On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 05:43:41PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > I'm not sure what you mean by this question, or what the point is.
I will clarify. AJ obviously feels that it is his prerogative (under which hat or set of hats, I do not know) to decide which set of architectures in the archive are worthwhile, and what manner of supplication or "wowing" is necessary to change his preconceived notions on these matters. You may recall the amd64 issue, where numerous reasons were given why this architecture could not be incorporated officially under exactly the same criteria as every other architecture which had preceded it. Possibly there was some "blowing away" that occurred either before, during, or after the time that AJ was paid a sizable sum of money to do some work that was arbitrarily deemed necessary for amd64 inclusion by some unnamed member or members of the ftp-team. Most candidates seem to think that the kfreebsd port is worthwhile and should be included in the archive, but AJ seems to have additional requirements beyond what is listed for release architectures at http://release.debian.org/etch_arch_policy.html , and though it seems somewhat strange that the archive inclusion criteria should be stricter than the release arch criteria, I can see a point to introducing chicken-egg problems there. Now it is unclear which hat AJ is wearing when he implies that he is authorized to decide which architectures are important, by criteria he decides unilaterally. I am curious as to what the other candidates think: is it appropriate for him to do this, and, if so, which positions of authority or achievements have earned him the "moral" right to do so? As for the point of my question: I find this behavior to be highly arrogant and offensive, and will be ranking AJ below NotA because of it. In order to vote fairly, it is important to know the attitudes of the other candidates in these matters. Does that clear up everything for you? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
