Re: GR option text on ballots

2014-10-20 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le lundi, 20 octobre 2014, 12.17:14 Neil McGovern a écrit : > > > Ian's: make each package support all alternative init systems > > > > This is actively misleading in a least four ways: > Yup, I wouldn't count that as neutral either. How about: Your two proposals don't seem to match "Ian's" to wh

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Joey Hess: > Well, at least I've found yet another reason to perfer to not vote on > this GR: It's too darn complicated to understand the procedural hacking > that's going on. > Well, vote them below FD then. Except for the nice two-paragraph "we don't need no stinkin' GR" amendment that's g

Re: Alternative proposal: support for alternative init systems is desirable but not mandatory

2014-10-20 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Ian Jackson writes: > Nikolaus Rath writes ("Re: Alternative proposal: support for alternative init > systems is desirable but not mandatory"): >> I just don't understand why you consider uselessd a "trick" that I came >> up with (leaving alone the fact that David brought it up here, and that >>

Re: Amendment (Re: Re-Proposal - preserve freedom of choice of init systems)

2014-10-20 Thread Neil McGovern
On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 02:59:16PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > (CC secretary@ to avoid this getting overlooked in the mail flood.) > > I hereby formally propose the amendment below (Constitution A.1(1) > `directly by proposer'), and, then, immediately accept it (A.1(2)). > This resets the minimum

Re: Re-Proposal - preserve freedom of choice of init systems

2014-10-20 Thread ss-composer
I wholeheartedly support this proposal. I would go further in this proposal and state that no software should require a specific init system in ANY pid. Of course, like many others, I would prefer Debian's default init to be almost anything other than systemd. In fleeing systemd, I have left D

Re: GR option text on ballots

2014-10-20 Thread Neil McGovern
On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 03:18:52PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Lucas Nussbaum writes ("Re: GR option text on ballots"): > > I'd like to propose: > > I would like to reiterate my view that these summaries should be > positive, and written by the proponent of each version, so long as > they are not

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 04:03:49PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Well, at least I've found yet another reason to perfer to not vote on > this GR: It's too darn complicated to understand the procedural hacking > that's going on. Hear, hear. My dayjob is doing PMO[1][2] style work tracking and modeling

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 20/10/14 at 22:26 +0200, Arno Töll wrote: > That's - I think - a good default and affirms Debian's point of view > that the respective maintainers can judge best what's a good requirement > for their packages. Finally I encourage everyone to focus on the > connotation in Luca's amendment. It all

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Joey Hess
Kurt Roeckx wrote: > Either it's a position statement, or we're making position > statement (4.1.5), or using the TC's power (4.1.4). > > In #727708 it says that a position statement will replace > "this TC resolution". > > In #746715 there is no such text. > > So the question is going to be if

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Arno" == Arno Töll writes: Arno> Hi Kurt, Arno> On 20.10.2014 21:33, Kurt Roeckx wrote: >> So the question is going to be if this options overrides #746715 >> or not. I didn't look into it yet, so I might be turning 1 or >> more of the options into overrding the TC and

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 10:26:08PM +0200, Arno Töll wrote: > Hi Kurt, > > On 20.10.2014 21:33, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > So the question is going to be if this options overrides #746715 > > or not. I didn't look into it yet, so I might be turning 1 or > > more of the options into overrding the TC an

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Arno Töll
Hi Kurt, On 20.10.2014 21:33, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > So the question is going to be if this options overrides #746715 > or not. I didn't look into it yet, so I might be turning 1 or > more of the options into overrding the TC and put them under > 4.1.4. I do not follow you on this argumentation. T

Re: [Call for seconds] The “no GR, please“ amendement.

