Bug#595217: Please create a debian-upstream list to serve as upstream guide and front desk

2010-09-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
Package: lists.debian.org Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-project@lists.debian.org On Jo, 02 sep 10, 07:13:58, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > On ke, 2010-09-01 at 19:27 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Unless you consider it's necessary to be a DD for this I could join as > > well. After all, I

Re: Upstream guide and front desk

2010-09-01 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ke, 2010-09-01 at 19:27 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Unless you consider it's necessary to be a DD for this I could join as > well. After all, I spend *a lot* of time reading Debian mailing lists > and I have become familiar with a lot of processes. It's time I put this > to some good use :

Re: Debian FTPMaster Meeting, September

2010-09-01 Thread Marc Haber
On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 09:59:46PM +0200, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > >> - dak policy > >>That is, a command so $whoever_DD can do "policy work" on a suite, > >>which is otherwise run by ftpmaster. Examples: backports.org, > >>volatile, possibly p-u. The teams of that define which packages

Re: Debian FTPMaster Meeting, September

2010-09-01 Thread Joerg Jaspert
>> - dak policy >>That is, a command so $whoever_DD can do "policy work" on a suite, >>which is otherwise run by ftpmaster. Examples: backports.org, >>volatile, possibly p-u. The teams of that define which packages go >>in those suites, while ftpmaster runs the suite (and has the u

Improving coordination / support for upstreams

2010-09-01 Thread CJ Fearnley
It is very gratifying to me (an active DD from 1995-1998) to see that Debian is doing a much better job supporting its developers than in the past. I want to thank Margarita Manterola, Maximiliano Curia, Valessio Brito, and Raphael Geissert for their "Debian Appreciation Day"[0]. I want to thank

Re: Debian FTPMaster Meeting, September

2010-09-01 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 03:57:00PM +0200, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > - dak policy >That is, a command so $whoever_DD can do "policy work" on a suite, >which is otherwise run by ftpmaster. Examples: backports.org, >volatile, possibly p-u. The teams of that define which packages go >in t

Re: Upstream guide and front desk

2010-09-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 01 sep 10, 11:41:34, Jeremiah Foster wrote: > > On Aug 23, 2010, at 17:01, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > Am 15.08.2010 18:08, schrieb Lars Wirzenius: > > > >>> That sounds like a good idea. As long as I would not be alone, I would > >>> be willing to join such a list

Re: Debian Project mourns the loss of Frans Pop

2010-09-01 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
Hi! * Debian Project [100831 15:46]: > > The Debian Projecthttp://www.debian.org/ > Debian Project mourns the loss of Frans Pop pr...@debian.org > August 31st, 2010 h

Re: Upstream guide and front desk

2010-09-01 Thread Jeremiah Foster
On Aug 23, 2010, at 17:01, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: > Hi! > > Am 15.08.2010 18:08, schrieb Lars Wirzenius: > >>> That sounds like a good idea. As long as I would not be alone, I would >>> be willing to join such a list and answer questions from our >>> upstreams. >> >> That's two of us