Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-10-12 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 16 Sep 2010, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Kurt, my inclination was to consider this change as falling under > Constitution §A.1.3 as a change that "does not alter the meaning" of > the proposal. Since you don't actually need seconders under §4.2.1, and you are the proposer of the original o

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-19 Thread Enrico Zini
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:33:24AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end, the project benefits from various types of contributions, > including, but not limited to: package maintenance, translations, > infrastructure a

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-19 Thread Kumar Appaiah
Hi! On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:33:24AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end, the project benefits from various types of contributions, > including, but not limited to: package maintenance, translations, > infrastructu

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-19 Thread Damien Raude-Morvan
Le dimanche 19 septembre 2010 11:33:24, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 09:36:50AM -0500, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > > Even better, now with attachments! > > > > There is yet another pronoun I have missed. Please find a patch > > attached. > > Applied (wording / punctuation f

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-19 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! Am 19.09.2010 17:06, schrieb Lars Wirzenius: > On su, 2010-09-19 at 11:33 +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 09:36:50AM -0500, Kumar Appaiah wrote: Even better, now with attachments! >>> There is yet another pronoun I

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-19 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On su, 2010-09-19 at 11:33 +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 09:36:50AM -0500, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > > Even better, now with attachments! > > There is yet another pronoun I have missed. Please find a patch > > attached. > > Applied (wording / punctuation fix), thanks! >

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-19 Thread Secretary - Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 11:40:07AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > I'm hereby introducing two changes: > > a) dropping the name "Debian Contributor" >(attachment 0001-remove-the-term-Debian-Contributor.patch) > > b) fixing punctuation as suggested by Kumar Appaiah [1], thanks! >(att

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-19 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 09:36:50AM -0500, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > Even better, now with attachments! > There is yet another pronoun I have missed. Please find a patch > attached. Applied (wording / punctuation fix), thanks! New current text is attached. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Compute

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-18 Thread Kumar Appaiah
Dear Zack, On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 11:56:32AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 11:40:07AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > I'm hereby introducing two changes: > > Even better, now with attachments! There is yet another pronoun I have missed. Please find a patch atta

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-18 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 11:40:07AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > My question was basicly if you wanted to make that change > > at that time. My interpretation is that you didn't propose > > to change it at that time, but that you would do it at some > > later time. > > > > The question was

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-18 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 11:40:07AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > I'm hereby introducing two changes: Even better, now with attachments! -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Quando

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-18 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 06:42:18PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > Kurt, my inclination was to consider this change as falling under > > Constitution §A.1.3 as a change that "does not alter the meaning" of the > > proposal. > > That would be A.1.6? Yes, totally, sorry for the typo. > My question w

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-17 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 06:52:02PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > In case these changes are regarded as more than editorial (which is your > > call, but I feel they are), the new proposal requires new seconds > I'm not sure why you think the proposal requires seconds if it > replaces an older

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-16 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:45:52AM +0200, Simon Richter wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:48:02PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > > I like that a lot more than the other wording, thus seconded. > > > Please don't go and make this more confusing for me. As far as I > > can tell this wa

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-16 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 04:08:50PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:40:09PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > I'll let the patch linger for a couple of days -- actually, I'll be away > > > for most part of tomorrow -- and then I'll apply it, posting a new > > > complete d

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-16 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:51:51PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Stefano's DPL platform is actually quite clear on the subject: > After seeing the results of this choice, it will always be possible to > change the procedure, especially if a later DPL is elected with a > platform that goes more to

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-16 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 02:03:01PM +0100, Matthew Johnson a écrit : > > OTOH, if we pass a GR that looks like "we'll give them upload rights" (because > it just says "they are DDs") and then they aren't given upload rights some > people might feel upset that they voted for it. Just because it's no

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-16 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Thu Sep 16 14:58, Charles Plessy wrote: > > I don't think we should open a second way to get upload rights to the > > archive, > > so I would *not* want to remove that part. > > So do you think that if “albeit without upload access to the Debian archive” > is > not present, the GR will preven

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-16 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:48:02PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > I like that a lot more than the other wording, thus seconded. > Please don't go and make this more confusing for me. As far as I > can tell this wasn't meant to be amendment yet. He will probably > accept this or something si

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-16 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:40:09PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > I'll let the patch linger for a couple of days -- actually, I'll be away > > for most part of tomorrow -- and then I'll apply it, posting a new > > complete draft here shortly thereafter. > So I'm not considering this currently as an

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:02:34PM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz a écrit : > On 09/15/2010 02:16 PM, Charles Plessy wrote: > > Le Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:00:32PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : > >> > >> The Debian project therefore invites the Debian Account Managers to: > >> > >> * Endorse the idea th

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
On 09/15/2010 02:16 PM, Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:00:32PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : >> >> The Debian project therefore invites the Debian Account Managers to: >> >> * Endorse the idea that contributors of non-packaging work might become >> Debian Developers, alb

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 02:13:12PM +0200, Simon Richter wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:00:32PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > > To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, > > inc

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:00:32PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:26:59AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > If we go for DDs without upload rights, I think that we should be > > extremely careful about not transforming this new kind of DDs into > > second-class members

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:01:47PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:16:00PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > It seems to me that, if “albeit without upload access to the Debian > > archive” were removed, it would not close the possibility for the > > people in charge

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:16:00PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > It seems to me that, if “albeit without upload access to the Debian > archive” were removed, it would not close the possibility for the > people in charge to difference of status. > Would such a change be a happy end for everybody ?

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 15/09/10 at 21:00 +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Attached you can find a tentative wording of a proposal which remove the > term "Debian Contributors", pretty similar to the version I had before > posting (shame on me for changing that!), but maybe a bit better in that > it doesn't the horri

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 02:13:12PM +0200, Simon Richter wrote: > I like that a lot more than the other wording, thus seconded. Thanks for your appreciation, but wait! :-) There are no need of seconds for this change (unless some of the previous seconders considers it unfaithful with respect to the

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:00:32PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : > > The Debian project therefore invites the Debian Account Managers to: > > * Endorse the idea that contributors of non-packaging work might become > Debian Developers, albeit without upload access to the Debian archive. >

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:00:32PM +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > The Debian project aims at producing the best free operating system. > To that end the project benefits from various types of contributions, > including but not limited to: package maintenance, translations, > infrastructur

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:26:59AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > If we go for DDs without upload rights, I think that we should be > extremely careful about not transforming this new kind of DDs into > second-class members of the project. A way to do that is to avoid > giving them a name, and emph

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:26:59AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > >If we go for DDs without upload rights, I think that we should be >extremely careful about not transforming this new kind of DDs into second-class >members of the project. A way to do that is to avoid giving them a name, >and emphas

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Xavier Oswald
On 09:26 Wed 15 Sep , Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > If we go for DDs without upload rights, I think that we should be > extremely careful about not transforming this new kind of DDs into > second-class > members of the project. A way to do that is to avoid giving them a name, > and emphasize the fac

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ke, 2010-09-15 at 09:26 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > If we go for DDs without upload rights, I think that we should be > extremely careful about not transforming this new kind of DDs into > second-class > members of the project. A way to do that is to avoid giving them a name, > and emphasize

Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 15/09/10 at 12:08 +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Naming (raised by at least Luca and Lars [8,9]) > == > > Ah, what a mess! > > Until a few minutes before posting the GR proposal, the text contained a > s/Debian Members/non-uploading Debian Developers/ and befor