Re: Questions for the DPL candidates

2005-03-16 Thread Frank Küster
Anthony Towns wrote: > Matthew Garrett wrote: > >> How about the creation of a checklist for meeting organisation and >> reporting? Something along the lines of: [...] >> 5) Does our write-up start with the problems we wish to address and >> then logically progress from there to the conclusions w

Re: question for the candidates

2005-03-16 Thread Anthony Towns
Joey Hess wrote: I see many of good ideas for ways to improve the project in several of your platforms. If you are not elected DPL, which of those ideas do you still expect to be able to work on? How will you be able to do it without the power of being DPL? So, the first plank of my platform is abo

Re: Question for all candidates

2005-03-16 Thread Anthony Towns
Steve McIntyre wrote: Do we actually need a DPL? Would we be noticeably worse off without a DPL? ObVious: We'd be violating the constitution not to have one; if we refuse to elect one, we'll just have Manoj and Ian act as the DPL until we work out what we want. The general answer is, in my view, th

Re: Question: proposals for users' participation

2005-03-16 Thread Anthony Towns
Peter Samuelson wrote: [Anthony Towns] Hrm, I'm answering this as a "How will electing Anthony help users contribute?" question, rather than directly as the "How can user's contribute?" question it is. Actually you didn't say anything related to the DPL post. Oh, sweet then! Which I take to mean, "

Re: Question to candidates that signed the Vancouver plan as candidate DPL

2005-03-16 Thread Anthony Towns
Bill Allombert wrote: Hello DPL candidate who signed the Vancouver plan, (Excluding Anthony Towns who signed as (ftpmaster) not as (DPL candidate).) No, I signed it as "Anthony Towns", and left it up to Steve to work out which hat or hats he wanted to classify that under. (Well, actually I didn't s

Re: Question about Anthony Towns rebutting Branden Robinson

2005-03-16 Thread Anthony Towns
Bill Allombert wrote: I concurr. I find AJ rebuttal on that specific point outrageous: So, Anthony, I don't know if you can change your rebuttal, but if you can I would suggest you to remove that part. Also, I suggest rebuttals to be restricted to the plateforms of the other candidates, not the

Re: Question about Anthony Towns rebutting Branden Robinson

2005-03-16 Thread Anthony Towns
MJ Ray wrote: It looks from http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/resolution-2004-01-06.jrk.1.br.1 and http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/minutes/20040907 that there was 8 months between Branden quitting as treasurer and being named as deputy. It even looks like SPI acting on the suggestion by

Re: Questions for the DPL candidates

2005-03-16 Thread Anthony Towns
Matthew Garrett wrote: Anthony Towns wrote: I'm not sure I've seen any evidence of people becoming more tolerant, just because things happen more often. I'd be more inclined to expect the opposite, really. Especially if the complaints are focussed on the process rather than the outcomes; since

Re: [followup question] Career path for non-maintainer DD's

2005-03-16 Thread Anthony Towns
Javier Candeira wrote: What are the candidates' plans for formulating a clear policy for access to DD status (with the all-important right to vote in Debian elections) for other type of contributors (translators, UI/artist types, and even -gasp- lawyers seem the most obvious examples)? I don't lik

Re: Question for Matthew Garrett

2005-03-16 Thread Thiemo Seufer
Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Hi, Martin Schulze wrote: > > > Synchronising security updates for several *distributions* (i.e. different > > source versions) is a pain. Sychronising for all architectures is quite > > easy as long as our great buildd network is in good shape. > > There's one area whe

Re: Question about Anthony Towns rebutting Branden Robinson

2005-03-16 Thread Ean Schuessler
On Wednesday 16 March 2005 5:49 pm, Bill Allombert wrote: > 1) Branden is the only candidate that has contributed to SPI management. > > 2) Branden is by far the SPI contributor that has done the most for SPI > since 2001. > > 3) Branden become the treasurer at a point when SPI situation was awful.

Re: Question about Anthony Towns rebutting Branden Robinson

2005-03-16 Thread Ean Schuessler
On Wednesday 16 March 2005 10:13 am, John Goerzen wrote: > Speaking solely for myself here: your analysis is correct. Branden was > not forced out, but resigned, and volunteered to help Jimmy later. > > You may also find these minutes of interest: > > http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/minutes/20040

Re: Question for Matthew Garrett

2005-03-16 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Martin Schulze wrote: > Synchronising security updates for several *distributions* (i.e. different > source versions) is a pain. Sychronising for all architectures is quite > easy as long as our great buildd network is in good shape. There's one area where the two are easily conflated -- ker

Re: Question about Anthony Towns rebutting Branden Robinson

2005-03-16 Thread Bill Allombert
I concurr. I find AJ rebuttal on that specific point outrageous: I am a SPI contributing member since 2001. By my reckon: 1) Branden is the only candidate that has contributed to SPI management. 2) Branden is by far the SPI contributor that has done the most for SPI since 2001. 3) Branden bec

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Schuldei)] Re: Question to candidates that signed the Vancouver plan as candidate DPL

2005-03-16 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Forwarded to the list at Andreas' request. --- Begin Message --- On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 01:48:32PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > So this isn't really a James Troup question, it's a question of how > much screw-up is necessary before a delegation should be yanked? This depends on many fac

Re: Question for the candidates

2005-03-16 Thread Andreas Schuldei
On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 11:08:21PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > Bug #112699 illustrates a typical communication problem in debian. Since it > is a social problem and not technical, I think this is an issue that should be > addressed by the DPL (not tech ctte, whatsoever). I disagree. The DPL is

