Re: GR Proposal: Declassification of -private

2005-11-15 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Op ma, 14-11-2005 te 23:24 -0600, schreef Manoj Srivastava: ## In accordance with principles of openness and transparency, Debian will seek to declassify and publish posts of historical or ongoing significance made to

Re: GR Proposal: Declassification of -private

2005-11-15 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 09:52:02AM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: Perhaps a sensible compromise between your position and Anthony's could be to propose that requests of authors be honoured unless a compelling reason to the contrary is presented and explained, yada yada. But I'm not going to

Re: GR Proposal: Declassification of -private

2005-11-15 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Manoj! You wrote: Here is my proposed change, that would make the process opt-in by the actual authors, and still give a hearing to any others who may be affected. I think this process allows people who may have posted only under the protection of the privacy umbrella, while

Re: GR Proposal: Declassification of -private

2005-11-15 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Op di, 15-11-2005 te 02:05 -0800, schreef Steve Langasek: On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 09:52:02AM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: Perhaps a sensible compromise between your position and Anthony's could be to propose that requests of authors be honoured unless a compelling reason to the contrary is

Re: GR Proposal: Declassification of -private

2005-11-15 Thread Adeodato Simó
* John Lightsey [Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:40:31 -0600]: For a policy going forward I would have no objections to sharing messages which are not explicitly affirmed as private. I am concerned about this. As the proposal currently stands, to declassify mails sent after the GR is passed, the same

Re: GR Proposal: Declassification of -private

2005-11-15 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au [051115 03:12]: In accordance with principles of openness and transparency, Debian will seek to declassify and publish posts of historical or ongoing significance made to the Debian Private Mailing List. [...] * The team will automatically declassify

Re: GR Proposal: Declassification of -private

2005-11-15 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 12:40:31AM -0600, John Lightsey wrote: I would be against revealing messages written by or containing excerpts written by former DDs who have died or disappeared. I think that's backwards; it seems like it'd make /more/ sense to publish messages from DDs who've passed

Re: GR Proposal: Declassification of -private

2005-11-15 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 01:10:37PM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: If, on the other hand (but this may be better the scope of another GR? I'm not sure, just mention if you think it is), this proposal is accompanied by a change in -privacy policy from now on, namely posts will be

Re: GR Proposal: Declassification of -private

2005-11-15 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 07:53:28PM +0100, Bernhard R. Link wrote: * Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au [051115 03:12]: In accordance with principles of openness and transparency, Debian will seek to declassify and publish posts of historical or ongoing significance made to the Debian

Re: GR Proposal: Declassification of -private

2005-11-15 Thread John Lightsey
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 10:37 +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 12:40:31AM -0600, John Lightsey wrote: I would be against revealing messages written by or containing excerpts written by former DDs who have died or disappeared. I think that's backwards; it seems like it'd