Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-13 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
(Dropping Chris from CC: as he is subscribed to -vote) On 2019-03-12 16:55, Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana wrote: Mehdi, would you like to run again? I saw you run in 2017 and you have experience as DPL. I am really not sure what people are expecting from the DPL. My past experience showed

Re: having public irc logs?

2017-04-08 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
On 08/04/2017 12:32, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: > the problem is not having access to the logs, the problem is having a > "common/shared way of doing it" It would be mostly fine even to just have a > password protected irc log server, only accessible to DDs. > It is not totally the same

Re: Q to Mehdi: safe and fun

2017-04-08 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
On 06/04/2017 19:17, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 11:52:51PM +0200, Mehdi Dogguy wrote: >> On 31/03/2017 12:38, Holger Levsen wrote: >>> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 04:00:49AM +0200, Mehdi Dogguy wrote: >>>> If you want to ban someone from a mailing li

Re: having public irc logs?

2017-04-08 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
On 07/04/2017 16:21, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: > (this question was on debian-vote by purpose, and was directed to DPL, > I'll drop -vote on the next email) > >> (Replies redirected to debian-project, since this has nothing to do >> with the DPL election anymore.) > > > sigh, I agree > (I

Re: having public irc logs?

2017-04-08 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
On 06/04/2017 10:44, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: > Hello Mehdi and Chris, > > > > Debian has a "we don't hide things" wording in his constitution. > > > However we don't have a public irc log system, and most > > > of the conversations between us are happening there. > > > > How do

Re: Q to Mehdi: S.M.A.R.T. metrics

2017-04-08 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi martin, On 08/04/2017 09:13, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Mehdi Dogguy <me...@dogguy.org> [2017-03-30 02:13 +0200]: >> I do not remember myself talking about S.M.A.R.T criteria in personal >> discussions to be honest :-) or if it ever happened, maybe it was >&g

Re: Q to both: release date

2017-04-05 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
On 2017-04-05 10:18, Chris Lamb wrote: Dear Lucas, is there something that you would like to stress about the release process or the upcoming release? I think I would highlight that these indeed *are* outside the scope of the DPL, implicitly stressing Debian's decentralised nature; this

Re: Q to both: release date

2017-04-05 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi lucas, On 2017-04-05 09:17, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: How is the release process doing? As noted by Chris too, the Release Team has all the details and can reply on this specific question. I've pinged them about issuing a status update on the freeze and proposed my help write/review the

Re: Q to both candidates: preventing burnout by other contributors

2017-04-01 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi Russ, Sorry for the late reply. On 29/03/2017 18:33, Russ Allbery wrote: > 1. Do you agree with the above analysis, or do you see a different >dynamic? > I agree with your analysis. But even in companies, there are issues and not all managers are able to deal with them. And really, it

Re: Question for DPL candidates: Teetotaler outreach

2017-04-01 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi Adrian, On 31/03/2017 16:36, Adrian Bunk wrote: > Hi, > > first of all thanks a lot for running. > > Both of you consider outreach important. > > People not drinking alcohol are half of all adults in the world, but > we are under-represented in free software. Unfortunately far too many >

Re: Q to both: facilitating meetups

2017-04-01 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi zack, On 31/03/2017 10:29, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 01:44:59AM +0200, Mehdi Dogguy wrote: >> Hope this answers your questions. > > So, here's a straw man for you: considering the roadmap failed to > materialize during a 1-year term,

Re: Q to Mehdi: safe and fun

2017-04-01 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi holger, On 31/03/2017 12:38, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 04:00:49AM +0200, Mehdi Dogguy wrote: >> If you want to ban someone from a mailing list, you may contact list-masters. >> If you want to ban someone from IRC, you may contact IRC operators. >&g

Re: Q to Mehdi: safe and fun

2017-03-30 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Martin, On 29/03/2017 07:58, Martín Ferrari wrote: > Mehdi, > > In your platform you list "Ensuring the community remains safe and fun" > as your first priority for the next term. > > I need to ask why you think in this term you will manage to do so, when > I believe you failed to do so in the

Re: Q to the candidates: GPLv2 system library exception

2017-03-30 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
On 30/03/2017 16:14, Ian Jackson wrote: > Mehdi Dogguy writes ("Re: Q to the candidates: GPLv2 system library > exception"): >> On 29/03/2017 20:38, Florian Weimer wrote: >>> Do you think this situation needs addressing? What do you propose do >>>

