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

2004-03-12 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 05:56:31PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > Almost the complete debian.org infrastructure got rebuilt after the > compromise in like, two weeks? Eh? It got diffed against known-uncompromised copies and re-enabled. > That was several orders of magnitude more > work than it wi

Re: tb's questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 05:03:56PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I have only talked about the re-admission of people to the project. > When someone wants to join again, you obviously look at what kind of > work they did in the past. [...] > I said, in a nutshell, that generally people who've >

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 07:27:53PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > That is, the tech-ctty seems to have taken its role to be only a very > > last resort when everything is breaking in some situation, but that > > can be way too late to get involved.

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Raul Miller
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 07:27:53PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > That is, the tech-ctty seems to have taken its role to be only a very > last resort when everything is breaking in some situation, but that > can be way too late to get involved. I think a little gentle, and > carefully worded

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

2004-03-12 Thread Chad Walstrom
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 08:20:40PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 09:19:40AM +0200, Mikko Moilanen wrote: > > Declare it as nonfree and I will quit immediatly using Debian, and I > > will remove Debian from my relatives and friends too. > > OH MY GOD!! NOO!!!1! > > Ahem.

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I see. As a tech ctte member, I would be interested in knowing > how I contribute to this state of "mostly not working". Are we all at > fault? Some of us are? Which ones? What can be done to address this > issue? Will, I don't agree with th

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

2004-03-12 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > the word "fuck" is used in everyday conversation, and has been for > as long as i can remember. Except that you made it perfectly clear that in this case you *did* intend the offense. In fact, you said that something I did meant I deserved to have yo

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

2004-03-12 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 05:56:31PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > Almost the complete debian.org infrastructure got rebuilt after the > compromise in like, two weeks? Eh? It got diffed against known-uncompromised copies and re-enabled. > That was several orders of magnitude more > work than it wi

Re: tb's questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 05:03:56PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I have only talked about the re-admission of people to the project. > When someone wants to join again, you obviously look at what kind of > work they did in the past. [...] > I said, in a nutshell, that generally people who've >

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-12 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't understand you. You claim that all the packages in non-free > should go, and when i point you out a method on how to do that, you > refuse to do that and speak bureaucrasy. I'm saying that we don't have any policy to permit anyone but the maintain

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 07:27:53PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > That is, the tech-ctty seems to have taken its role to be only a very > > last resort when everything is breaking in some situation, but that > > can be way too late to get involved.

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Raul Miller
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 07:27:53PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > That is, the tech-ctty seems to have taken its role to be only a very > last resort when everything is breaking in some situation, but that > can be way too late to get involved. I think a little gentle, and > carefully worded

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

2004-03-12 Thread Chad Walstrom
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 08:20:40PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 09:19:40AM +0200, Mikko Moilanen wrote: > > Declare it as nonfree and I will quit immediatly using Debian, and I > > will remove Debian from my relatives and friends too. > > OH MY GOD!! NOO!!!1! > > Ahem.

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I see. As a tech ctte member, I would be interested in knowing > how I contribute to this state of "mostly not working". Are we all at > fault? Some of us are? Which ones? What can be done to address this > issue? Will, I don't agree with th

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

2004-03-12 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > the word "fuck" is used in everyday conversation, and has been for > as long as i can remember. Except that you made it perfectly clear that in this case you *did* intend the offense. In fact, you said that something I did meant I deserved to have yo

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-12 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't understand you. You claim that all the packages in non-free > should go, and when i point you out a method on how to do that, you > refuse to do that and speak bureaucrasy. I'm saying that we don't have any policy to permit anyone but the maintain

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Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-12 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 12:02:53PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > On 2004-03-12 10:36:58 + Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:24:38AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > >>Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>>Did you fill a bug report against mpg123 aski

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Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-12 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 12:02:53PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > On 2004-03-12 10:36:58 + Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:24:38AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > >>Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>>Did you fill a bug report against mpg123 aski

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

2004-03-12 Thread Roger Leigh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 08:58:58AM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote: >> I will also say this; when you use that kind of language, your will fail to >> get your point across. When I saw your that e-mail full of cu