Re: Question to candidates that signed the Vancouver plan as candidate DPL

2005-03-16 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Schuldei) writes: > That implyes that you trust them to do their work. You train them > and give them the power to make mistakes and to learn from them, > without janking the delegation right away. You let them grow in > their task and let them shape and form their area

Re: [followup question] Career path for non-maintainer DD's

2005-03-16 Thread Andreas Schuldei
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 09:16:51AM +, Javier Candeira wrote: > What are the candidates' plans for formulating a clear policy for access to > DD status (with the all-important right to vote in Debian elections) for > other type of contributors (translators, UI/artist types, and even -gasp- > la

Re: Question to candidates that signed the Vancouver plan as candidate DPL

2005-03-16 Thread Andreas Schuldei
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 03:53:55PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > Did you sign on the assumption it has been reviewed by the security team, > or did you know they had not been consulted ? Did you make some > investigations ? Joey was invited to the meeting but could not make it. He was on the list

Re: question for the candidates

2005-03-16 Thread Andreas Schuldei
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 10:59:13AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > I see many of good ideas for ways to improve the project in several of > your platforms. If you are not elected DPL, which of those ideas do you > still expect to be able to work on? How will you be able to do it > without the power of be

Re: Question to candidates that signed the Vancouver plan as candidate DPL

2005-03-16 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 05:58:42PM +0100, Frank K?ster wrote: > Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You are right with counting words, and Bill is wrong when he says the > team was mentioned "several" times. But since there was no rationale > for the criteria put on release arches, people tr

Re: Question for Matthew Garrett

2005-03-16 Thread Martin Schulze
Frank Küster wrote: > - Synchronizing security updates for all architectures is a pain. The > intention of reducing the number of supported arches is to be able to > provide faster security updates for the mainline arches. Synchronising security updates for several *distributions* (i.e. diffe

Re: Question to candidates that signed the Vancouver plan as candidate DPL

2005-03-16 Thread Matthew Garrett
Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The interesting question still is: Do the DPL candidates think it is in > order that such a plan is designed without consulting the security team? > Did they know it wasn't consulted? etc. I think various people that should have been consulted weren't, a

Re: question for the candidates

2005-03-16 Thread Matthew Garrett
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see many of good ideas for ways to improve the project in several of > your platforms. If you are not elected DPL, which of those ideas do you > still expect to be able to work on? How will you be able to do it > without the power of being DPL? If not elec

Re: Question to candidates that signed the Vancouver plan as candidate DPL

2005-03-16 Thread Frank Küster
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill Allombert wrote: >> The Vancouver plan has several mention of the security team which lead >> to believe it was accomodated to address the concern of this team. [...] > Er, let's quote every mention of "security" in Steve's mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>

Re: Question about Anthony Towns rebutting Branden Robinson

2005-03-16 Thread John Goerzen
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 03:25:17PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > Anthony Towns's rebuttal to Branden Robinson looks partly > false. It mentions "Branden's demotion to deputy-treasurer > under Jimmy Kaplowitz" about SPI. > > It looks from > http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/resolution-2004-01-0

question for the candidates

2005-03-16 Thread Joey Hess
This is the question I tend to ask every time, with a twist.. I see many of good ideas for ways to improve the project in several of your platforms. If you are not elected DPL, which of those ideas do you still expect to be able to work on? How will you be able to do it without the power of being

Re: Question to candidates that signed the Vancouver plan as candidate DPL

2005-03-16 Thread Joey Hess
Bill Allombert wrote: > The Vancouver plan has several mention of the security team which lead > to believe it was accomodated to address the concern of this team. > However <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> shows that > the security team was not consulted and the most active security officer > does not endorse

Question about Anthony Towns rebutting Branden Robinson

2005-03-16 Thread MJ Ray
Anthony Towns's rebuttal to Branden Robinson looks partly false. It mentions "Branden's demotion to deputy-treasurer under Jimmy Kaplowitz" about SPI. It looks from http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/resolution-2004-01-06.jrk.1.br.1 and http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/minutes/20040907 t

Question to candidates that signed the Vancouver plan as candidate DPL

2005-03-16 Thread Bill Allombert
Hello DPL candidate who signed the Vancouver plan, (Excluding Anthony Towns who signed as (ftpmaster) not as (DPL candidate).) The Vancouver plan has several mention of the security team which lead to believe it was accomodated to address the concern of this team. However <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> show

Re: Question for all candidates: Security team

2005-03-16 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-15 12:32]: > It has been asserted on several occasions over the last few years that > the security team is overworked and understaffed. This is a problem > that is hard for the average developer to help with, because someone > who spontaneously volunte

IRC debate feedback

2005-03-16 Thread Helen Faulkner
Hi All, Having just run the 2005 DPL IRC debate (and a stressful experience it was too), Martin Krafft and I would like to get feedback on what people thought of the debate and how it was run. Suggestions for future debates will be very welcome, not that I am planning to volunteer to do that again

Re: DPL election IRC Debate - Call for questions

2005-03-16 Thread MJ Ray
Ean Schuessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The accounting solution at SPI is still tenuous. Illness, accident or simple > boredom could still easily lead us to the situation we had before. The > solution you've outlined could work but it increases complexity rather than > removing it. I don't k

DPL IRC debate log

2005-03-16 Thread MJ Ray
A (xhtml, line-numbered, colourised) log of #debian-dpl-debate is available at http://people.debian.org/~mjr/debian_dpl_debate.html Let me know if you want reasonable presentation mods. Like the BBC says: other logs may exist. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "uns

[followup question] Career path for non-maintainer DD's

2005-03-16 Thread Javier Candeira
What are the candidates' plans for formulating a clear policy for access to DD status (with the all-important right to vote in Debian elections) for other type of contributors (translators, UI/artist types, and even -gasp- lawyers seem the most obvious examples)? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t