Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement

2005-12-31 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Jan 01, 2006 at 03:02:04PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Bcc'ed to -project, -legal and -private; followups to -vote please. > > It's been six months since the social contract changes that forbid > non-free documentation went into effect [0], and we're still distributing > GFDLed stuff i

Re: The invariant sections are not forbidden by DFSG

2006-02-05 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 06:17:19PM +1100, Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 04:42:41PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > alternatively, print a single link to either the full documentation > > > (containing t

Re: The invariant sections are not forbidden by DFSG

2006-02-05 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 12:37:00PM +, Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Mike Hommey said: > > On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 06:17:19PM +1100, Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 04:42:4

Question for all candidates

2006-03-02 Thread Mike Hommey
Hi everyone, If you had to summarize your platform with 3 keywords, what would they be ? Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Mike Hommey
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 01:38:41PM -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 02:41:22PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > >Si, am I silly and alone in thinking that firmware is binary > > > > computer programs? Let us ask google to define: firmware: > > > You

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-24 Thread Mike Hommey
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 08:08:18AM +0200, Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Steve Langasek: > > >> I'd actually see some restriction with regard to interoperability > >> (i.e. some reasonably documented interface between the firmware and > >> the driver code), but getting this right i

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-24 Thread Mike Hommey
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 08:48:20AM +0200, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The second GR was the cosmetic change one, which left us with a > (new to some) interpretation including fonts, documentation and firmware as > software needing source. Note that this consmetic change applied to the

Re: Proposal: Apologize for releasing etch with sourceless/non-free firmware

2006-08-25 Thread Mike Hommey
On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 11:03:47AM +0100, Daniel Ruoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > As I understand Debian's view on Free Software did not change, and as > the firmware split is, indeed, an unsolved question, I think a more > honest position would be to accept that we couldn't deal with t

Re: Proposal: Apologize for releasing etch with sourceless/non-free firmware

2006-08-25 Thread Mike Hommey
On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 01:16:28PM -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 07:54:59PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > > I'd add something to say that this is *really* the last time we postpone > > the fixing of the issue and that no fur

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-29 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 12:47:42AM +0200, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 03:25:05PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > The idea is that the firmware is all the software and other softwarish > > > information whi

Re: The bigger issue is badly licensed blobs (was Re: Firmware poll

2006-08-29 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 07:17:47PM -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 08:48:00PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > > > Debian needs to make a decision on how it will deal with this legal > > minefield. That is higher priority than the entire discussion goin

Re: The bigger issue is badly licensed blobs (was Re: Firmware poll

2006-08-30 Thread Mike Hommey
On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 09:00:27AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Mike Hommey wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 07:17:47PM -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 08:48:00PM -0400, Nathanael Nerod

Re: [AMENDMENT]: Release Etch now, with source-less but legal and freely licensed firmware

2006-10-06 Thread Mike Hommey
On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 08:06:31AM +0200, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 07:50:49AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > List masters, this is evidence that Frans is not going to stop this, and > > > as i > > > asked yes

Re: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.

2006-10-15 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 10:17:56AM +0200, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Notice how SC5 says : "we support their use and provide infrastructure for > non-free packages". This clearly includes support for installing non-free > firmware on our installer medias. Notice how SC5 says : "we su

Re: Proposal to delay the decition of the DPL of the withdrawal of the Package Policy Committee delegation

2006-10-26 Thread Mike Hommey
Seconded On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 09:40:43PM +0200, Martin Wuertele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I disagree with the Policy delegation decision of our DPL [1] and > therefore propose a resolution as defined in section 4.2.2 of the Debian > constitution to delay the decision of the Debian Project L

Re: [GR] DD should be allowed to perform binary-only uploads

2007-02-08 Thread Mike Hommey
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 06:00:15PM +0100, Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Debian voters, > > I hereby propose the following General Resolution for sponsoring. > > --- > > The Debian project resolves that Debian developers allo

Re: [GR] DD should be allowed to perform binary-only uploads

2007-02-09 Thread Mike Hommey
On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 04:35:24PM +0100, Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One could also ask the maintainer to upload (or send to the right > email address) the buildd logs of their build if that's really a > problem. Note that could be a good thing anyway, as it could help to > spo

