Re: Proposal: GR to deal with effects of a personal dispute

2007-06-01 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 10:39:46AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: MJ Ray writes (Proposal: GR to deal with effects of a personal dispute): There is a lamentable personal dispute between Sven Luther and some other developers. There have been some attempts at reconciliation and various offers

Re: Proposal: GR to deal with effects of a personal dispute

2007-06-01 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 12:08:04PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: Sven Luther writes (Re: Proposal: GR to deal with effects of a personal dispute): On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 10:39:46AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: [stuff] I applaud your proposal, [...] OMG WTF. I'm very sorry everyone

Re: Proposal: GR to deal with effects of a personal dispute

2007-06-01 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 02:29:34PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 08:47:26PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 07:10:14PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 11:41:28AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 09:47:11AM

Re: Proposal: GR to deal with effects of a personal dispute

2007-05-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 09:47:11AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But then you are a stigmatized sub-DD, and not a DD anymore. No, you are just a DD whose access to lists has been suspended. A sub-DD all the same, what about all those others who participated

Re: Proposal: GR to deal with effects of a personal dispute

2007-05-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 09:52:15AM +, Cord Beermann wrote: Hallo! Du (Sven Luther) hast geschrieben: A sub-DD all the same, what about all those others who participated in those flamewars ? It takes two you know to create the mess we are in, and i have done only replying to folk

Re: Proposal: GR to deal with effects of a personal dispute

2007-05-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 07:10:14PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 11:41:28AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 09:47:11AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: No, you are just a DD whose access to lists has been suspended. A sub-DD all the same, what about all

Re: Proposal: GR to deal with effects of a personal dispute

2007-05-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 11:43:29AM +1000, Brian May wrote: Sven == Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do we really want to go into creating castes of DDs ? No, but it's already happened. Let's move on. Sven I prefer fixing it, now is the right moment to solve

Re: Proposal: GR to deal with effects of a personal dispute

2007-05-30 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 07:26:03PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] The main point you are missing, that if you remove the suspension, and debian claims something about the fault of the previous events to be shared (which nobody disputes

Re: Proposal: GR to deal with effects of a personal dispute

2007-05-30 Thread Sven Luther
an intermediate who can send on messages on your behalf. But then you are a stigmatized sub-DD, and not a DD anymore. Do we really want to go into creating castes of DDs ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: GR PROPOSAL : The Debian Infrastructure is owned by the whole Debian project, and not a few select individuals.

2007-05-28 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 10:25:13AM +1000, Brian May wrote: Sven == Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sven [...] It is acceptable, for security reasons, that not every Sven Debian Developper has access to some of these ressources, Sven but if he request such an access, he

Re: GR PROPOSAL : The Debian Infrastructure is owned by the whole Debian project, and not a few select individuals.

2007-05-28 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 01:13:55AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 06:20:33PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: I don't recognize the suspension as valid, Too bad, since apparently everyone else does (or at least if they don't, they aren't saying so) Well, the DAMs set up

GR PROPOSAL : The Debian Infrastructure is owned by the whole Debian project, and not a few select individuals.

2007-05-27 Thread Sven Luther
Developper has access to some of these ressources, but if he request such an access, he should obtain it in a timely fashion (no less than two weeks). = END OF THE GR text = Sven Luther -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux

Re: GR PROPOSAL : The Debian Infrastructure is owned by the whole Debian project, and not a few select individuals.

2007-05-27 Thread Sven Luther
, or any of the numerous case of power-play over this last year. Sven LUther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GR PROPOSAL : The Debian Infrastructure is owned by the whole Debian project, and not a few select individuals.

2007-05-27 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 06:40:31PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote: Sven Luther wrote: On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 05:57:54PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote: Hi Sven As you are suspended for one year, your proposal is not valid according to [1] as your key is not in the keyring. I don't recognize

Re: GR PROPOSAL : The Debian Infrastructure is owned by the whole Debian project, and not a few select individuals.

