Re: Second call for votes for the GFDL position statement

2006-03-06 Thread NOKUBI Takatsugu
-=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 25a628e9-d88e-40b7-8e1c-888cff421ea5 [ 4 ] Choice 1: GFDL-licensed works are unsuitable for main in all cases [ 1 ] Choice 2: GFDL-licensed works without unmodifiable sections are free [ 3 ] Choice 3: GFDL-licensed works are com

Re: Question for Bill Allombert: independence

2006-03-06 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 01:01:36AM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 11:45:35PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Hi Bill, > > You write in your platform that > > -- I am independent, so I will be able to represent all the developers. > > What is it that you're independent

Re: Question to all candidates about stable point releases

2006-03-06 Thread Martin Schulze
Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 01:02:20PM +0100, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > > Though Martin 'Joey' Schulze as stable release manager presents lists of > > packages that are accepted into the next stable point release on a > > regular basis, they normally are not release

Re: Questions for all candidates: the DPL as a creator of public opinion

2006-03-06 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 10:45:47PM +0200, Fabian Fagerholm wrote: > The DPL is described as a representative of Debian to the general > public, and as a vision-definer inside the Debian Project. I wouldn't say "vision-definer" -- the DPL lead's discussion, and may summarise it afterwards, but act

Re: Questions to candidate Anthony Towns

2006-03-06 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 03:01:41PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > (Please treat this question as if it were asked on debian-devel not > here.) (Not really sure what difference that makes) > Anthony Towns wrote: > > I do think it would be interesting for the project to embrace the d-i beta > > releases

Re: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven - questions to DPL candidates

2006-03-06 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 11:30:26PM +, Sune Vuorela wrote: > Do all of you have many spare hours in your current schedules? Or what > part of your debian work would get lower priorities if you get elected? As a student, I'm reasonable flexible in hours to spend on whatever I like. But well, if

Re: Questions for all canidates

2006-03-06 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 03:27:03PM -0500, Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: > If you were not running for DPL, which of the other candiates would you > most likely vote for (or since you are running, rank as '2' on your > ballot)? Why? I'm not going to say that, my ballot remains private (except for th

Re: Reflections about the questions for the candidates

2006-03-06 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 11:16:48AM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > There was no contact address for the DPL-team, or atleast none > that I know off, so it's rather hard to ask them. The only > available address that I know of is [EMAIL PROTECTED] And as > far as I know, there wasn't even an official

Re: Reflections about the questions for the candidates

2006-03-06 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 09:49:29AM +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > Hello Enrico, > > > But there's more than that. In the last year as part of the DPL Team, > > people have been criticising the last year for the lack of reports. But > > I don't remember a single one sending in a mail like "Dear

Re: Question for all candidates: what mistake will you _not_ make?

2006-03-06 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 02:13:42PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > During DPL campaigning, it seems "in" for candidates to propose all > sorts of Great Things they will try to do once elected. While this is > obviously all interesting information, it leaves out something that, I > think, is also fa

Re: Question to all candidates about the NM process

2006-03-06 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 01:06:37PM +0100, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > Though there are often threads about problems with it on our mailing > lists, the NM process hasn't changed much in the last three or four > years. What do you think about the most common problems (takes too > long, is asking

Re: Democracy in Debian

2006-03-06 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 07 Mar 2006, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 04:09:04PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > > Presumably the decryption key could be unlocked after the election > > and placed alongside the balots; since it should expire and be > > revoked after the completion of the vote, this sho

Re: Code of conduct, question to all candidates

2006-03-06 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 10:20:59PM +0200, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > Many people consider the aggressive, often unconstructive atmosphere on > major Debian mailing lists to be a problem. You only need to make a > little spark and suddenly you have ignited a huge thread, up to several > hundred mails p

Re: Question to all candidates about stable point releases

2006-03-06 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 01:02:20PM +0100, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > Though Martin 'Joey' Schulze as stable release manager presents lists of > packages that are accepted into the next stable point release on a > regular basis, they normally are not released "roughly two months after > the las

Re: Democracy in Debian

2006-03-06 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 04:09:04PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > > I guess the decryption key for encrypted ballots would be of some > > issue, but that's about it. > Presumably the decryption key could be unlocked after the election and > placed alongside the balots; since it should expire and be

Re: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven - questions to DPL candidates

2006-03-06 Thread Anthony Towns
> > On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 11:30:26PM +, Sune Vuorela wrote: > > >Just a small question: > > >Do all of you have many spare hours in your current schedules? Or what > > >part of your debian work would get lower priorities if you get elected? > > >Or are you planning to toss out your TV, dump y

Re: What if you are not elected as DPL?