2014-10-20 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Joey" == Joey Hess writes: Joey> Charles Plessy wrote: >> --- >> >> The Debian project asks its members to be considerate when >> proposing General Resolutions, as the GR process may be >> dis

Re: GR option text on ballots

2014-10-20 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 03:18:52PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > > IMO summary lines should certainly not be written by opponents of the > proposed option. Please would you as Secretary confirm that you will > seek to use a summary text that both I (as proponent) and you are > happy with. Please s

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 08:46:19PM +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > Le lundi, 20 octobre 2014, 14.14:58 Joey Hess a écrit : > > The tech committe made a separate ruling on this question, and > > decided: > > > For the record, the TC expects maintainers to continue to > > > support the multiple

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Aigars Mahinovs
On 20 October 2014 21:14, Joey Hess wrote: > Luca Falavigna wrote: >> The Technical Committee >> decided not to decide about the question of "coupling" i.e. whether >> other packages in Debian may depend on a particular init system. > > The tech committe made a separate ruling on this questi

Re: Alternative proposal: support for alternative init systems is desirable but not mandatory

2014-10-20 Thread Joey Hess
Sam Hartman wrote: > > "Joey" == Joey Hess writes: > > Joey> Why not just make your proposal be something along the lines > Joey> of reaffirming the technical decision-making process as it > Joey> currently stands, from the package maintainers, to the policy, > Joey> to the TC

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Russ Allbery
Didier 'OdyX' Raboud writes: > Le lundi, 20 octobre 2014, 14.14:58 Joey Hess a écrit : >> The tech committe made a separate ruling on this question, and >> decided: >>> For the record, the TC expects maintainers to continue to >>> support the multiple available init systems in Debian. That >>>

Re: Alternative proposal: support for alternative init systems is desirable but not mandatory

2014-10-20 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Joey" == Joey Hess writes: Joey> Why not just make your proposal be something along the lines Joey> of reaffirming the technical decision-making process as it Joey> currently stands, from the package maintainers, to the policy, Joey> to the TC. It could implicitly or expli

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Joey Hess: > Luca Falavigna wrote: > > The Technical Committee > > decided not to decide about the question of "coupling" i.e. whether > > other packages in Debian may depend on a particular init system. > > The tech committe made a separate ruling on this question, and decided: > For

Re: [RFC] Alternative proposal: reaffirm upstream and maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Sam Hartman
Hi. I'd support a proposal that focused on reaffirming the decisions that have already been taken, and it sort of sounds like you're doing that. However, I think your proposal goes significantly further than I'd like. So, I'd rank your proposal significantly below Lucas's proposal. however, if y

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le lundi, 20 octobre 2014, 14.14:58 Joey Hess a écrit : > The tech committe made a separate ruling on this question, and > decided: > > For the record, the TC expects maintainers to continue to > > support the multiple available init systems in Debian. That > > includes merging reasonable contribu

Re: Re-Proposal - preserve freedom of choice of init systems

2014-10-20 Thread Joey Hess
Ian Jackson wrote: > The technical committee > decided not to decide about the question of "coupling" i.e. whether > other packages in Debian may depend on a particular init system. What, then was #746715? > This resolution is a Position Statement about Issues of the Day > (Constitution 4.1.5

Re: [Call for seconds] The “no GR, please“ amendement.

2014-10-20 Thread Neil McGovern
On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 11:29:21PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Anyway, whichever the name I call for seconds (or comments: if this proposed > amendment is considered harmful, let me know). > Received (well, found in the middle of a mail thread, thanks for changing the subject though :P) and va

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Joey Hess
Luca Falavigna wrote: > The Technical Committee > decided not to decide about the question of "coupling" i.e. whether > other packages in Debian may depend on a particular init system. The tech committe made a separate ruling on this question, and decided: For the record, the TC expects ma

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Neil McGovern
On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 12:21:18PM +0200, Luca Falavigna wrote: > Dear fellow Developers, > > I would like to propose the following amendment proposal, > and I hereby call for seconds. > All received and valid. Thanks, Neil -- signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Luca Falavigna writes: > ** Begin Alternative Proposal ** > > 0. Rationale > > Debian has decided (via the Technical Committee) to change its > default init system for the next release. The Technical Committee > decided not to decide about the question of "coupling" i.e. whether > other

