Re: Firmware

2009-05-02 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le samedi 02 mai 2009 à 08:04 +0200, Mike Hommey a écrit : > On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 12:10:26AM +0200, Joey Schulze wrote: > > I would rather like to keep binary firmware blobs outside of Debian/main > > and maintain them in Debian/non-free with improved and easy ways to load > > them during the in

Re: Overriding vs Amending vs Position statement

2009-05-02 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Fri May 01 16:16, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 11:54:15PM +0100, Matthew Johnson wrote: > > On Sat May 02 00:52, Luk Claes wrote: > > > It would be a clear indication that the foundation document should get an > > > update or that the postition statement should get dropped ag

Re: Overriding vs Amending vs Position statement

2009-05-02 Thread Ben Finney
Matthew Johnson writes: > On Fri May 01 16:16, Steve Langasek wrote: > > No one has the authority to declare, a priori, for the entire > > project, that a given position statement is in conflict with a FD. This seems to advocate the possibility that a statement could be in conflict with the foun

Re: Overriding vs Amending vs Position statement

2009-05-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, May 02 2009, Ben Finney wrote: > That doesn't mean we can't make the explicit expectation that everyone > in the group *will* uphold it, as a condition of being in the group. > > I had thought that expectation was embodied in the requirement for all > new members to declare they will uphol

Re: Overriding vs Amending vs Position statement

2009-05-02 Thread Russ Allbery
Ben Finney writes: > Matthew Johnson writes: >> On Fri May 01 16:16, Steve Langasek wrote: >>> No one has the authority to declare, a priori, for the entire >>> project, that a given position statement is in conflict with a FD. > This seems to advocate the possibility that a statement could be

Re: Overriding vs Amending vs Position statement

2009-05-02 Thread Russ Allbery
Matthew Johnson writes: > I think that is somewhat of an orthogonal issue. I don't think anyone > would disagree that the vote: > >We agree to ship the nvidia binary drivers in main > > conflicts with one of the foundation documents. At the moment, however, > we could run that vote and since

Re: Overriding vs Amending vs Position statement

2009-05-02 Thread Clint Adams
On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 07:10:07AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > The Debian project believes that shipping NVidia drivers in main is > consistent with the current DFSG and Social Contract. > > If you think there's any serious danger of that passing with a majority, > I would contend that yo

Re: Overriding vs Amending vs Position statement

2009-05-02 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Sat May 02 07:10, Russ Allbery wrote: > To recap, the counter-argument is that such a *non-binding* position > statement is obviously nonsensical and hence people aren't going to > follow it even if it passes, which it won't because it's non-sensical. > In other words, you're making a reductio a

Re: Overriding vs Amending vs Position statement

2009-05-02 Thread Russ Allbery
Clint Adams writes: > On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 07:10:07AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >> The Debian project believes that shipping NVidia drivers in main is >> consistent with the current DFSG and Social Contract. >> If you think there's any serious danger of that passing with a >> majorit

Re: Overriding vs Amending vs Position statement

2009-05-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, May 02 2009, s...@powerlinux.fr wrote: > On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 05:26:37PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: >> >> On Fri, 01 May 2009, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> > On Fri, May 01 2009, Don Armstrong wrote: >> > > Only as binding as we as a group consider them to be. >> > >> > Hmm. Certainly

Re: Overriding vs Amending vs Position statement

2009-05-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, May 02 2009, Russ Allbery wrote: > Clint Adams writes: >> On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 07:10:07AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > >>> The Debian project believes that shipping NVidia drivers in main is >>> consistent with the current DFSG and Social Contract. > >>> If you think there's an

Re: Overriding vs Amending vs Position statement

2009-05-02 Thread Ben Finney
Russ Allbery writes: > Ben Finney writes: > > Are you saying the statement “this proposal conflicts with the > > foundation documents” can be true for some people simultaneously > > with being false for other people? > > Of course it can be! That would only not be true if we had unanimity > ov

Re: Overriding vs Amending vs Position statement

2009-05-02 Thread Russ Allbery
Ben Finney writes: > Russ Allbery writes: >> Ben Finney writes: >>> Are you saying the statement “this proposal conflicts with the >>> foundation documents” can be true for some people simultaneously >>> with being false for other people? >> Of course it can be! That would only not be true if

Re: Overriding vs Amending vs Position statement

2009-05-02 Thread Russ Allbery
Matthew Johnson writes: > I was trying to demonstrate that there are things which are in > conflict with a foundation document and that something needs to be > done about vote options which are such conflicts but don't explicitly > amend that document. Oh, okay, sorry. Yes, I do agree with that

Re: Overriding vs Amending vs Position statement

2009-05-02 Thread Ben Finney
Russ Allbery writes: > Ben Finney writes: > > Russ Allbery writes: > >> Ben Finney writes: > > >>> Are you saying the statement “this proposal conflicts with the > >>> foundation documents” can be true for some people simultaneously > >>> with being false for other people? > > >> Of course i

Re: Overriding vs Amending vs Position statement

2009-05-02 Thread Russ Allbery
Ben Finney writes: > Russ Allbery writes: >> Ben Finney writes: >>> Russ Allbery writes: >>> So, in effect, you advocate the position that “the foundation >>> documents”refers to a different set of documents depending on who >>> is being asked? >> No. That's an absurd interpretation of what