2006-03-06 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 10:08:22AM +0100, Luk Claes wrote: > Hi DPL candidates > > Would you also try to reach the goals mentioned in your platform if you > wouldn't be elected DPL? Yes. I'll possibly offer my services to the elected DPL to help achieving the goals the elected DPL and myself shar

Re: Question for Bill Allombert: independence

2006-03-06 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 11:45:35PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > Hi Bill, > > You write in your platform that > > -- I am independent, so I will be able to represent all the developers. > > What is it that you're independent from that other candidates aren't, and > how exactly does independen

Re: Question to all candidates about the NM process

2006-03-06 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 01:06:37PM +0100, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > Heya, > > Though there are often threads about problems with it on our mailing > lists, the NM process hasn't changed much in the last three or four > years. What do you think about the most common problems (takes too > long

Re: Reflections about the questions for the candidates

2006-03-06 Thread Andreas Barth
* Thijs Kinkhorst ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060306 14:58]: > On Sun, 2006-03-05 at 01:16 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Uh, for one thing, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" != "DPL Team". > > Maybe it would have been a good idea then to publicize a point of > contact for your team. You did not, therefore I think

Re: Reflections about the questions for the candidates

2006-03-06 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
On Sun, 2006-03-05 at 01:16 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > Uh, for one thing, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" != "DPL Team". Maybe it would have been a good idea then to publicize a point of contact for your team. You did not, therefore I think Enrico is wrongly annoyed by the lack of input to the team. I d

Re: Question for Andreas Schuldei: Debconf vs DPL

2006-03-06 Thread Andreas Schuldei
* Margarita Manterola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-03 10:05:31]: > It is well known that you are the Debconf magician, and that without > your work, Debconfs would either not happen or be a complete fiasco > compared to the Debconfs we are used to by now. gee, thanks. (c: > So, if you are elect

Re: Code of conduct, question to all candidates

2006-03-06 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 10:20:59PM +0200, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > >What do you think of a code of conduct? What in your opinion would be a >lower limit on acceptable behavior? Do you think that strict rules would >be better than general guidelines? Who should be the judge if a >particular case foll

For Andreas: how can you work full-time for DPL

2006-03-06 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hello, those questions are for Andreas only: twice in your platform you say "I can work full-time as DPL". Why can you make that claim ? If you any have any special arrangements to have free time for Debian, is that conditioned to your election or will you benefit from those even if you're not

Re: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven - questions to DPL candidates

2006-03-06 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 09:48:55AM +0100, Andreas Schuldei wrote: >* Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-06 01:39:52]: > >> On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 11:30:26PM +, Sune Vuorela wrote: >> >Hi! >> >> Hi Sune! >> >> >Just a small question: >> > >> >Do all of you have many spare hours in yo

Re: DPL reports [was: Re: Reflections about the questions for the candidates]

2006-03-06 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 07:59:34PM +0100, Enrico Zini wrote: > On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 11:05:04AM -0500, Kevin B. McCarty wrote: > > Hi Kevin. > > > I'm not sure that I understand the reasons why the efforts couldn't be > > reported, at least to debian-private. Are they one or more of the > > fo

Re: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven - questions to DPL candidates

2006-03-06 Thread Andreas Schuldei
* Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-06 01:39:52]: > On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 11:30:26PM +, Sune Vuorela wrote: > >Hi! > > Hi Sune! > > >Just a small question: > > > >Do all of you have many spare hours in your current schedules? Or what > >part of your debian work would get lower pr