-free.org is vapourware, and god know what standards of quality it shall have; Debian does have a certain reputation for quality that purely hypothetical organizations have difficulty in matching. Having just

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Don't make me laugh... the extent of the acceptance and enforcement of the > mailing list code of conduct is common knowledge. Sure, but we have recently identified and discussed that many people would like Debian to be more welcoming to people who have h

Re: Offensive emails, was: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-03-11 15:33:10 + Anthony Towns wrote: On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:50:14AM +, MJ Ray wrote: On 2004-03-11 10:48:54 + Anthony Towns wrote: [...] Avoiding making individuals the focus of a thread is both more obnoxious, and easier to avoid without causing problems. Is it

Re: Offensive emails, was: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 12:01:32AM +, MJ Ray wrote: > On 2004-03-11 15:33:10 + Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:50:14AM +, MJ Ray wrote: > >>On 2004-03-11 10:48:54 + Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>wrote: > >>>[...] Avoiding making ind

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:21:49AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > You have mistaken my point. My point is not that the clause prohibits > saying certain things. Rather, the compromise makes a straightforward > assertion about what Debian *is* , and *is not*. Uh, no, it's not: it's a stra

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 03:20:45PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: > True, but -- I don't think that either of those subject lines are really > slanderous. The question isn't whether it's libellous; it's whether it's a productive way of having a conversation. > For instance, the "Why Anthony Towns i

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 03:20:45PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: > True, but -- I don't think that either of those subject lines are really > slanderous. For instance, the "Why Anthony Towns is wrong" should > probably have read "Why Anthony Towns' *Argument* is wrong" -- which > simply uses Anthony'

Re: drop or keep non-free - from users viewpoint

2004-03-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 08:22:15 +0100, Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Sven Luther wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 11:46:42AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG >> wrote: >> > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > >> > > If i am stopped from maintaining the driver for the ADSL modem >> >

Re: drop or keep non-free - from users viewpoint

2004-03-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 08 Mar 2004 13:49:57 -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 11:46:42AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG >> wrote: >> > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > >> > > If i am stopped from maintaining the driver

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 12:08:00 +1100, Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 08:47:37PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: >> > > It's impossible to enforce a "STFU about it" option. >> >> On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 11:51:49AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: >> > similarly, it's impossib

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-11 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-03-11 19:20:41 + Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: non-free.org is vapourware, and god know what standards of quality it shall have; Debian does have a certain reputation for quality that purely hypothetical organizations have difficulty in matching. Having just ret

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 12:14:35 +1100, Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 06:55:38PM -0600, Debian Project Secretary > wrote: >> -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> [ ] Choice 1: Cease active support of non-free [3:1 majority needed

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Craig Sanders
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 08:58:58AM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 07:24:49PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > it is not up to you to tell me HOW i may say something. > > > > i'll use whatever words i feel are necessary to get my point across. if > > you don't like some of th

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 10 Mar 2004 11:25:51 -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Necessary for what purpose? > We can work out the details of what is the standard of necessity. I > already gave some suggestions that I might accept: hardware drivers > fo

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-11 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Did you fill a bug report against mpg123 asking for just that ? Is it a bug? Currently, there is no sense in my mind in which "unnecessarly in non-free" constitutes a bug. We have no policy, of any kind, which says that only necessary things should be

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Whether cas actually crossed the line in the amount of profanity, that's > debatable, but the "let's make everything better for the meek" program > just isn't relevant to it. Debatable? The mailing list policy prohibits swearing.

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 06:22:33PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > > alas, that doesn't happen on mailing lists. instead, it goes on for > > > weeks or months until it pisses somebody off enough to finally say > > > something about it - unfortunate

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Anthony Towns writes: > On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 11:32:25PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > Anthony Towns writes: > > > You've got a bad habit of missing the point made in an email, then > > > trimming it so that no one else can see the point either. > > If so, it's not intentional, and pl

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Don't make me laugh... the extent of the acceptance and enforcement of the > mailing list code of conduct is common knowledge. Sure, but we have recently identified and discussed that many people would like Debian to be more welcoming to people who have h

Re: Swearing on debian lists [Was: Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section]

2004-03-11 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Pascal Hakim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Do not use foul language; besides, some people receive the > lists via packet radio, where swearing is illegal. Do the Debian list managers enforce this policy, or is it merely a wish?