2007-05-27 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 10:04:19PM +0200, Bart Martens wrote: On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 17:30 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: By this resolution, the Debian Project resolves that : = START OF THE GR text = - No part of the Debian Infrastructure, is the sole province of a few select

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 10:42:13AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 12:51:23PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: It is amazing to what step people can resort just to silence the voice of their own concience and don't be reminded of their shame. There is no shame here

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 09:15:34PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 07:36:57PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 10:42:13AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 12:51:23PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: It is amazing to what step people

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-18 Thread Sven Luther
the messenger, right ? Well, i believed better of humanity, i believed better of my fellow DDs, i guess this is all my fault in believing in goodness rather than evil. Saddened, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-18 Thread Sven Luther
mailing list, where I can safely killfile it? This will come to a vote, don't worry. Saddened, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-17 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 01:23:50PM +1000, Brian May wrote: Sven == Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sven It is easy enough, that the powers-in-debian stop to try to Sven punish me for it, an,d that a real and fair mediation Sven happens, and that the other party honestly

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-17 Thread Sven Luther
. Welcome to Debian, and the way those in power would like it to be. And then you wonder i am having such a problem since over a year now. Saddened, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-16 Thread Sven Luther
year. Saddened, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-12 Thread Sven Luther
the most shameful thing which ever happened in debian. Saddened, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A question to the Debian community ... (Was: Question for Sam Hocevar Gay Nigger Association of America)

2007-05-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 03:20:31PM -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: [Sven Luther] So, you are wrong, this is not about me, it is about debian, about its fundamental unability to handle social conflicts, about some DDs who sadly have achieved a situation of power, knowing no other way

Re: A question to the Debian community...

2007-05-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 09:18:00PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: On Thursday 10 May 2007, Sven Luther wrote: The procedure calls for the number of supporters being reached in 15 days between the original call or the procedure to be dismissed. The original expulsion procedure started by Anthony

Re: A question to the Debian community ... (Was: Question for Sam Hocevar Gay Nigger Association of America)

2007-05-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 10:29:24AM +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote: * Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070511 07:47]: Sometimes, a problem needs to magnified to the extreme, so that people finally feel embarassed that they where unable to solve it years ago. If you magnify the wrong part, you

Re: A question to the Debian community ... (Was: Question for Sam Hocevar Gay Nigger Association of America)

2007-05-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:41:56AM +0200, Martin Wuertele wrote: Hi Sven! * Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-05-11 10:38]: Possibly, but can you point out the little problem here ? I guess we have two problems : - the original problem between frans and me. - the 'email

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 12:18:33PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:10:14AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: Because I would seek one that mandates listmasters banning Sven Luther from all lists, and DAMs expelling for ban-evasion. I realise that there is a way for it to continue

Re: Question for Sven Luther Gay Nigger Association of America (Was: A question to the Debian community ...)

2007-05-11 Thread Sven Luther
? Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A question to the Debian community ... (Was: Question for Sam Hocevar Gay Nigger Association of America)

2007-05-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 08:00:56PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:50:28AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:41:56AM +0200, Martin Wuertele wrote: Martin, annoyed by you turning every thread on every debian list into a svenl-was-treated-so-bad

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-11 Thread Sven Luther
, so he resort to FUD and diffamation, if not plain agression, has he has done so often during these events. Saddened, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-11 Thread Sven Luther
be reminded of their shame. Saddened, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 12:33:38PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 12:32:15PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 12:18:33PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:10:14AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: Because I would seek one that mandates

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 12:34:47PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 12:29:56PM +0200, Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:03:48AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: Holger Levsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 10 May 2007 10:15, Hamish Moffatt wrote

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-11 Thread Sven Luther
the d-i problematic in it, and you where arrogant and haugthy, already knowing of the new expulsion request you had apparently discussed somewhere, while i was abidding by the ban, and stated debian would be a better place without me. Saddened, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-10 Thread Sven Luther
a fault in what happened. Shame on you, such behaviour as you exhibited is what hurts debian, not mine. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A question to the Debian community ... (Was: Question for Sam Hocevar Gay Nigger Association of America)

