LWN (Re: Question to all candidates.)

2005-03-12 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 09:25:32AM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: Since October of 2002, HP has sponsored a subscription to LWN for all interested Debian developers, so this shouldn't be an issue for anyone eligible to vote in DPL elections. And thanks for that; it's been a great benefit to

Re: Questions for candidate Walther

2005-03-08 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 03:42:17PM +, Matthew Garrett wrote: It's fair to ask users to upgrade, but it's not fair to ask them to do so every 6 months. Many organisations will want to spend 6 months testing a new release before rolling it out. I've no objection to releases every 6 months

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-14 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 11:07:04PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: I suppose most the proposers feel the same. Why they resort to such a desperate means is something to think about, IMHO. Having thought about it, my conclusion is that they are behaving irrationally. -- - mdz -- To

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-14 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 05:18:34PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: The people actualy putting amd64 on hold are ftpmasters. And I don't think he can include any discussions with ftpmasters since all the mail sent to them on this issue made its way into /dev/null. Was that before or after the

Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64

2004-07-14 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 06:13:38AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: On mar, 2004-07-13 at 21:41 +0100, James Troup wrote: If anyone thinks this GR will actually achieve anything positive, they're mistaken. Are you trying to say you would work against the decision of the majority of

Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

2004-04-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 12:44:49PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: I've cc:ed our stable release manager, ftp-masters, and the security team, in the hopes that they'll offer some insight into their understanding of their own responsibilities for sarge if this GR passes. My assumption would be

Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

2004-04-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 01:56:40PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 11:20:50AM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 12:44:49PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: I've cc:ed our stable release manager, ftp-masters, and the security team, in the hopes

Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

2004-04-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 12:44:49PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: I've cc:ed our stable release manager, ftp-masters, and the security team, in the hopes that they'll offer some insight into their understanding of their own responsibilities for sarge if this GR passes. My assumption would be

Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

2004-04-28 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 01:56:40PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 11:20:50AM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 12:44:49PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: I've cc:ed our stable release manager, ftp-masters, and the security team, in the hopes

Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

2004-04-27 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 12:06:05PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 01:49:12 +1000, Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au said: I'm sorry, you're mistaken. It was against Andrew's interpretation of the social contract. It wasn't against mine, nor to the best of

Re: Branden's Platform in German, Spanish, Italian, and (some) French

2004-03-21 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 08:28:42PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As I balance, I think we should make it clearer to bug submitters that they can re-open bugs and that feedback is encouraged. What about where a bug is closed by the

Re: Final call for votes for future handling of the non free section GR

2004-03-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 10:34:49PM -0600, Debian Project Secretary wrote: In a little under 24 hours from now, at the time of writing, the polls shall close for the GR resolving future handling of the non-free section. At this point, with 433 unique voters, we are still 21 voters

Re: Branden's Platform in German, Spanish, Italian, and (some) French

2004-03-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 08:28:42PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As I balance, I think we should make it clearer to bug submitters that they can re-open bugs and that feedback is encouraged. What about where a bug is closed by the

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 05:27:24PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: I guess it's been decided that Debian doesn't care to stop the bullying and outrageously abusive language. No; mostly we just file craig sanders' mail in /dev/null. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section

2004-03-11 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 05:27:24PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: I guess it's been decided that Debian doesn't care to stop the bullying and outrageously abusive language. No; mostly we just file craig sanders' mail in /dev/null. -- - mdz

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-05 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 02:51:08PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: I stay in constant contact with a wide range of people involved in core team. Just to give two examples, I'm in regular contact with Matt Zimmerman (security) and Pascal Hakim (listmaster), but the same goes for other people

Re: Questions to candidates

2004-03-05 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 02:51:08PM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote: I stay in constant contact with a wide range of people involved in core team. Just to give two examples, I'm in regular contact with Matt Zimmerman (security) and Pascal Hakim (listmaster), but the same goes for other people

Re: my platform for Debian Project Leader

2001-02-23 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 01:28:17PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 12:02:42PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: I'm offline at the moment and the exact URL escapes me, but this list is on www.debian.org and was created about 2 yaers ago. [...] Release manages is,