Re: BREAKING NEWS: Debian developers aren't trusted

2007-02-11 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 10:59:41PM +0200, Kalle Kivimaa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The context doesn't make the above quote any more pleasant. > > Well, in an ideal world everybody trusts everybody, but unfortunately > the world we live in is not i

Questions to the candidates

2007-02-25 Thread Mike Hommey
Hi, These questions may be skipped by AJ, because the answers are obvious. What do you think of the dunc-tank initiative ? What do you think are the result of the "experiment" ? Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Question to the candidates: inclusion of the kFreeBSD-* ports

2007-03-04 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 06:13:28PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > But what I mean is more that maintaining two simple Debian patches (one > for Linux, one for kFreeBSD) is probably simpler than maintaining one > complicated Debian patch (with some conditional make cruft). And probably > more impor

Re: Questions to all candidates: Release importance, release blockers, release quality

2007-03-04 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 11:46:53AM +0100, Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I hope you realize that your blog posts were one of the reasons why I > > reduced the time I spend on the release dramatically. It is just > > frustrating if people

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2007: Draft ballot

2007-03-10 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 08:54:46AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (...) > last choice. After 9, use the letter A. Do not enter a number smaller > than 1 or larger than 9, or the letter A. "Do not enter (...) the letter A." ?!? Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Question for Gustavo and Sam: bringing back the fun

2007-03-15 Thread Mike Hommey
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 07:37:35PM +0100, Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> FWIW you're not _forced_ either to read them, nor to participate. > > > > I've tried not participating or reading lists with large flame contents: > > for signif

Question for Sven Luther "Gay Nigger Association of America" (Was: A question to the Debian community ...)

2007-05-11 Thread Mike Hommey
Sven, Are you member or associated with GNAA ? Because you are acting and trolling like you were. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-11 Thread Mike Hommey
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 12:29:56PM +0200, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:03:48AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > > Holger Levsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thursday 10 May 2007 10:15, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > > The expulsion procedure doesn't call for a vote,

Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal

2007-06-21 Thread Mike Hommey
On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 02:50:59PM +0100, Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2) The initial policy for an individual to be included in the keyring >will be: > > * that the applicant acknowledges Debian's social contract, > free software guidelines, and machine usage pol

Re: The Debian Maintainers GR

2007-07-29 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 10:52:02PM +0200, Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 10:47:22PM +0200, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote: > > On Sunday 29 July 2007, Clint Adams wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 08:12:51PM +0200, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > > > > The top

Re: Technical committee resolution

2008-03-28 Thread Mike Hommey
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 04:38:10PM -0400, Clint Adams wrote: > iwj: dpkgcvs, webwml + ubuntu-various until recently > vorlon: cvs_doc, debian-release, wb-alpha, wb-arm, wb-hppa, wb-i386, > wb-ia64, wb-m68k, wb-mips, wb-ppc, wb-s390, wb-sparc + ubuntu-release Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: First cCall for votes for the Debian Project Leader Elections 2008

2008-03-31 Thread Mike Hommey
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 04:30:42PM +0900, NIIBE Yutaka wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > d81e16a2-03b6-4340-84f2-51de89b8185e > > [ 2 ] Choice 1: Steve McIntyre > > [ 1 ] Choice 2: Raphael H

Re: Proposed vote on issue of the day: trademarks and free software

2008-09-18 Thread Mike Hommey
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:17:18AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > For those of you who're not aware: the Mozilla Foundation is now forcing > people who want to use their firefox trademark to display an EULA to > their users on first run of the software. It does not cu

Re: Proposed vote on issue of the day: trademarks and free software

2008-09-18 Thread Mike Hommey
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:56:28PM +0100, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > For those of you who're not aware: the Mozilla Foundation is now forcing > > people who want to use their firefox t

Re: The Unofficial (and Very Simple) Lenny GR: call for votes

2008-12-15 Thread Mike Hommey
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 07:32:40PM +0200, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 05:37:33PM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > > - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > f2276370-dfd7-45db-92d5-2da0c179c569 > > [ ] Choice 1: Delay Lenny until know

Re: Results for General Resolution: Lenny and resolving DFSG violations

2008-12-29 Thread Mike Hommey
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 03:01:19PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Theodore Tso: > > > I'm not ashamed at all; I joined before the 1.1 revision to the Debian > > Social Contract, which I objected to them, and I still object to now. > > If there was a GR which chainged the Debian Social contract

Re: Results for General Resolution: Lenny and resolving DFSG violations

2008-12-29 Thread Mike Hommey
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 09:11:01AM -0500, Theodore Tso wrote: > As others have pointed out, there is such a distribution, gNewSense; in > fact, if you look at [2], you will find that there are five others, > Ututu (the first fully free GNU/Linux distribution recognized by the > FSF), Dynebolic, Mu

Re: Results for General Resolution: Lenny and resolving DFSG violations

2008-12-29 Thread Mike Hommey
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 03:16:05PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Mike Hommey: > > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 03:01:19PM +0100, Florian Weimer > > wrote: > >> * Theodore Tso: > >> > >> > I'm not ashamed at all; I joined before the 1.1 r

Re: GR proposal: Do not require listing of copyright holders

2009-03-22 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 08:04:36PM +0100, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote: > On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 08:36:24PM +0200, Teemu Likonen wrote: > > On 2009-03-21 19:20 (+0100), Josselin Mouette wrote: > > > > > If you need to understand the rationale, please read the thread on > > > debian-devel with "Sponso

Re: Firmware

2009-05-01 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 12:10:26AM +0200, Joey Schulze wrote: > Luk Claes wrote: > > Hi > > > > As probably many of you know, the most heard criticism from users and > > press on Lenny's release is lost hardware support because of missing > > firmware. Users and press are complaining that their

Re: Draft GR: Simplification of license and copyright requirements for the Debian packages.

2010-01-25 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 11:47:41PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > 2) The non-free files that we remove from the upstream sources. Since you are a DD, I suppose you have read the social contract. What is its first item ? Ah, yes ! "Debian will remain 100% free". Are you suggesting a GR to change o

Re: Question to all candidates: financing of development

2010-03-13 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 07:01:21PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > So, given that my main perplexities come from the fact that a DD is > involved in organizing all this, you can imagine I wouldn't mind: a > company doing that (which is already the case for Google with GSoC), a > non-DD/DM doing

Re: Question for all candidates: Care of Core infrastructure

2010-03-15 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:04:57AM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Marc Haber (15/03/2010): > > Maybe we failed to provide such a "two-liner", which in fact is, > > unfortunately, much more complicated than one might think naively. > > Additionally, example code for policy-rc.d is (almost?) nonexi

Re: Q for the Candidates: How many users?

2010-03-22 Thread Mike Hommey
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 09:45:13PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 02:27:23PM +0100, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > > Anthony Towns wrote: > > > > > * www.debian.org/social_contract says Debian's "priorities are our > > > users and free software", > > > * popcon.debian.org curr

Re: Q for all candidates: license and copyright requirements

2010-03-24 Thread Mike Hommey
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 02:00:38PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Dienstag, 23. März 2010, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > > > The second option aims at clarifying what is the source of the Debian > > > operating system. It is controversial. > > It is a lot but not controversial, actually its pre

Re: Q for the Candidates: How many users?

2010-03-26 Thread Mike Hommey
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 04:52:19AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > I note Steve points out: > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 03:06:37PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/123481/index.html > > which cites estimates of 6-8 million Ubuntu users, for a factor of > between

Re: Question for Stefano

2011-03-17 Thread Mike Hommey
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 02:36:38PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > So, Stefano, > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 12:29:38AM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > shouldn't need another candidate get in the way. After all, we've seen > > excellent candidates burn out in their second year in the past, and so

Re: source tarballs vs. source from git

2024-06-13 Thread Mike Hommey
On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 08:28:28PM +0800, Sean Whitton wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed 12 Jun 2024 at 03:45pm +01, Simon McVittie wrote: > > > As far as I know, git-archive (and therefore git-deborig) doesn't guarantee > > that repeatedly archiving the same git tree produces the same tarball, > > whic