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

2004-03-12 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 09:19:40AM +0200, Mikko Moilanen wrote: > Declare it as nonfree and I will quit immediatly using Debian, and I > will remove Debian from my relatives and friends too. OH MY GOD!! NOO!!!1! Ahem. We grew out of the "..., or I quite!" argumentation a few years ago in Debi

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-12 13:49]: > Anyways, rereading what you've said, it sounds to me as if your own > priorities have been the most significant obstacle you've had for > fixing what you see as the problem you see the committee having. Yes. > If you think the committee shou

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

2004-03-12 Thread Roger Leigh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 08:58:58AM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote: >> I will also say this; when you use that kind of language, your will fail to >> get your point across. When I saw your that e-mail full of cu

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Raul Miller
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 05:35:31PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I have no problem with you as a person. I have a problem with how > members of the Technical Committee are appointed, because the current > way seems too conservative. Well, it's not really me as a person which is at issue here.

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 08:05:04PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * 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 inv

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

2004-03-12 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 09:19:40AM +0200, Mikko Moilanen wrote: > Is it too much if somebody says "Please let others know that I did > wrote this manual? Also, please don't let them change my personal > opinions about X, Y and Z."? Yes, it is too much and that's why we > need GNU FDL. [...] > Decla

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-12 12:27]: > So, even if you think that the only thing wrong with the committee is > who is on it [and not what it's doing] I still don't see that you've > even tried to fix what you see as the problem. I never said I did. In fact, I explictly said sever

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

2004-03-12 Thread Raul Miller
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 11:35:41AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > In the context of the proposed amendment to the Social Contract, one > > of many issues is: On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 05:56:31PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > Care to share the other issues with us, so might actually resolve them? T

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-12 12:11]: > I'm somewhat bothered that the only criticisms you have of the > Technical Committee are aimed at its membership. > > If you had specific criticisms of what it does, or suggestions of > what it will do, I would have no objection to criticisms

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Raul Miller
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 12:11:17PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > I'm somewhat bothered that the only criticisms you have of the Technical > Committee are aimed at its membership. Also, I should add: you never talked to any of us [that I'm aware of] about people who you thought would be better in th

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

2004-03-12 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 09:19:40AM +0200, Mikko Moilanen wrote: > Declare it as nonfree and I will quit immediatly using Debian, and I > will remove Debian from my relatives and friends too. OH MY GOD!! NOO!!!1! Ahem. We grew out of the "..., or I quite!" argumentation a few years ago in Debi

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Raul Miller
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 01:59:04PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > Raul Miller's @debian.org email address bounced for ages, it was > pointed out to him but he didn't fix it; at the same time, he was > posting to -vote and other lists. However, he did not maintain his > packages at all, which lea

Re: tb's questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-12 11:00]: > So, given that you don't think "maintainers who neglect their duties > and don't follow documented procedures" should "be treated the same > as maintainers who leave the project properly", how do you propose > to treat them? [...] > ...bu

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-12 13:49]: > Anyways, rereading what you've said, it sounds to me as if your own > priorities have been the most significant obstacle you've had for > fixing what you see as the problem you see the committee having. Yes. > If you think the committee shou

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

2004-03-12 Thread Michael Banck
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 11:35:41AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > In the context of the proposed amendment to the Social Contract, one > of many issues is: Care to share the other issues with us, so might actually resolve them? > do most of us believe it's doable in the time frame imposed by that >

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Raul Miller
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 05:35:31PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I have no problem with you as a person. I have a problem with how > members of the Technical Committee are appointed, because the current > way seems too conservative. Well, it's not really me as a person which is at issue here.

