On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 10:22:50AM +0100, Jochen Voss wrote: > On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 12:31:15AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > Usually it refers to changes that clarify the meaning without changing > > that meaning. I'd be interested in hearing your definition, since you > > seconded the GR. > Yes, this is exactly my point of view, too. And I think > this is what the GR did. But somehow, strangely, the > release manager thinks that the meaning did change. > > > I'm stunned that this GR passed. ... > You should not be. Debian is about freedom, so we > should struggle to not distribute non-free items.
No, nor do I propose that we continue to do so indefinitely. Do you believe that the GR has had no effect other than editorial? Or simply that the change is a good thing anyway? I was stunned because I didn't think this proposal was ready for a vote. It needed more development and discussion. It was proposed on debian-devel that the GR be discussed and dissected item by item, but that never occurred - instead we went straight to a vote. Perhaps for our next GR, we can contemplate whether it's appropriate that less than 20% of the developers is enough to change one of our most important documents. In fact, it could have been changed with as few as 35, being less than 4%. That is, a 3:1 majority of quorum(45.274). That's a very uncomfortable feeling. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
