----- "Pierre Habouzit" <[email protected]> wrote:

> The point is, the secretary chooses interpretations that suits his own
> proposals to the vote. Explain to me how the "release lenny" options
> need [3:1] supermajority where the very same vote didn't need it in the
> past ?

>From a rigorous perspective, the release Etch vote should have been 3:1. If we 
>are worth our salt we should not be allowing DFSG violations past "testing" 
>and developers should be aggressive about filing bugs on errant packages. I 
>can understand the necessity of providing certain users non-free drivers to 
>help them get their equipment going. Serious users should be selecting 
>equipment that won't have install problems. Last time I checked, this was a 
>distribution for serious users (that also happens to want to be friendly to 
>people just getting started). I fail to understand how serious Debian 
>Developers arrive at a point where enforcing the DFSG is an exercise for 
>"zealots".

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Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com
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