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 08:05:04PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * 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 inv

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-12 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 03:34:45PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > >One of the good things about Debian is that we don't have some > >particular > >person culling everything they happen to think is pointless. > One of the bad things about Debian is that we apparently have to > resort to a GR to cull point

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

2004-03-12 Thread Raul Miller
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 08:57:14AM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: > This proposal is not vapourware nor is it theoretical. We've discussed > it in small groups already, and I believe it's doable, and probably > will result in *.nonfree.org being operational. Sorry to disappoint you. "I believe it'

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

2004-03-12 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 09:19:40AM +0200, Mikko Moilanen wrote: > Is it too much if somebody says "Please let others know that I did > wrote this manual? Also, please don't let them change my personal > opinions about X, Y and Z."? Yes, it is too much and that's why we > need GNU FDL. [...] > Decla

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

2004-03-12 Thread Branden Robinson
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". ...which is why you felt compelled to quote

Re: tb's questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 06:19:46PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * 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 t

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

2004-03-12 Thread Michael Banck
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 03:53:00PM +1030, Ron wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 06:25:47PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > Furthermore, I'd like to hear why you think that > > I am not honest and enthusiastic, and ideally I'd like to see some > > concrete examples. > > The only 'example' I can h

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-12 12:27]: > So, even if you think that the only thing wrong with the committee is > who is on it [and not what it's doing] I still don't see that you've > even tried to fix what you see as the problem. I never said I did. In fact, I explictly said sever

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

2004-03-12 Thread Raul Miller
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 11:35:41AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > In the context of the proposed amendment to the Social Contract, one > > of many issues is: On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 05:56:31PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > Care to share the other issues with us, so might actually resolve them? T

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-12 12:11]: > I'm somewhat bothered that the only criticisms you have of the > Technical Committee are aimed at its membership. > > If you had specific criticisms of what it does, or suggestions of > what it will do, I would have no objection to criticisms

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-12 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-03-12 13:01:31 + Anthony Towns wrote: Perhaps. But you're looking at this wrong: the question is whether the package can be replaced effectively enough to convince the maintainer that it's not worth keeping around. Sure, but that requires a different approach to simply pointing o

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Raul Miller
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 12:11:17PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > I'm somewhat bothered that the only criticisms you have of the Technical > Committee are aimed at its membership. Also, I should add: you never talked to any of us [that I'm aware of] about people who you thought would be better in th

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Raul Miller
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 01:59:04PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > Raul Miller's @debian.org email address bounced for ages, it was > pointed out to him but he didn't fix it; at the same time, he was > posting to -vote and other lists. However, he did not maintain his > packages at all, which lea

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

2004-03-12 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-12 15:53]: > > Furthermore, I'd like to hear why you think that I am not honest > > and enthusiastic, and ideally I'd like to see some concrete > > examples. > Why is it that you think I said *you* were not h&e? > (and I don't expect you to answer that here, bu

Re: tb's questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-12 11:00]: > So, given that you don't think "maintainers who neglect their duties > and don't follow documented procedures" should "be treated the same > as maintainers who leave the project properly", how do you propose > to treat them? [...] > ...bu

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

2004-03-12 Thread Michael Banck
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 11:35:41AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > In the context of the proposed amendment to the Social Contract, one > of many issues is: Care to share the other issues with us, so might actually resolve them? > do most of us believe it's doable in the time frame imposed by that >

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-12 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 03:34:45PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > >One of the good things about Debian is that we don't have some > >particular > >person culling everything they happen to think is pointless. > One of the bad things about Debian is that we apparently have to > resort to a GR to cull point

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

2004-03-12 Thread Raul Miller
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 08:57:14AM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: > This proposal is not vapourware nor is it theoretical. We've discussed > it in small groups already, and I believe it's doable, and probably > will result in *.nonfree.org being operational. Sorry to disappoint you. "I believe it'

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-11 15:43]: > Ok, but you've also stated "I think the Technical Committee is > mostly not working because of its current members", and in a more > general context > > If it's not working well, you could at least spell out what you'ld > like to see. I thin

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

2004-03-12 Thread Branden Robinson
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". ...which is why you felt compelled to quote

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-12 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 12:02:53PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > It seems reasonable to ask whether the maintainer can just close or > ignore the bug as invalid before N people file M bugs against non-free > with apparent replacements in main. Perhaps. But you're looking at this wrong: the question is