2007-05-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 06:15:37PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 06:32:41PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 11:45:03PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 08:21:15AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: Well, i got suspended for a year

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-10 Thread Sven Luther
of honour, you will not publicly apologize for those accusation of lying you have made, which are very grave accusations indeed. But, i have very little hope that you or anyone of the other side in this affair will ever be able to do the honourable thing in these actions. Saddened, Sven Luther

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 12:02:06PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 11:06:04AM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: Hi, On Thursday 10 May 2007 10:15, Hamish Moffatt wrote: The expulsion procedure doesn't call for a vote, so your 70:7 statistic is irrelevant. It's also

Re: A question to the Debian community ... (Was: Question for Sam Hocevar Gay Nigger Association of America)

2007-05-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 03:01:40AM -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: [Sven Luther] So, you too, believe that what was done to me was acceptable, that everything is justifiable Stop it, Sven, stop it. This thread is about Sam Hocevar and GNAA. It is not about Sven Luther. We have had lots

Re: A question to the Debian community ... (Was: Question for Sam Hocevar Gay Nigger Association of America)

2007-05-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 03:47:55PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The DAMs, who did not follow their own procedure [...] I contacted Sven Luther directly with an offer to start a GR to rescind the decision and optionally do some other stuff. I've seen no reply

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 09:33:13AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: MJ Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I contacted Sven Luther directly with an offer to start a GR to rescind the decision and optionally do some other stuff. I've seen no reply. The offer stands and now the problem resurfaces, I

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 12:08:08PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What do you believe is causing the noise in question ? Every time any topic comes up which comes anywhere near anything related to your experiences, you bring up your experiences

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 09:49:53AM +1000, Brian May wrote: Sven == Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sven This committee would then investigate the issue, try to Sven talk with all parties involved, and get them to forget their Sven old grudges, and come to an agreement

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-05-10 Thread Sven Luther
that *are* signs of fundamental deficiencies in the project, but I don't think this is one of them. Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, you don't believe in solving the problem which is causing the noise in the first place ? I don't believe it's possible to solve it in the way that would

Re: A question to the Debian community ... (Was: Question for Sam Hocevar Gay Nigger Association of America)

2007-05-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 12:05:04PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 03:47:55PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The DAMs, who did not follow their own procedure [...] I contacted Sven Luther directly with an offer to start a GR to rescind

Re: A question to the Debian community ... (Was: Question for Sam Hocevar Gay Nigger Association of America)

2007-05-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 01:06:09PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 15:47 +0100, MJ Ray wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The DAMs, who did not follow their own procedure [...] I contacted Sven Luther directly with an offer to start a GR to rescind

Re: A question to the Debian community ... (Was: Question for Sam Hocevar Gay Nigger Association of America)

2007-05-09 Thread Sven Luther
it will have lost all right to the loyalty and devotion of its DDship. Saddened, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A question to the Debian community ... (Was: Question for Sam Hocevar Gay Nigger Association of America)

2007-05-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 11:45:03PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 08:21:15AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 02:01:52AM +0200, Rob Burgers wrote: you know all this flamin is starting to make you guys look like childeren.. yer profesionals act

Re: A question to the Debian community ... (Was: Question for Sam Hocevar Gay Nigger Association of America)

2007-05-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 11:23:21PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 08:21 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 02:01:52AM +0200, Rob Burgers wrote: you know all this flamin is starting to make you guys look like childeren.. yer profesionals act like

Re: Question for Sam Hocevar xxx xxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxx

2007-05-04 Thread Sven Luther
of our previous DPL. But again, i fear that the people bringing this always to the front, are not really interested in the best of debian, but in mafioso like politics, which is something really disgusting. Saddened, Sven LUther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

A question to the Debian community ... (Was: Question for Sam Hocevar Gay Nigger Association of America)

2007-04-29 Thread Sven Luther
to that, but it seems some have not yet learned about it, and are still trying to bring in mafioso-like politicks into debian. Saddened, Sven LUther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A question to the Debian community ...