Re: Q to both: facilitating meetups

2017-03-30 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
On 30/03/2017 05:32, Scott Kitterman wrote: > In your platform from last year [1], you discussed this Roadmap (I > mistakenly recalled roadmaps, but you described it singularly). > > How is the Roadmap going? Is it defined? Where can I read about what's > been accomplished? Is helping Debian

Re: Q to both candidates: preventing burnout by other contributors

2017-03-29 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
On 29/03/2017 20:19, Chris Lamb wrote: > Furthermore, putting people and teams together in real life is also > another unexplored avenue. Whilst this speaks somewhat to my previous > commitments for more meetups, the angle I am taking here is not waiting > for the next {Mini,}DebConf or team

Re: Q to the candidates: GPLv2 system library exception

2017-03-29 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
On 29/03/2017 20:38, Florian Weimer wrote: > > Do you think this situation needs addressing? What do you propose do > about it? Do you think the way the ZFS situation was resolved could > be an example? > I am not an expert in licensing issues but it is quite easy to ask advice from

Re: Q to Mehdi: safe and fun

2017-03-29 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
On 25/03/2017 13:52, martin f krafft wrote: > Dear Mehdi, > > among your priorities for your next term, should you get elected, is > "Ensuring the community remains safe and fun". Yet, I cannot find > much about that in your platform. > > Could you elaborate how you're intending to ensure a safe

Re: Q to both: facilitating meetups

2017-03-29 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi Scott, On 29/03/2017 13:34, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Wednesday, March 29, 2017 11:25:29 AM Mehdi Dogguy wrote: > ... >> I believe the Roadmap will help us for the first subject and the partners >> program, once in place, will bring new (useful) workflows on the &g

Re: Q to Mehdi: S.M.A.R.T. metrics

2017-03-29 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Dear martin, On 25/03/2017 13:42, martin f krafft wrote: > Dear Mehdi, > > in personal discussions and in your platform(s), you've been very > fond of the "S.M.A.R.T. way" aka. management by objectives. > I do not remember myself talking about S.M.A.R.T criteria in personal discussions to be

Re: Q to both candidates: universality

2017-03-29 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
On 25/03/2017 13:04, martin f krafft wrote: > - What does universality mean to you and the project? > To me, in short, it means that we are able to address a wide range of different needs in a single homogeneous system. Debian has been successful as a general and stable platform where others

Re: Q to candidates: reporting frequency

2017-03-29 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
On 23/03/2017 21:20, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Dear candidates, what do you think it's the appropriate frequency for > reporting back to the project about what the DPL is doing? > > Certainly, reporting often is time consuming and divert time from > actually *doing* stuff, rather than

Re: Q to both: facilitating meetups

2017-03-29 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
On 25/03/2017 13:13, martin f krafft wrote: > Following the three-pronged approach Chris wants to take towards > facilitating meetups in Debian (I am replying to the message)¹ — > > ¹) <1489954668.1588748.916366632.0df7d...@webmail.messagingengine.com> > > I have three questions to both our

Re: Question for DPL candidates: delegation

2017-03-23 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi Ian, On 21/03/2017 12:10, Ian Jackson wrote: > The DPL role is generally thought to be rather large and does seem to > be subject to burnout. But, the DPL can delegate whole areas of I do not think the DPL role is still subject to burnout. It certainly requires some commitment but it is in

Re: Question for DPL candidates: Board of directors?

2017-03-23 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi Sylvestre, On 22/03/2017 21:30, Sylvestre Ledru wrote: > Hello, > > During your term, is there any chance that you work on replacing the DPL role > by a board of directors? > No. > If not, why? > Because I do not like jumping on conclusions. Let me explain further. I agree that it is

Re: Questions for Mehdi: roadmap?