Re: tb's questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 06:19:46PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * 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 t

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-12 00:24]: > I see. As a tech ctte member, I would be interested in knowing > how I contribute to this state of "mostly not working". Are we all at > fault? Some of us are? Which ones? What can be done to address this > issue? As I pointed o

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

2004-03-12 Thread Michael Banck
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 03:53:00PM +1030, Ron wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 06:25:47PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > Furthermore, I'd like to hear why you think that > > I am not honest and enthusiastic, and ideally I'd like to see some > > concrete examples. > > The only 'example' I can h

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-12 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-03-12 13:01:31 + Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Perhaps. But you're looking at this wrong: the question is whether the package can be replaced effectively enough to convince the maintainer that it's not worth keeping around. Sure, but that requires a different approach to si

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

2004-03-12 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-12 15:53]: > > Furthermore, I'd like to hear why you think that I am not honest > > and enthusiastic, and ideally I'd like to see some concrete > > examples. > Why is it that you think I said *you* were not h&e? > (and I don't expect you to answer that here, bu

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-11 15:43]: > Ok, but you've also stated "I think the Technical Committee is > mostly not working because of its current members", and in a more > general context > > If it's not working well, you could at least spell out what you'ld > like to see. I thin

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-12 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 12:02:53PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > It seems reasonable to ask whether the maintainer can just close or > ignore the bug as invalid before N people file M bugs against non-free > with apparent replacements in main. Perhaps. But you're looking at this wrong: the question is

Re: still more questions for the candidates

2004-03-12 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-12 00:24]: > I see. As a tech ctte member, I would be interested in knowing > how I contribute to this state of "mostly not working". Are we all at > fault? Some of us are? Which ones? What can be done to address this > issue? As I pointed o

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-12 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-03-12 10:36:58 + Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:24:38AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: 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 m

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-12 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:24:38AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > 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.

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

2004-03-12 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le ven 12/03/2004 à 08:19, Mikko Moilanen a écrit : > Declare it as nonfree and I will quit immediatly using Debian, and I > will remove Debian from my relatives and friends too. If A -> B. So what? If you are not able to understand what "Free software" means, maybe you don't want to use Debian. T

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-12 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-03-12 10:36:58 + Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:24:38AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: 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

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-12 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:24:38AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > 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.

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

2004-03-12 Thread Martin Schulze
Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > requires work and copying the non-free bugs over as well, and you'd > > lose the ability to reassign bugs from and to free packages to and > > from non-free packages but since the archives would be separated > > anyway, I don't consider this as a big problem. > >

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

2004-03-12 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le ven 12/03/2004 à 08:19, Mikko Moilanen a écrit : > Declare it as nonfree and I will quit immediatly using Debian, and I > will remove Debian from my relatives and friends too. If A -> B. So what? If you are not able to understand what "Free software" means, maybe you don't want to use Debian. T

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

2004-03-12 Thread Mikko Moilanen
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 01:28:46 -0500 From: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well, for some values of "actually free", anyway. Is it too much if somebody says "Please let others know that I did wrote this manual? Also, please don't let them change my personal opinions about X, Y and

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

2004-03-12 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 01:28:46AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > 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 fre

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2004-03-12 Thread facturation
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Re: drop or keep non-free - from users viewpoint

2004-03-12 Thread Martin Schulze
Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > requires work and copying the non-free bugs over as well, and you'd > > lose the ability to reassign bugs from and to free packages to and > > from non-free packages but since the archives would be separated > > anyway, I don't consider this as a big problem. > >

Re: "keep non-free" proposal

2004-03-12 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

2004-03-12 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

2004-03-12 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: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-12 Thread Mikko Moilanen
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 01:28:46 -0500 From: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well, for some values of "actually free", anyway. Is it too much if somebody says "Please let others know that I did wrote this manual? Also, please don't let them change my personal opinions about X, Y and

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

2004-03-12 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 01:28:46AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > 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 fre

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

2004-03-12 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