2007-04-29 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 01:16:16PM +0200, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But, this insistence, which comes after the expulsion procedure against me which was restarted the day after i announced my DPL candidacy, while i was being utterly silent

Re: Request for GR: clarifying the license text licensing / freeness issue

2007-04-27 Thread Sven Luther
. But, if you do that in base-files, then suddenly half our packages become non-distributable, because we lose alll right to distribute them. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Question to all the candidates: what mistakes have you made and what did you learn of it

2007-03-16 Thread Sven Luther
of those mistakes ? 3) What do you think in retrospect you would have done differently ? 4) What lessons did these mistakes teach you, and how will this affect similar situations you will be facing as DPL if elected, or as normal DD if not elected ? Friendly, Sven Luther

Re: Question to all the candidates: what mistakes have you made and what did you learn of it

2007-03-16 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 11:08:26AM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Raphael Hertzog wrote: On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Sven Luther wrote: 1) Can you tell us a few of the most important mistakes you have made during these past two years with regard to debian

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2007: Draft ballot

2007-03-16 Thread Sven Luther
A: Alice [ 3 ] Choice Z: None Of The Above [ 4 ] Choice C: Carol ... Ideally it would be possible for the letters to be vaguely mnemonic: [ ] Choice W: Wouter Verhelst [ ] Choice A: Aigars Mahinovs [ ] Choice G: Gustavo Franco [ ] Choice L: Sven Luther [ ] Choice H: Sam

My DPL candidature ...

2007-03-10 Thread Sven Luther
in the voting system with regard to the complexity of it :) And for those who want to flame me in return, please do so in private, or in the -private thread about my expulsion. Friendly, Sven Luther -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux

Re: Question for candidates: the d-i conflict

2007-03-04 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 06:45:48PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 02:10:32PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: Hi, I'd like to ask Anthony and Steve what they think of how they handled the conflict between Frans Pop and Sven Luther, and other candidates how they would

Re: Summary for the upload package rules GR

2007-03-04 Thread Sven Luther
an amendment to the GR then, which allowe for source-only uploads ? Or propose a new GR on the subject ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian Project Leader Elections 2007: Sven Luther

2007-02-05 Thread Sven Luther
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I hereby declare myself as candidate as DPL. Friendly, Sven Luther -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFyBwN2WTeT3CRQaQRAv+mAKCUhK9ieac6Is5wcYVNdzKOWmMNDACfVPBi 8YmuDd/+1r8eZyAgSVtaLxY= =+aIN -END PGP

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

2006-11-01 Thread Sven Luther
would leave the d-i team, and we would be left without a d-i release manager, but even then, this only proves that the mediation failed completely. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2006-11-01 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 11:39:05AM +, MJ Ray wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] aj's inability to mediate [...] is what left us with this mess. Not really. Messages like http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2006/03/msg01054.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2006

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

2006-10-29 Thread Sven Luther
No more GRs until the etch release proposal weeks ago :) I was helding exactly the same argumentation as you are having now, but i was the laughing stock of everyone, including you back then. You won't probably not read this, since i believe you blacklisted me or something, so ... Friendly, Sven

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

2006-10-27 Thread Sven Luther
, that someone else than you is in charge of doing the day-to-day work of the secretary, maybe the DPL or TC would be adequate on this here, or maybe some kind of assistant secretary either permanent or delegated for the occasion. Anthony, can you comment on this ? Friendly, Sven Luther

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

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

2006-10-26 Thread Sven Luther
affected, I shall immediately recuse myself and delegate the power. I fear that your judgement to notice such conflict of interest is not so good as you think, since this is already the second time in a few weeks you are at the extreme limit of this boundary. Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Kernel Firmware issue: are GPLed sourceless firmwares legal to distribute ?

2006-10-20 Thread Sven Luther
compressor which can generate compressed archive with builtin uncompressor binaries, is not a derivative work of the compressed files it contains. More arguments on this can be found in the list archive. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.

