Regarding the recent update on the xfce packages

2015-03-16 Thread Dark Serph
Please, think fondly in updating the xfce packages on JESSIE, before launching it! Many thanks for the attention!

Re: Regarding the recent update on the xfce packages

2015-03-16 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 4:29 AM, Dark Serph wrote: Please, think fondly in updating the xfce packages on JESSIE, before launching it! Your suggestion would probably have best been sent to the maintainers of the Xfce packages in Debian rather than debian-project. Unfortunately since we are in

Re: call for help: partners program

2015-03-16 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 16/03/15 at 10:13 +0100, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Lucas Nussbaum lea...@debian.org [2015-03-16 09:45 +0100]: Obviously I'm not in a position to make long term commitments as the DPL. I'd welcome crazy ideas in that area, at least in a brainstorming phase. Maybe you could start

Re: non-financial donations (was: call for help: partners program)

2015-03-16 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Paul Wise p...@debian.org [2015-03-16 12:52 +0100]: Re financial donations, I'd personally like to see more focus on something like having 20k or more individuals donating $10 a year and most of them listed on contributors.d.o, as opposed to turning Debian into more of an

Re: call for help: partners program

2015-03-16 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Lucas Nussbaum lea...@debian.org [2015-03-16 10:39 +0100]: I think that it is the role of the DPL to break ties in that context, under Make any decision for whom noone else has responsibility.. Of course, that should be done after hearing opinions, including from teams such as the

Re: non-financial donations (was: call for help: partners program)

2015-03-16 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 6:33 PM, martin f krafft wrote: If Debian had a wishlist, we could let partners join by donating hardware on this list — until the need is higher and we cannot wait and have to buy the hardware ourselves, so this would need to be actively managed. We have a hardware

non-financial donations (was: call for help: partners program)

2015-03-16 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Lucas Nussbaum lea...@debian.org [2015-03-16 09:45 +0100]: Also note that one of the tricky parts of the partners role is the ability to consider non-financial contributions (e.g. hardware, hosting, sprint hosting, etc.). This is largely orthogonal, but must not be forgotten. The

Re: call for help: partners program

2015-03-16 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 15/03/15 at 14:51 +0100, martin f krafft wrote: Sorry for bringing up https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2015/03/msg00020.html earlier today without having seen this message last month. also sprach Lucas Nussbaum lea...@debian.org [2015-02-17 14:02 +0100]: I would like to build a

Re: call for help: partners program

2015-03-16 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Lucas Nussbaum lea...@debian.org [2015-03-16 07:55 +0100]: Please let me know if you need something from me. I would like to know how the procedure will be between now and then. Let's make it easy and say up-front that we will not allow a sponsor to gain influence over project

Re: call for help: partners program

2015-03-16 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 16/03/15 at 09:32 +0100, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Lucas Nussbaum lea...@debian.org [2015-03-16 07:55 +0100]: Please let me know if you need something from me. I would like to know how the procedure will be between now and then. Let's make it easy and say up-front that we will

Re: call for help: partners program

2015-03-16 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Lucas Nussbaum lea...@debian.org [2015-03-16 09:45 +0100]: Obviously I'm not in a position to make long term commitments as the DPL. I'd welcome crazy ideas in that area, at least in a brainstorming phase. Maybe you could start by working on a list of possible benefits, and then