Re: Alternative proposal: support for alternative init systems is desirable but not mandatory

2014-10-20 Thread Martinx - ジェームズ
+1 keep `sysvint-core` in Debian *at a reliable level*, is a wise thing to do. For at least, 2018~2020. On 19 October 2014 18:40, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Nikolaus Rath (2014-10-19 20:16:37) > > Jonas Smedegaard writes: > >> Quoting David Weinehall (2014-10-19 16:13:18) > >>> On Sun, O

Re: [Call for seconds] The “no GR, please“ amendement.

2014-10-20 Thread Joey Hess
Charles Plessy wrote: > --- > > The Debian project asks its members to be considerate when proposing General > Resolutions, as the GR process may be disruptive regardless of the outcome of > the vote. > > Regarding the subjec

Re: Alternative proposal: support for alternative init systems is desirable but not mandatory

2014-10-20 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Nikolaus Rath (2014-10-20 05:29:10) > Jonas Smedegaard writes: >> Quoting Nikolaus Rath (2014-10-19 20:21:59) >>> Ian Jackson writes: David Weinehall writes ("Re: Alternative proposal: support for alternative init systems is desirable but not mandatory"): > OK, so packaging

Re: Alternative proposal: support for alternative init systems is desirable but not mandatory

2014-10-20 Thread Ian Jackson
Nikolaus Rath writes ("Re: Alternative proposal: support for alternative init systems is desirable but not mandatory"): > I just don't understand why you consider uselessd a "trick" that I came > up with (leaving alone the fact that David brought it up here, and that > yet another guy started the

Re: [Call for seconds] The “no GR, please“ amendement.

2014-10-20 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 11:29:21PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Here is the text: > > --- > > The Debian project asks its members to be considerate when proposing General > Resolutions, as the GR process may be disruptive r

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 12:21:18PM +0200, Luca Falavigna wrote: > Dear fellow Developers, > > I would like to propose the following amendment proposal, > and I hereby call for seconds. > > > > ** Begin Alternative Proposal ** > > 0. Rationale > > Debian has decided (via the Technical Comm

Re: [Call for seconds] The “no GR, please“ amendement.

2014-10-20 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Charles Plessy (2014-10-19): > --- > > The Debian project asks its members to be considerate when proposing General > Resolutions, as the GR process may be disruptive regardless of the outcome of > the vote. > > Regarding th

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Luca Falavigna (2014-10-18): > ** Begin Alternative Proposal ** > > 0. Rationale > > Debian has decided (via the Technical Committee) to change its > default init system for the next release. The Technical Committee > decided not to decide about the question of "coupling" i.e. whether >

Re: Alternative proposal: support for alternative init systems is desirable but not mandatory

2014-10-20 Thread Russ Allbery
Nikolaus Rath writes: > I just don't understand why you consider uselessd a "trick" that I came > up with (leaving alone the fact that David brought it up here, and that > yet another guy started the project). Indeed, I think uselessd is a very interesting project. I hope it succeeds at its goa

Re: [Call for seconds] The “no GR, please“ amendement.

2014-10-20 Thread Gergely Nagy
Charles Plessy writes: > Here is the text: > > --- > > The Debian project asks its members to be considerate when proposing General > Resolutions, as the GR process may be disruptive regardless of the outcome of > the vote. >

Re: [Call for seconds] The “no GR, please“ amendement.

2014-10-20 Thread Neil McGovern
On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 11:29:21PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > --- > > The Debian project asks its members to be considerate when proposing General > Resolutions, as the GR process may be disruptive regardless of the outcom

Re: [Call for seconds] The “no GR, please“ amendement.

2014-10-20 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Sun, 19 Oct 2014, Charles Plessy wrote: > --- > > The Debian project asks its members to be considerate when proposing General > Resolutions, as the GR process may be disruptive regardless of the outcome of > the vote. > >

Re: [Call for seconds] The “no GR, please“ amendement.