2006-10-20 Thread Sven Luther
, e100 maybe too, those are some very widely widespread ethernet drivers, used among others in servers, where netbooting is a must. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Amendement] override of resolutions 005, 006, 007, 008

2006-10-18 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 08:13:36PM +, Bill Allombert wrote: Dear Debian voters, I humbly submit to your elevated mass the following amendment to the latest General Resolution proposed by Sven Luther. = The Debian project resolves that: 1

Re: [Amendement] override of resolutions 005, 006, 007, 008

2006-10-18 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 10:42:59AM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 08:00:42AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 08:13:36PM +, Bill Allombert wrote: Dear Debian voters, I humbly submit to your elevated mass the following amendment

Re: Kernel Firmware issue: are GPLed sourceless firmwares legal to distribute ?

2006-10-17 Thread Sven Luther
will happend with the tg3 and acenic firmwares, and if we need a new vote or not. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.

2006-10-17 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 01:34:11PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: On Sun, 15 Oct 2006, Sven Luther wrote: Well, we all know it is sourceless GPLed firmware, and we chose just to say the contrary, because it is convenient to us. If we know[1] a work is a sourceless GPLed work, then we cannot

Re: seconds searched for override of resolution 007 needed.

2006-10-16 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 07:05:54PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:02:10 +0200, Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Well, i blame Manoj (not wearing his secretary hat) for doing the call for vote, after i had made the final proposal, proposal which should have been

Re: [AMENDMENT] Re: seconds searched for override of resolution 007 needed.

2006-10-16 Thread Sven Luther
a possibility, but then why not say so directly ? There are many folk who are all so happy to critic my mails and actions and thinkings about the subject, but then, they don't care about the mess caused, because they don't will be the ones having to handle it. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Someone else please take over (Was: seconds searched for override of resolution 007 needed. (Was: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.))

2006-10-16 Thread Sven Luther
those firmwares, but i want to hear no critic or outrage from all those who remained silent while this was happening, i sent enough warnings to debian-kernel and spoke about it on irc that you have only yourself to blame for it. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.

2006-10-16 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 07:21:49PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:03:59 +0200, Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 04:05:57PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Can you spell out for us which kernel modules, in the opinion of the kernel team

seconds searched for override of resolution 007 needed. (Was: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.)

2006-10-15 Thread Sven Luther
-installer. END OF PROPOSAL Only change, is the addition of clause 0. which states the override. I am not totally satisfied by this text, so if someone has a better idea, it would be nice. Friendly, Sven Luther On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 06:49:17AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: -BEGIN PGP

Re: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.

2006-10-15 Thread Sven Luther
. On the other hand, thiesecond point is not really violated here, but it also means that we need a GR vote in order to be able to release etch without a proper support for loading non-free firmware .udebs from d-i, and that this would be a 3:1 vote ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.

2006-10-15 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 10:52:57AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 10:17:56AM +0200, Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Notice how SC5 says : we support their use and provide infrastructure for non-free packages. This clearly includes support for installing non-free

Re: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.

2006-10-15 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 08:42:41AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:17:56 +0200, Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 03:57:28PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Probably, but then choice 1. of the ballot currently under vote should have had 3

Re: seconds searched for override of resolution 007 needed. (Was: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.)

2006-10-15 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 08:54:18PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 10:07:02AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: Hello, Ok, since the proposal in its amended by Manoj form passed, we need to add an amendment to this proposal, accordying to Manoj, so that we don't have two

Re: seconds searched for override of resolution 007 needed. (Was: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.)

2006-10-15 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 11:51:11PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 11:08:13PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: This is a new proposal, which was not in the ballot, because Manoj hurried the election along the way, while he knew the kernel team was working on a better

Re: seconds searched for override of resolution 007 needed. (Was: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.)

2006-10-15 Thread Sven Luther
Sorry, was supposed to be a private reply. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.

2006-10-15 Thread Sven Luther
for this, and it is past time others of the kernel team got involved in this again. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

position statement from the kernel team over the current non-free firmware GR vote (Was: Call for votes for GR: : Handling source-less firmware in the Linux kernel)

2006-10-13 Thread Sven Luther
(like a rewording of Josselin's proposal on top of the consensual proposal for example). On behalf of the Debian Kernel Team, Friendly, Sven Luther [1] - http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_007 [2] - http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2006/10/msg00183.html [3] - http://wiki.debian.org

Re: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.