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > you are claiming that it is OK for you to use pedantic idiocy to > complain about my swearing but it is not OK for me to use swearing to > complain about your pedantic idiocy. Well, I don't think I'm saying something pedantic or idiotic. But rega

Re: Offensive emails, was: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-03-11 15:33:10 + Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:50:14AM +, MJ Ray wrote: On 2004-03-11 10:48:54 + Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] Avoiding making individuals the focus of a thread is both more obnoxious, and easier to avoid

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread John Goerzen
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 12:36:19PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 02:58:02PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > Personally, I find swearing much less offensive than making things so > > personal that you title threads with things like "Serious problems with > > Mr Troup" or "Why A

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 08:05:04PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I can only invite you to look at the work I've done for Debian over > the last years. You'll see a high level of commitment and energy. I don't doubt that -- I'm definitely ranking you above the default option. But, I still have

Re: drop or keep non-free - from users viewpoint

2004-03-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 08:22:15 +0100, Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Sven Luther wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 11:46:42AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG >> wrote: >> > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > >> > > If i am stopped from maintaining the driver for the ADSL modem >> >

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 08:06:52PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I think what the Technical Committee should be doing is rather well > explained in the Constituion. As I said, I think the Technical > Committee should be a fall-back rather than a general-purpose solution > - most issues should b

Re: drop or keep non-free - from users viewpoint

2004-03-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 08 Mar 2004 13:49:57 -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 11:46:42AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG >> wrote: >> > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > >> > > If i am stopped from maintaining the driver

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 12:08:00 +1100, Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 08:47:37PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: >> > > It's impossible to enforce a "STFU about it" option. >> >> On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 11:51:49AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: >> > similarly, it's impossib

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 12:14:35 +1100, Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 06:55:38PM -0600, Debian Project Secretary > wrote: >> -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> [ ] Choice 1: Cease active support of non-free [3:1 majority needed

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Craig Sanders
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 08:58:58AM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 07:24:49PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > it is not up to you to tell me HOW i may say something. > > > > i'll use whatever words i feel are necessary to get my point across. if > > you don't like some of th

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 10 Mar 2004 11:25:51 -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Necessary for what purpose? > We can work out the details of what is the standard of necessity. I > already gave some suggestions that I might accept: hardware drivers > fo

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-11 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Did you fill a bug report against mpg123 asking for just that ? Is it a bug? Currently, there is no sense in my mind in which "unnecessarly in non-free" constitutes a bug. We have no policy, of any kind, which says that only necessary things should be

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Whether cas actually crossed the line in the amount of profanity, that's > debatable, but the "let's make everything better for the meek" program > just isn't relevant to it. Debatable? The mailing list policy prohibits swearing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 06:22:33PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > > alas, that doesn't happen on mailing lists. instead, it goes on for > > > weeks or months until it pisses somebody off enough to finally say > > > something about it - unfortunate

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-11 14:23]: > So... what is it that you think the technical committee should be doing? > > Also, why do you think it should be the technical committee doing these > things? I think what the Technical Committee should be doing is rather well explained in t

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 11:32:25PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > You've got a bad habit of missing the point made in an email, then > > > trimming it so that no one else can see the point either. >

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-11 13:52]: > But, even more important than individual interactions is energy and > drive. > > That's what I'm still trying to figure out about the both of you. I can only invite you to look at the work I've done for Debian over the last years. You'll se

Re: Swearing on debian lists [Was: Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section]

