On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 10:54:53AM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> [I think the policy group is waiting on
> Manoj, and I think Manoj is on vacation or some such.]
Manoj is not the only policy editor. The full list is this:
1. Michael Alan Dorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
2. Richard Braakma
On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 09:31:42PM -0700, Yves Arrouye wrote:
> > b) give the Project Leader the ability to stop stupid things like the
> >/usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc debate, and just pick an option.
>
> That's been the case at some point. Isn't it true anymore?
The DPL has this ability. In t
On Sunday 3 October 1999, at 4 h 46, the keyboard of Yves Arrouye
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know this has been a topic recently, but I really wonder how long it
> takes to get a membership. Is it something that can be estimated at
> least?
No. In the mean time, you can:
- ask for a sponsor
On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 03:36:23PM -0400, Decklin Foster wrote:
> b) give the Project Leader the ability to stop stupid things like the
>/usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc debate, and just pick an option.
The Technical Committee is authorised to pick an option, if it is asked
to do so. The DPL has th
> b) give the Project Leader the ability to stop stupid things like the
>/usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc debate, and just pick an option.
That's been the case at some point. Isn't it true anymore?
> c) Accept all new-maintainer applications, now. Accept future
>applications immediately. Allow
> [This long approval times may be desired by Debian because there are
> already too many developers and packages.]
> This may be correct. I can't judge. But it seems to me that if some-
> one volunteers time and effort to the project, common courtesy demands
> /at least/ an autoreply acknowledgi
On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 01:26:37PM -0400, Steve Willer wrote:
> Yes, this is exactly the problem, and it's a big reason why I installed
> FreeBSD over Debian last night. I had hoped that the new school year would
Just us on debian-bsd, then?
It's a bit dead presently but it was pretty lively a fe
Steve Willer writes:
> Yes, this is exactly the problem, and it's a big reason why I
> installed FreeBSD over Debian last night. I had hoped that the new
> school year would bring some energy to this project, but it's still
> the same old bickering, the same lack of forward movement, and
> new-mai
On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Yves Arrouye wrote:
> Debian has some big advantages over any other distribution I know of
> that make me want to contribute to Debian rather than another one. But
> months for getting a membership, isn't that risking that new volunteers
> will turn to Mandrake or Stampede for
Yves Arrouye wrote:
> be really fast, and Debian won't loose great people that want to
> volunteer. You can even track who approved whom and prevent people w/
> bad judgment to approve other ones, etc... I am sure there are ways to
> move the approval time from months to days.
---end quoted text-
> Did you explain this to new-maintainer ? Do you still have your old PGP
> key ?
I did explain that. Since nobody answered, I have no idea if it's been
received (except for my mail not bouncing, that is). I don't have my old
PGP key. In fact, if you look at the keyservers, you'll see that I've
n
Le Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 04:46:25AM +, Yves Arrouye écrivait:
> Now, what is funny is that I was a member of Debian until 1997, when I
> left France. If you look at the list of packages that are orphaned and
> that Debian QA wants an owner for, there are two I authored, and would
> get back (psp
Hi,
I know this has been a topic recently, but I really wonder how long it
takes to get a membership. Is it something that can be estimated at
least? I didn't receive any reply to the email I sent to the new
maintainers alias, not even one automatic one giving an idea of the
timeframe.
Now, what
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