2014-10-20 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le dimanche, 19 octobre 2014, 23.29:21 Charles Plessy a écrit : > -- > > The Debian project asks its members to be considerate when proposing > General Resolutions, as the GR process may be disruptive regardless > of the outcome o

Re: [Call for seconds] The “no GR, please“ amendement.

2014-10-20 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Sonntag, 19. Oktober 2014, Charles Plessy wrote: > --- > > The Debian project asks its members to be considerate when proposing > General Resolutions, as the GR process may be disruptive regardless of the > outcome of

Re: Alternative proposal: support for alternative init systems is desirable but not mandatory

2014-10-20 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Nikolaus Rath (2014-10-20 05:19:03) > Jonas Smedegaard writes: >> Quoting Nikolaus Rath (2014-10-19 20:16:37) >>> Do you consider uselessd to be the same init system as systemd? To >>> me this looks like a legitimate fork. >>> >>> Or are you saying that "at least one" is really meant to m

Re: Amendment (Re: Re-Proposal - preserve freedom of choice of init systems)

2014-10-20 Thread Alessio Treglia
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Ian Jackson wrote: > Alessio Treglia writes ("Re: Amendment (Re: Re-Proposal - preserve freedom of > choice of init systems)"): >> Il giorno dom, 19/10/2014 alle 14.59 +0100, Ian Jackson ha scritto: >> > I hereby formally propose the amendment below (Constitution

Re: GR option text on ballots

2014-10-20 Thread Ian Jackson
Nikolaus Rath writes ("Re: GR option text on ballots"): > Ian Jackson writes: > > If the Secretary feels we have to have a neutral rather than a > > positive phrasing I would request that we use the following summary > > line for my proposal: > > > > Packages may not require a specific init syst

Re: Amendment (Re: Re-Proposal - preserve freedom of choice of init systems)

2014-10-20 Thread Ian Jackson
Alessio Treglia writes ("Re: Amendment (Re: Re-Proposal - preserve freedom of choice of init systems)"): > Il giorno dom, 19/10/2014 alle 14.59 +0100, Ian Jackson ha scritto: > > I hereby formally propose the amendment below (Constitution A.1(1) > > `directly by proposer'), and, then, immediately

Re: [Call for seconds] The “no GR, please“ amendement.

2014-10-20 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 05:01:02PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum a écrit : > > > > --- > > > > The Debian project asks its members to be considerate when proposing General > > Resolutions, as the GR process may be disruptive regardle

Re: Alternative proposal: support for alternative init systems is desirable but not mandatory

2014-10-20 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Jonas Smedegaard writes: > Quoting Nikolaus Rath (2014-10-19 20:16:37) >> Jonas Smedegaard writes: >>> Quoting David Weinehall (2014-10-19 16:13:18) On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 02:28:02PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: [snip] > The wording in my resolution comes from the TC discussion a

Re: Alternative proposal: support for alternative init systems is desirable but not mandatory

2014-10-20 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Jonas Smedegaard writes: > Quoting Nikolaus Rath (2014-10-19 20:21:59) >> Ian Jackson writes: >>> David Weinehall writes ("Re: Alternative proposal: support for alternative >>> init systems is desirable but not mandatory"): OK, so packaging uselessd (thus providing another init system that

Re: Re: Re-Proposal - preserve freedom of choice of init systems

2014-10-20 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 03:26:57AM +0100, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote: > Perhaps if you picked something other than runit you'd make your point more > effectively. Try using the case of someone who makes a tool that depends > from System V init running as process #1. It is hardly farfetched.

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-20 Thread Gergely Nagy
Luca Falavigna writes: > I would like to propose the following amendment proposal, > and I hereby call for seconds. > > ** Begin Alternative Proposal ** > > 0. Rationale > > Debian has decided (via the Technical Committee) to change its > default init system for the next release. The Techni