2004-03-11 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Pascal Hakim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Do not use foul language; besides, some people receive the > lists via packet radio, where swearing is illegal. Do the Debian list managers enforce this policy, or is it merely a wish? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > you are claiming that it is OK for you to use pedantic idiocy to > complain about my swearing but it is not OK for me to use swearing to > complain about your pedantic idiocy. Well, I don't think I'm saying something pedantic or idiotic. But rega

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Josip Rodin
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:22:37AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > > > alas, that doesn't happen on mailing lists. instead, it goes on for > > > > weeks or months until it pisses somebody off enough to finally say > > > > something about it - unfortunately triggering another round of > > >

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 07:15:02PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I think the Technical Committee is mostly not working because of its > current members; this is related to the structure of the Technical > Committee and the way members are appointed. As I have argued in > another posting, I don'

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread John Goerzen
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 12:36:19PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 02:58:02PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > Personally, I find swearing much less offensive than making things so > > personal that you title threads with things like "Serious problems with > > Mr Troup" or "Why A

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Stephen Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-07 23:42]: > Your platform[3] contains a lot of references to your organisational > skills and your people skills. I appreciate that last year you > attended a lot of conferences too. You *do* mention transparency > and accountability as well, but y

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Patrick Ouellette
On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 00:14, Craig Sanders wrote: > but i forget - certain words in the English language are allegedly beyond the > pale, they are a magically perfect excuse for ignoring the actual substance of > what someone has to say and to instead concentrate on whining about a few > choice wo

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 06:10:28PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > Furthermore, partly in line with AJ said, while your communication has > significantly improved, I wonder why it had to improve in the first > place? I have never been known for flamewars, and most people know me > as approachable

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 08:05:04PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I can only invite you to look at the work I've done for Debian over > the last years. You'll see a high level of commitment and energy. I don't doubt that -- I'm definitely ranking you above the default option. But, I still have

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 08:06:52PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I think what the Technical Committee should be doing is rather well > explained in the Constituion. As I said, I think the Technical > Committee should be a fall-back rather than a general-purpose solution > - most issues should b

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates, and a blatantly political answer

2004-03-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-11 15:24]: > My concern is that we find a DPL who is *honest* and *enthusiastic* > about the future they see for the project and who is prepared to > share that vision unabashedly with anyone who will listen. > > What I'm seeing (again) from the two mainstream ca

Re: tb's questions for the candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-09 01:07]: > I fully agree with you that it's important to follow the documented > procedure when leaving the project, but I don't think you're going > to persuade more people to avoid silently "idling out" by > threatening some sort of denigrated sta

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-09 00:57]: > In fact, Martin criticized me last year for not having novel ideas: [..] > Note that he didn't say he thought they were bad ideas; instead he > asserted that I would be ineffective at achieving them. Yes, and I still assert the same. As

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-11 14:23]: > So... what is it that you think the technical committee should be doing? > > Also, why do you think it should be the technical committee doing these > things? I think what the Technical Committee should be doing is rather well explained in t

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-11 13:52]: > But, even more important than individual interactions is energy and > drive. > > That's what I'm still trying to figure out about the both of you. I can only invite you to look at the work I've done for Debian over the last years. You'll se

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Josip Rodin
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:22:37AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > > > alas, that doesn't happen on mailing lists. instead, it goes on for > > > > weeks or months until it pisses somebody off enough to finally say > > > > something about it - unfortunately triggering another round of > > >

Re: General Resolution: Handling of the non-free section: proposedBallot

2004-03-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-08 20:34]: > And you seriously thing that a non-free.org, being setup by debian > people in the wake of the non-free removal vote, will not be > considered as having official endorsement, especially given the > opinion of at least two of the three DPL cand

Re: Questions to the candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Gustavo Noronha Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-08 14:19]: > Do you think Debian should work more pro-activelly in supporting > free hardware initiatives? Do you think Debian money could be > invested in such initiatives? What, if elected, you plan to do with > respect to bringind Debian close