2017-03-23 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi Steve, On 18/03/2017 23:02, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Hi Mehdi, > > First of all, thanks for standing again! > > Do you have any specific things that you'd like to see on a Debian > roadmap yourself? > I have some specific ideas. I didn't want to share them (although already mentioned

Re: Q to Mehdi: partners program

2017-03-23 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi Lucas, On 16/03/2017 12:15, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Hi Mehdi, > > In you platform, you mention the partners program, and apparently a lot > of progress was made recently. This was a (good) surprise for me. You > write: >> With the help of the new partners team I formed during my first term,

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2017: Call for nominations

2017-03-11 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi, I hereby nominate myself as a candidate for the 2017 DPL election. -- Mehdi Dogguy signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: GR Proposal: replace "Chairman" with "Chair" throughout the Debian Constitution

2016-07-08 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
On 08/07/2016 15:27, Margarita Manterola wrote: > > === BEGIN GR TEXT === > > Title: Replace "Chairman" with "Chair" throughout the Debian Constitution > > All appearances of the word Chairman shall be replaced with the word Chair. > > === END GR TEXT === > Seconded. -- Mehdi

Re: Proposed GR: Acknowledge that the debian-private list will remain private

2016-07-07 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi, On 07/07/2016 15:37, Nicolas Dandrimont wrote: > === BEGIN GR TEXT === > > Title: Acknowledge that the debian-private list will remain private. > > 1. The 2005 General Resolution titled "Declassification of debian-private >list archives" is repealed. > 2. In keeping with paragraph 3 of

Re: Q: DPL job profile?

2016-04-02 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi, On 24/03/2016 12:55, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Hi Mehdi, > > Last year, Ana started a great thread about the role of the DPL[1]. > > I wonder where you stand wrt the various positions in that thread? > What will be your priorities when deciding what to work on? > What do you see as tasks that

Re: Broader vision

2016-03-31 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hello Enrico, On 21/03/2016 16:29, Enrico Zini wrote: > Hello Mehdi, > > in your platform there is a section "Vision" that deals with several > important practical aspects of Debian. > > I see the DPL as a person that we choose for a year to give the project > a broad sense of direction, to

Re: Lars Wirzenius' not-platform?

2016-03-19 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi, On 18/03/2016 00:40, Paul Wise wrote: > To the candidate: > > Have you read Lars Wirzenius' not-platform? > > http://blog.liw.fi/posts/dpl-2016-not-platform/ > > Do you have any thoughts on it? > > Does Debian need the Social Committee proposed by Lars? > The candidate replied in

Re: encouraging events?

2016-03-19 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi Daniel, On 17/03/2016 11:58, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > Hi Mehdi, > > I've been reading over your platform, I couldn't help noticing it is in > all seriousness better than some of the other candidate's running for > high office right now. The only other thing needed to be in that league > of

Re: thoughts on liw's non-platform?

2016-03-19 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi Paul, On 14/03/2016 04:25, Paul Wise wrote: > Hi Mehdi, > > Lars Wirzenius recently wrote a blog post entitled "Not-platform for > Debian project leader elections 2016". I wonder if you have any > thoughts on what he has written there: > > http://blog.liw.fi/posts/dpl-2016-not-platform/ >

Re: quantity of DPL candidates?

2016-03-15 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi Paul, On 14/03/2016 03:53, Paul Wise wrote: > Hi Mehdi, > > Any thoughts on the low amount of DPL candidates this year? The only > year we have had a sole candidate was when zack ran for second-term > re-election in 2011, which is a quite different situation to this > one, where the

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2016: Call for nominations

2016-03-07 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi, I hereby nominate myself as a candidate for the 2016 DPL election. -- Mehdi Dogguy signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: More women in key positions ?

2015-03-31 Thread Mehdi DOGGUY
Le 31 mars 2015 02:49, bjf...@gmail.com a écrit : After explaining we have an impressive ratio of female to male participants in the Debian project as a whole (not just technical), your suggestion is to get more women involved generally with Debian (still not technically)? No. At all. It

Re: Q to all candidates: dropping SC §5

2015-03-31 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
that it is an hypothetical situation, but so is yours. So I don't agree on the fact the analogy is not pertinent here. It really does, but it is important to keep that in mind to not be trapped once again. Regards, -- Mehdi Dogguy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Q to all candidates: dropping SC §5

2015-03-31 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 12:07:07AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli z...@debian.org wrote: On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:53:20PM +0200, Mehdi Dogguy wrote: This is part of our history now and we can surely learn from past experiences to be able to handle similar situations better in the future

Re: Q to all candidates: dropping SC §5

2015-03-29 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi, Le 2015-03-26 20:21, Bas Wijnen a écrit : So to the candidates: can you please let us know whether you would be in favor of restricting non-free, so that it will only contain things that are required for making hardware work, and for which there is no fully functional free alternative?

Re: More women in key positions ?

