Re: Sør e n Hansen and Michael Bienia

2009-11-02 Thread Benj. Mako Hill
> On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:32:35 -0500 "Benj. Mako Hill" wrote: > > > >> One of the roles of the community is to understand and (if needed) > >> critique the actions of our leadership. This entire thread started off > >> because of an incorrect st

Re: Søre n Hansen and Michael Bienia

2009-11-02 Thread Benj. Mako Hill
> >Everyone involved values the community. If you doubt that, we have > >very serious problems. > > Unfortunately, a few minutes after posting the above statement, Stefan > sent an email to u-m saying he's no longer sure if he wants to be > involved with Ubuntu Development. I'm not sure if these

Re: Søren Hansen and Michael Bienia

2009-11-02 Thread Benj. Mako Hill
> One of the roles of the community is to understand and (if needed) > critique the actions of our leadership. This entire thread started off > because of an incorrect statement that the memberships had been extended > based on the decision of one person. In fairness, this isn't completely true.

Re: Søre n Hansen and Michael Bienia

2009-11-02 Thread Benj. Mako Hill
> Personally, I'd be happy if there was a commitment to be more mindful of > working in public when possible in the future. Sure. > I suspect that this release cycle will see the archive reorganization in > place. I have seen indications that the MOTU Council is going to be folded > into the

Re: Søre n Hansen and Michael Bienia

2009-11-02 Thread Benj. Mako Hill
> > Let's not bog ourselves down in procedural pedantry. If the CC need to, > > we can make direct appointments and replacements on any structure in > > Ubuntu, and will do so. > > Thanks, Mark, that's at least a clear announcement, helping me better > understand how the Ubuntu government works

Re: Søre n Hansen and Michael Bienia

2009-11-01 Thread Benj. Mako Hill
> First off, such an announcement won't reach a large number of developers > unless sent to e.g. ubuntu-motu or ubuntu-devel (@l.u.c). CC'ing ubuntu-motu > and keeping the complete original text for reference. Clearly not. I'm telling you first because that seemed prudent. We should publicize t

Tor Packages

2007-09-27 Thread Benj. Mako Hill
I've been asked by Tor developers if it would be possible to remove the tor package (which is in universe) from future Ubuntu releases. The software can (and should?) stay in the repository and in development versions but should be released. Tor is anonymity software and routinely fixes bugs and i