Re: tb's questions for the candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Thomas Bushnell, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-08 22:16]: > wonder if the candidates might turn to the following for a moment: > > Are there circumstances, other than a violation of the DMUP or > inactivity, for which a maintainer should be excluded from the > Project? Should we think about

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 02:58:02PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Personally, I find swearing much less offensive than making things so > personal that you title threads with things like "Serious problems with > Mr Troup" or "Why Anthony Towns is wrong". But you don't seem interested > in doing anyt

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread sean finney
hi ted, craig, On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 08:58:58AM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > Craig, > Thomas asked the mailing list as a whole if they thought your style of > discourse was acceptable. A number of responsible have responded that > they thought it was not acceptable. I will join that number.

Re: Swearing on debian lists [Was: Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section]

2004-03-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 07:43:45PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > wrong. i will say what i please when i please. Which pretty much adresses your point about getting people to STFU. -- Raul

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 07:15:02PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I think the Technical Committee is mostly not working because of its > current members; this is related to the structure of the Technical > Committee and the way members are appointed. As I have argued in > another posting, I don'

Re: Offensive emails, was: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:50:14AM +, MJ Ray wrote: > On 2004-03-11 10:48:54 + Anthony Towns > wrote: > >Trying to talk to people without referring to people directly makes > >things unnecessarily difficult. Avoiding making individuals the focus of a > >thread is both more obnoxious, an

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Stephen Stafford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-07 23:42]: > Your platform[3] contains a lot of references to your organisational > skills and your people skills. I appreciate that last year you > attended a lot of conferences too. You *do* mention transparency > and accountability as well, but y

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Patrick Ouellette
On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 00:14, Craig Sanders wrote: > but i forget - certain words in the English language are allegedly beyond the > pale, they are a magically perfect excuse for ignoring the actual substance of > what someone has to say and to instead concentrate on whining about a few > choice wo

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 06:10:28PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > Furthermore, partly in line with AJ said, while your communication has > significantly improved, I wonder why it had to improve in the first > place? I have never been known for flamewars, and most people know me > as approachable

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 05:27:24PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > I guess it's been decided that Debian doesn't care to stop the bullying > and outrageously abusive language. No; mostly we just file craig sanders' mail in /dev/null. -- - mdz

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates, and a blatantly political answer

2004-03-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-11 15:24]: > My concern is that we find a DPL who is *honest* and *enthusiastic* > about the future they see for the project and who is prepared to > share that vision unabashedly with anyone who will listen. > > What I'm seeing (again) from the two mainstream ca

Re: tb's questions for the candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-09 01:07]: > I fully agree with you that it's important to follow the documented > procedure when leaving the project, but I don't think you're going > to persuade more people to avoid silently "idling out" by > threatening some sort of denigrated sta

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Mgr. Peter Tuharsky
Hallo, Andy Thank You for Your kind and patient answer. I'll think about possibilities of trying testing release. It couldn't harm if there'll be some easier-to-install, quite functional testing, however :o) The most problems I have had were: freezing installer, unresolvable ways of installe

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-09 00:57]: > In fact, Martin criticized me last year for not having novel ideas: [..] > Note that he didn't say he thought they were bad ideas; instead he > asserted that I would be ineffective at achieving them. Yes, and I still assert the same. As

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Theodore Ts'o
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 07:24:49PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > it is not up to you to tell me HOW i may say something. > > i'll use whatever words i feel are necessary to get my point across. if you > don't like some of the words that i choose to employ, then tough luck - get a > life. Craig,

Re: General Resolution: Handling of the non-free section: proposedBallot

2004-03-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-08 20:34]: > And you seriously thing that a non-free.org, being setup by debian > people in the wake of the non-free removal vote, will not be > considered as having official endorsement, especially given the > opinion of at least two of the three DPL cand