2015-03-26 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi, Le 2015-03-21 03:50, Charles Plessy a écrit : You probably noted that no woman was candidate this year, and that no woman was appointed to the technical committee in the recent replacements. Do you think that it is a problem that there are no women in key positions in Debian ? If yes,

Re: Q to all candidates: Debian in five years?

2015-03-26 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Le 2015-03-14 21:59, Lucas Nussbaum a écrit : There has been some discussions about the focus moving to other areas of Free Software, distributions being solved problems, containers as a alternative/better way to ship software, etc. In five years, what should Debian's position and role be in

Re: Q to all candidates: DebConf orga

2015-03-21 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Le 2015-03-13 12:03, martin f krafft a écrit : What is your perception of DebConf and its organisation? If any, what changes would you like to implement? First, I'd be careful here because we have DebConf chairs which are official delegates. So, I'd leave them implement whatever changes are

Re: Thoughts/questions for any candidate

2015-03-21 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi, Le 2015-03-13 02:20, Anthony Towns a écrit : Number one is something like where should the innovation come from? GN You may notice that unlike in previous years, I do not have a Grand GN Vision, not in the same sense at least. MD Of course, those are not trivial questions and I don't

Re: Q to all DPL candidate: PPA

2015-03-21 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Le 2015-03-17 01:19, Thomas Goirand a écrit : On 03/15/2015 09:57 AM, martin f krafft wrote: Neil, in your platform, you advocate PPAs and modernising our build and infrastructure. What's the DPL's role in this? Or, put differently, couldn't you just start working on this without the DPL hat?

Re: Q to all candidates: spending money

2015-03-17 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Le 2015-03-17 10:03, martin f krafft a écrit : also sprach Mehdi Dogguy me...@dogguy.org [2015-03-17 09:56 +0100]: For a start, Debian can fund two slots *this* year. If we want to do this sustainably, we will have to make sure we have funds dedicated for it Just funding the slots won't cut

Re: Q to all candidates: dropping SC §5

2015-03-16 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi, Le 2015-03-16 08:59, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 09:31:03AM +0100, Gergely Nagy wrote: So, the only way I could see the drop of SC §5 as a worthwhile goal, is if we also removed non-free (and possibly contrib) too. I respect this point of view, even though I

Re: Q to all candidates: spending money

2015-03-16 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi, Le 2015-03-12 09:16, Lucas Nussbaum a écrit : Hi, In his platform, Neil wrote: I will spend some money we have horded. Debian currently holds approximately $200,000 at SPI alone. Our donators didn't give us money for it to be sat around in a bank account, we should spend it to make the

Re: Q to all candidates: SWOT analysis

2015-03-16 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Le 2015-03-15 05:15, Paul Wise a écrit : On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 6:25 AM, Mehdi Dogguy wrote: - Lack of people power in some areas Which general areas would you say we have a particular need for more people in? - Generally, no interest of contributors for non-technical tasks The amount

Re: Q to all candidates: spending money

2015-03-16 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi, Le 2015-03-13 19:06, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 06:44:45PM +, Neil McGovern wrote: * Outreach. Every team complains (quite rightly!) about the lack of people to do the work. Yet we seem to be rather poor at actively recruiting people to come and do things for

Re: Q to all candidates: SWOT analysis

2015-03-14 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Le 2015-03-13 19:25, Neil McGovern a écrit : On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 09:55:01AM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: Hi, You are probably familiar with SWOT analysis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWOT_analysis). From your perspective, what are Debian's main strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and

Re: Q to all candidates: spending money

2015-03-14 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi, Le 2015-03-12 23:07, Martin Zobel-Helas a écrit : Hi, question to all candidates: Will you revoke 20131008134615.ga19...@xanadu.blop.info or do you think this authorization is useful? Revoking this authorization looks more counter-productive than anything else. I will not revoke it. If

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2015: Call for nominations

2015-03-05 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
I hereby nominate myself for the forthcoming DPL election. -- Mehdi signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: To Lucas: how do you plan to push your ideas

2013-03-12 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
On 03/12/2013 06:37 PM, Raphael Hertzog wrote: Hello Lucas, I've read your platform and I share your 5-years goals and I agree on most of the suggested intermediary goals to bring us closer to the long term goals. That said, it's not clear to me how you plan to achieve them. Being the

Re: Finding sponsors for Debian

2012-03-12 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
that, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try other things. The question was precisely: what are “other things”? Can you be more explicit? Regards, -- Mehdi Dogguy مهدي الدڤي http://dogguy.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe