Re: time-limited, auto-reinstated delegations (and reports)

2014-03-30 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
and I believe that each case > > should be examined separately, with the delegate in question, and with > > the rest of the team. > > There is some sort of autarchic trait in DPL delegations that I've never > liked very much. Due to the volunteer nature of Debian and to ou

Re: time-limited, auto-reinstated delegations (and reports)

2014-03-30 Thread Neil McGovern
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 06:15:46PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > A way around that would be to use time-limited delegations *only*. > Q: What do the candidates think of that idea? If you agree it'd be good, > would do you engage in doing so for the duration of your term? &g

Re: Question on DPL delegations.

2014-03-30 Thread Neil McGovern
t make everybody feel more > > enabled/empowered to solve problems that are usually deferred to the > > DPL, which could be a good thing. > > without DPL, there would be no DPL delegations. I have a question for you > related to delegations. > > When a delegate is com

time-limited, auto-reinstated delegations (and reports)

2014-03-28 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
he team. There is some sort of autarchic trait in DPL delegations that I've never liked very much. Due to the volunteer nature of Debian and to our understandable desire of not having the DPL "mess up" with teams, every time the DPL delegates someone there is a risk of creating a self-perpet

Re: Question on DPL delegations.

2014-03-27 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
ore > > enabled/empowered to solve problems that are usually deferred to the > > DPL, which could be a good thing. > > Hi Lucas and Neil, > > without DPL, there would be no DPL delegations. I have a question for you > related to delegations. > > When a delegate

Question on DPL delegations.

2014-03-25 Thread Charles Plessy
the > DPL, which could be a good thing. Hi Lucas and Neil, without DPL, there would be no DPL delegations. I have a question for you related to delegations. When a delegate is completely inactive as a delegate, do you think that his delegation should be renewed ? Have a nice day, -- Ch

Re: Will you withdraw delegations of DD not behaving correctly?

2010-03-17 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 08:13:23AM +0100, Raphael Hertzog a écrit : > > What do you think of this and would you be ready to withdraw a delegation > for a delegate that behaved badly towards another DD (even outside of his > delegated role), that has been warned once by you and that did it again >

Re: Will you withdraw delegations of DD not behaving correctly?

2010-03-16 Thread Enrico Zini
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 02:09:18PM -0300, Margarita Manterola wrote: > > What are you referring to here when you write "Code of Conduct"? Do you > > mean the Debian Community Guidelines (as I guess), or rather > > http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct ? > > Yes, the Community Guidelin

Re: Will you withdraw delegations of DD not behaving correctly?

2010-03-15 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Hi, On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 08:13:23AM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Hello, > > another question to all candidates (this question is inspired by a recent > event). Could you comment on what event, exactly, you are talking about? (Don't feel too compelled to if you believe this would unnecessa

Re: Will you withdraw delegations of DD not behaving correctly?

2010-03-15 Thread Margarita Manterola
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 09:10:23AM -0300, Margarita Manterola wrote: >> A new Code of Conduct has already been drafted, but it has never been >> put into practice. > > What are you referring to here when you write "Code of Conduct"? Do y

Re: Will you withdraw delegations of DD not behaving correctly?

2010-03-15 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 09:10:23AM -0300, Margarita Manterola wrote: > A new Code of Conduct has already been drafted, but it has never been > put into practice. What are you referring to here when you write "Code of Conduct"? Do you mean the Debian Community Guidelines (as I guess), or rather htt

Re: Will you withdraw delegations of DD not behaving correctly?

2010-03-15 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
dy discussed in another thread my intended personal balance), the DPL cannot *force* such decision on delegates. I'm convinced that in most cases the DPL has alternative levers though: for instance the DPL can communicate _in place_ of the delegates (giving proper credit), can pose a kind of

Re: Will you withdraw delegations of DD not behaving correctly?

2010-03-15 Thread Margarita Manterola
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 4:13 AM, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Most of you have answered that it's not possible to regulate the heated > discussions but it's possible to set a good example. If only the leader > behaves properly, it will still be difficult to make the climate change. > But if all the d

Will you withdraw delegations of DD not behaving correctly?

2010-03-15 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hello, another question to all candidates (this question is inspired by a recent event). Most of you have answered that it's not possible to regulate the heated discussions but it's possible to set a good example. If only the leader behaves properly, it will still be difficult to make the climate

Re: Delegations

2006-02-28 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 09:57:07AM +0100, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > | The Delegates are appointed by the Project Leader and may be replaced by ^^ > | the Leader at the Leader's discretion. ^

Re: Delegations

2006-02-28 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
has no basis. > Those are pretty extreme differences, and it makes sense for people to > prefer to be come under the heading of "maintainer" in that it gives > them more certainty in fulfilling the role; and given DPLs have > traditionally been fairly reticent about managin

Delegations (was: Re: question for all candidates)

2006-02-27 Thread Anthony Towns
gives them more certainty in fulfilling the role; and given DPLs have traditionally been fairly reticent about managing delegations, it's also how things have tended to work in practice. In the end, I don't think the difference is that important -- whether your a maintainer or a dele