Re: Questions to the candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Gustavo Noronha Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-08 14:19]: > Do you think Debian should work more pro-activelly in supporting > free hardware initiatives? Do you think Debian money could be > invested in such initiatives? What, if elected, you plan to do with > respect to bringind Debian close

Re: tb's questions for the candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Thomas Bushnell, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-08 22:16]: > wonder if the candidates might turn to the following for a moment: > > Are there circumstances, other than a violation of the DMUP or > inactivity, for which a maintainer should be excluded from the > Project? Should we think about

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 02:58:02PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Personally, I find swearing much less offensive than making things so > personal that you title threads with things like "Serious problems with > Mr Troup" or "Why Anthony Towns is wrong". But you don't seem interested > in doing anyt

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread sean finney
hi ted, craig, On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 08:58:58AM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > Craig, > Thomas asked the mailing list as a whole if they thought your style of > discourse was acceptable. A number of responsible have responded that > they thought it was not acceptable. I will join that number.

Re: Swearing on debian lists [Was: Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section]

2004-03-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 07:43:45PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > wrong. i will say what i please when i please. Which pretty much adresses your point about getting people to STFU. -- Raul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL P

Re: Offensive emails, was: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:50:14AM +, MJ Ray wrote: > On 2004-03-11 10:48:54 + Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >Trying to talk to people without referring to people directly makes > >things unnecessarily difficult. Avoiding making individuals the focus of a > >thread is both

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 05:27:24PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > I guess it's been decided that Debian doesn't care to stop the bullying > and outrageously abusive language. No; mostly we just file craig sanders' mail in /dev/null. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-11 Thread Mgr. Peter Tuharsky
Hallo, Andy Thank You for Your kind and patient answer. I'll think about possibilities of trying testing release. It couldn't harm if there'll be some easier-to-install, quite functional testing, however :o) The most problems I have had were: freezing installer, unresolvable ways of installer

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Theodore Ts'o
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 07:24:49PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > it is not up to you to tell me HOW i may say something. > > i'll use whatever words i feel are necessary to get my point across. if you > don't like some of the words that i choose to employ, then tough luck - get a life. Craig, I

Re: Proposed transition plan for non-free and call for help

2004-03-11 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 06:50:05PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > No. You only proposed to start with the debian-keyring, and did not > promise not to diverge from it in the future. Debian has an NM > procedure and team which I've grown to trust, but an > NM-for-non-free.org process would have to g

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-11 Thread Robert Woodcock
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 06:56:03PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > So why is mpg123 in the non-free area anymore? Is anyone willing to > say it's necessary? And if not, why didn't it get dropped sooner? It's necessary for Asterisk music-on-hold, because mpg321 can't resample its output. The

Re: Proposed transition plan for non-free and call for help

2004-03-11 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 06:50:05PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > No. You only proposed to start with the debian-keyring, and did not > promise not to diverge from it in the future. Debian has an NM > procedure and team which I've grown to trust, but an > NM-for-non-free.org process would have to g

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 08:37:20PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > I don't know if that's sufficient, but I know that it can do a lot to > make the "meek" feel more welcome, to know that people will stand up. Except that proposing foundational document ammendments is not for the meek. If some

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 06:22:33PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > alas, that doesn't happen on mailing lists. instead, it goes on for > > weeks or months until it pisses somebody off enough to finally say > > something about it - unfortunately triggering another round of > > pedantic froth

Re: Offensive emails, was: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-03-11 10:48:54 + Anthony Towns wrote: Trying to talk to people without referring to people directly makes things unnecessarily difficult. Avoiding making individuals the focus of a thread is both more obnoxious, and easier to avoid without causing problems. Is it really signifi

Re: Offensive emails, was: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 09:18:52AM +, MJ Ray wrote: > On 2004-03-11 04:58:02 + Anthony Towns > wrote: > >Personally, I find swearing much less offensive than making things so > >personal that you title threads with things like "Serious problems > >with > >Mr Troup" or "Why Anthony Towns

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