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

2006-10-27 Thread Frank Küster
Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 12:18:33PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:17:05 +0100, Ian Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Perhaps it would be better if the policy maintainer were someone who was more willing to listen and take

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

2006-10-27 Thread Frank Küster
Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 10:34:01AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:40:52 +1000, Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au said: What has happened since is that the delegation has apparently been taken as a mandate for the

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

2006-10-27 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 06:10:46PM -0500, Debian Project Secretary wrote: Hi, As I count, this resolution to delay the decition of the DPL of the withdrawal of the Package Policy Committee delegation has received 2K sponsors, which means that § 4.2.2.2 of the constitution to be

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

2006-10-27 Thread Martin Wuertele
* Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-10-27 08:49]: On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 06:10:46PM -0500, Debian Project Secretary wrote: Hi, As I count, this resolution to delay the decition of the DPL of the withdrawal of the Package Policy Committee delegation has received 2K

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

2006-10-27 Thread Jurij Smakov
On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 08:46:21AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: [...] You are overpassing your rights as secretary, it is not for you as secretary to call for a vote, or take any such actions, but it is only the proposer and the seconders who can do such. Did you actually read this passage from

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

2006-10-27 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 12:03:33AM -0700, Jurij Smakov wrote: On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 08:46:21AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: [...] You are overpassing your rights as secretary, it is not for you as secretary to call for a vote, or take any such actions, but it is only the proposer and the

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

2006-10-27 Thread Don Armstrong
[Stripping out the cross posting since it's annoying] On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Sven Luther wrote: On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 06:10:46PM -0500, Debian Project Secretary wrote: | 4. If the decision is put on hold, an immediate vote is held to |determine whether the decision will stand until the

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

2006-10-27 Thread Jurij Smakov
On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 09:16:05AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: Not really, but i read the way resolution votes where handled (Annex A.), which says : A.2.1 The proposer or a sponsor of a motion or an amendment may call for a vote, providing that the minimum discussion period (if any) has

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

2006-10-27 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 08:20:35AM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote: Yes, you claimed that you didn't need any review because you were a delegate on IRC. I think that basing a decision with the DPL hat on just on what someone says on IRC is a bad idea. IRC channels are used for official project

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

2006-10-27 Thread Martin Wuertele
* Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au [2006-10-27 10:27]: I'm not sure what all this is aiming to achieve beyond being a different attempt to effectively prevent me from exercising any DPL powers, and to further discourage people from having any faith in our constitutional processes. You

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

2006-10-27 Thread Frank Küster
Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 08:17:17AM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote: Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 12:18:33PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:17:05 +0100, Ian Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:

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

2006-10-27 Thread Frank Küster
Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 08:20:35AM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote: Yes, you claimed that you didn't need any review because you were a delegate on IRC. I think that basing a decision with the DPL hat on just on what someone says on IRC is a bad idea.

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

2006-10-27 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Anthony Towns wrote: I can't see anywhere in the resolution it claims to invoke 4.2.2.2, so afaics that doesn't apply. Since the resolution itself is about putting a decision on hold, 4.2 seems to apply; the resolution must say so verbiage seems to be there to avoid putting

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

2006-10-27 Thread Martin Wuertele
* Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-10-27 08:49]: You are overpassing your rights as secretary, it is not for you as secretary to call for a vote, or take any such actions, but it is only the proposer and the seconders who can do such. As you insist - which I still think isn't necessary - I

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

2006-10-27 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 11:13:00AM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote: Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 08:17:17AM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote: Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 12:18:33PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Thu,

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

2006-10-27 Thread Martin Zobel-Helas
On Fri Oct 27, 2006 at 18:14:09 +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 06:10:46PM -0500, Debian Project Secretary wrote: If this immediate vote is compliant with the constitutional requirements (which afaics it's not), please consider the voting period varied to one week. I

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

2006-10-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:22:32 -0700, Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Anthony Towns wrote: I can't see anywhere in the resolution it claims to invoke 4.2.2.2, so afaics that doesn't apply. Since the resolution itself is about putting a decision on hold, 4.2 seems

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

2006-10-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:06:10 +1000, Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au said: On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 12:18:33PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:17:05 +0100, Ian Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Perhaps it would be better if the policy maintainer were someone who

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

2006-10-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:00:39 +1000, Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au said: On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 10:34:01AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:40:52 +1000, Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au said: What has happened since is that the delegation has apparently

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

2006-10-27 Thread Frank Küster
Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 11:13:00AM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote: Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 08:17:17AM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote: Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at

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

2006-10-27 Thread MJ Ray
Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: IRC channels are used for official project business; the only difference between them and mailing lists is technical. such as ease of access, archival, peer review... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

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

2006-10-27 Thread Hubert Chan
On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:39:46 +0200, Martin Wuertele [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: * Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-10-27 08:49]: You are overpassing your rights as secretary, it is not for you as secretary to call for a vote, or take any such actions, but it is only the proposer and the

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

2006-10-27 Thread Martin Wuertele
* Hubert Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-10-27 19:49]: FWIW, you can't call an immediate vote on your proposal. Your proposal still has the normal minimum discussion period. (Unless the DPL varies it by a week.) The immediate vote that Manoj is calling is a separate ballot, to determine

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

2006-10-27 Thread Raul Miller
I just want to say that I am deeply dismayed by the turn events have been taking. I have a lot of respect for both A.J. and Manoj. But I don't see a reasonable basis for this disagreement -- this feels more like venting under high pressure (mostly the Etch release, I think). In that context,

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

2006-10-27 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Martin Zobel-Helas] I don't see the reason here to reduce the time of the voting period. I understand immediate vote as per constitution as voting without prior discussion period. Please give a reasonable argument, why the voting period for this GR should be reduced to one week. 4.2.3:

First call for vote on immediate vote under section 4.2.2

2006-10-27 Thread Debian Oroject Secretary
Hi, Please note that the voting period has been abbreviated to one week. manoj Voting period starts 00:00:01 UTC on Saturday, 28 Oct 2006 Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC on Friday, 03 Nov 2006 The following ballot is for voting on a immediate

Re: First call for vote on immediate vote under section 4.2.2

2006-10-27 Thread Joey Hess
Debian Oroject Secretary wrote: - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2808c3bb-6d17-49b6-98c8-c6a0a24bc686 [ ] Choice 1: The DPL's withdrawal of the delegation remains on hold pending a vote [ ] Choice 2: The DPL's withdrawal of the delegation stands

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

2006-10-27 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 07:57:20AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: 10:23 aj Manoj: will you be following the policy change procedure you created years ago? (file a bug marked wishlist with the changes you want, get a second on the -policy list, answer any

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

2006-10-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:58:09 +1000, Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au said: On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 07:57:20AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: 10:23 aj Manoj: will you be following the policy change procedure you created years ago? (file a bug marked wishlist with the