2006-10-13 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 09:04:48AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 06:49:17 +0200, Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: 4. We allow inclusion of such firmware into Debian Etch, even if their license does not normally allow modification, as long as we

Re: position statement from the kernel team over the current non-free firmware GR vote (Was: Call for votes for GR: : Handling source-less firmware in the Linux kernel)

2006-10-13 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 05:14:21PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: On Friday 13 October 2006 16:13, Sven Luther wrote: For all these reasons, the kernel team believes that the solution proposed at [3], and which already reached enough seconds, and will thus be needed to be voted on, is a better

Re: Firmware vote rationale

2006-10-12 Thread Sven Luther
by the kernel team, and which was coined to reach a consensus everyone could agree with, and found at : http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2006/10/msg00183.html (Still needs 2 seconds though). Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.

2006-10-12 Thread Sven Luther
? Indeed, it needs only one more second. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Call for votes

2006-10-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 11:56:12PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:51:32 +0200, Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Given the way the secretary has hurried the vote, and the way everyone is ignoring the more mature proposal at : http://lists.debian.org/debian

Re: Call for votes (Was: kernel firmwares: GR proposal)

2006-10-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 09:20:37PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 09:51:32PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: i now release the call for vote, and ask for a vote to be held with the original proposal from Frederik, which has had enough seconds since August 31. As a point

Re: Call for votes for GR: : Handling source-less firmware in the Linux kernel

2006-10-11 Thread Sven Luther
will be void anyway, and i strongly call for everyone to vote further discussion over the other solutions. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Call for votes for GR: : Handling source-less firmware in the Linux kernel

2006-10-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 01:16:39AM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Sven Luther wrote: On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 06:52:41PM -0500, Debian Project Secretary wrote: - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- c2d43675-9efa-4809-a4aa-af042b62786e

Re: RFC: Final version of kernel team's firmware GR proposal, coined to be consensual to all those of good faith involved in the current discussion.

2006-10-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 09:19:58AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mmm, i think it is important to mention the fact that they are hexdumps, since all of them are, no ? If all of them are, then mention it if you like, but why is it important what form

Re: [AMENDMENT]: Release Etch now, with source-less but legal and freely licensed firmware

2006-10-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 07:50:49AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: List masters, this is evidence that Frans is not going to stop this, and as i asked yesterday, i now re-iterate the demand for his ban from debian-vote. Come on, calm down. That one

Re: [PROPOSAL] Let's ship all firmwares included inthe pristine upstream kernel tarball in debian/etch.

2006-10-06 Thread Sven Luther
on the technical level and out of -vote. As such, i urge you to not revert your seconding, just because you believe i am destructive, which i am not, especially as this has nothing whatsoever to do with the sub-thread concerning frans insidious ad-hominem attack against me. Friendly, Sven Luther

Re: [AMENDMENT]: Release Etch now, with source-less but legal and freely licensed firmware

2006-10-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 08:49:46AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 08:06:31AM +0200, Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 07:50:49AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: List masters, this is evidence that Frans

RFC: Final version of kernel team's firmware GR proposal, coined to be consensual to all those of good faith involved in the current discussion.

2006-10-06 Thread Sven Luther
components (.udebs) used by the debian-installer. == END OF PROPOSAL == On behalf of the other proposal crafters, Friendly, Sven Luther [1] - http://wiki.debian.org/KernelFirmwareLicensing#head-bf5edfa54af87d70d2f39f434703848b55569eef [2] - http

Re: draft ballot for the firmware vote

2006-10-06 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 01:01:10AM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: On Fri, 06 Oct 2006, Sven Luther wrote: Manoj, if you don't stop this manipulation now, i am going to ask for your recall as secretary, not sure if this is possible under the constitution. Manoj has not done *ANYTHING

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