Re: TC voting and amendment procedure

2007-12-02 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 01:26:16PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 09:49:54PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > Everyone (even AJ, it seems) agrees that glibc in sid and lenny should > > be changed immediately. > No, I have not seen any reason to overrule the maintainers in thi

Re: TC voting and amendment procedure

2007-12-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 09:49:54PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Everyone (even AJ, it seems) agrees that glibc in sid and lenny should > be changed immediately. No, I have not seen any reason to overrule the maintainers in this entire thread. I don't see how I could have indicated that any more c

Re: Bug#441200: libconfig name clash

2007-12-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 10:00:31PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Anthony Towns writes ("Re: Bug#441200: libconfig name clash"): > > I can't see any record of anyone suggesting [libconfig1] though, and > > I'd really hope that it wouldn't be accepted at NEW. > See #438683 where otherwise sensible peop

Re: Bug#412976 repoened - reassign tech-ctte (mixmaster /etc/default/*)

2007-12-02 Thread Ian Jackson
Kurt Roeckx writes ("Re: Bug#412976 repoened - reassign tech-ctte (mixmaster /etc/default/*)"): > It is documented in the update-rc.d manpage: >If any files /etc/rcrunlevel.d/[SK]??name already exist then >update- rc.d does nothing. The program was written this way >so

Re: Bug#412976 repoened - reassign tech-ctte (mixmaster /etc/default/*)

2007-12-02 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 10:10:38PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Florian Weimer writes ("Re: Bug#412976 repoened - reassign tech-ctte > (mixmaster /etc/default/*)"): > > Really? Won't upgrades re-enable disabled services if update-rc.d is > > used? > > Only if you delete _all_ of the links. If yo

Bug#441200: libconfig name clash

2007-12-02 Thread Ian Jackson
Here's my latest draft of a libconfig resolution. No-one seems to be suggesting that either package is entitled to the name so I have removed that option. Thanks to AJ for detailed feedback. I've taken out the process for the TC approving names and replaced it with a request to the ftpmasters.

Call for Votes (Re: mixmaster /etc/default/*)

2007-12-02 Thread Ian Jackson
I hereby call for a vote on the resolution below, which I sent round a draft of on Friday and formally proposed yesterday: -8<- (1) The REMAIL option should not be supplanted or supplemented by anything in an /etc/default file. The current behaviour of the mixmaster init script, to e

Re: Bug#412976 repoened - reassign tech-ctte (mixmaster /etc/default/*)

2007-12-02 Thread Ian Jackson
Florian Weimer writes ("Re: Bug#412976 repoened - reassign tech-ctte (mixmaster /etc/default/*)"): > Really? Won't upgrades re-enable disabled services if update-rc.d is > used? Only if you delete _all_ of the links. If you leave the K links in the shutdown and reboot runlevels, they will not b

Re: Old tech-ctte bugs

2007-12-02 Thread Ian Jackson
Anthony Towns writes ("Old tech-ctte bugs"): > * #429671: exim4 username > * #436093: Please decide on the "ownership" of the developers reference > * #439006: tech-ctte: Efika and sony PS3 patches in linux-2.6 > > They're all requests for dispute resolution, though 429671 also > includes a

Re: Bug#412976 repoened - reassign tech-ctte (mixmaster /etc/default/*)

2007-12-02 Thread Florian Weimer
* Marc Haber: > On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 07:34:58PM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: >> >From Admin's point of view dealing with symlinks is much more >> uncomfortable to control the initial start/stop status. > > If one is not comfortable with a sysvinit scheme, one should not be > adminning a Debian syst

Re: Bug#441200: libconfig name clash

2007-12-02 Thread Ian Jackson
Anthony Towns writes ("Re: Bug#441200: libconfig name clash"): > I can't see any record of anyone suggesting [libconfig1] though, and > I'd really hope that it wouldn't be accepted at NEW. See #438683 where otherwise sensible people are suggesting using the name libconfig1 for the new library due

Re: TC voting and amendment procedure

2007-12-02 Thread Ian Jackson
Steve Langasek writes ("Re: TC voting and amendment procedure"): > In the present case neither of the non-FD options are satisfactory to me > because as I wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, I think > rationale here is very important. As I responded in my mail of Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:23:54 +0100, I th

Re: mixmaster /etc/default/*

2007-12-02 Thread Ian Jackson
Anthony Towns writes ("Re: mixmaster /etc/default/*"): > No, I'm saying that we shouldn't be in the business of reviewing every > disagreement in Debian. And we certainly shouldn't leave the decision > as to whether we'll review any particular decision solely up to whether > whoever was disagreed w

Old tech-ctte bugs

2007-12-02 Thread Anthony Towns
Hey all, No one on the ctte seems to have taken any interest in: * #429671: exim4 username * #436093: Please decide on the "ownership" of the developers reference * #439006: tech-ctte: Efika and sony PS3 patches in linux-2.6 They're all requests for dispute resolution, though 429671 also

Re: Bug#441200: libconfig name clash

2007-12-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 08:15:47PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > So just to be clear, you conclude as I did that both packages should > be required to select new names ? Yes. I can't see any technical reason whatsoever not to do that. > > If either maintainer *wants* to use a different package name

Processed: setting package to tech-ctte, severity of 438179 is normal, tagging 438179, tagging 441200

2007-12-02 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.10.10 > package tech-ctte Ignoring bugs not assigned to: tech-ctte > severity 438179 normal Bug#438179: Please provide a way to override RFC3484 Severity set to `normal' from `wishlist' >

Re: mixmaster /etc/default/*

2007-12-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 02:37:43AM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > > No it doesn't, it just requires not noticing an issue -- eg, by it > > not being brought to the tech ctte's attention at all (most > > decisions in Debian), or by the tech ctte missing it when it is > > (429761, 439006), or by the t

Re: Technical Committee ping

2007-12-02 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 07:14:23PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Please reply to if you get this email and let us know whether you are > in a position to transact TC business. We seem to have a problem > getting quorum and I'd like to know why. Pong. :) -- Steve Langasek Give me

Re: mixmaster /etc/default/*

2007-12-02 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 07:38:00PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Having read the bug report I don't think there is very much to be said > in favour of the submitter's point of view. > Here is a draft resolution and rationale. > -8<- > (1) The REMAIL option should not be supplanted or supplemente

Re: mixmaster /etc/default/*

2007-12-02 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 02 Dec 2007, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 06:40:36PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > > Deciding that an issue isn't important enough to make a decision > > requires making some sort of decision. > > No it doesn't, it just requires not noticing an issue -- eg, by it > not b

Re: TC voting and amendment procedure

2007-12-02 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 07:36:30PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > But it does suggest that we ought to do formally proposing resolutions > and amendments by writing draft CFVs. A draft ballot paper would give > dissenters a chance to add their own option, with short or long > explanatory text as need