Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Martin Wuertele
* Lars Wirzenius [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-11-17 19:31]: (Quote attribution elided on purpose.) Stop your FUD. The Release Team isn't violating the Social Contract. It is my opinion that releasing lenny with known DFSG violations is a violation of the Social Contract, on the part of the

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Ben Finney
Martin Wuertele [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Lars Wirzenius [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-11-17 19:31]: It is my opinion that releasing lenny with known DFSG violations is a violation of the Social Contract, on the part of the project as a whole, regardless of which individuals are making the

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, Nov 18 2008, Martin Wuertele wrote: * Lars Wirzenius [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-11-17 19:31]: (Quote attribution elided on purpose.) Stop your FUD. The Release Team isn't violating the Social Contract. It is my opinion that releasing lenny with known DFSG violations is a

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, Nov 18 2008, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 08:08:36AM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: Though I agree that the release team cannot put any foundation document aside, I don't think the release team is overriding the social

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ben Finney wrote: The Debian system we provide is usable. There may be devices which are not yet operable with Debian, Which wireless card is supported by debian without any sourceless firmware, either loaded by the kernel or present on the chip?

Re: Proposed wording for the SC modification

2008-11-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, Nov 18 2008, Raphael Hertzog wrote: On Mon, 17 Nov 2008, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 09:14:41PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: The foundation documents are like the law. This GR is like a decree of the government that tells us how the law will be applied.

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, Nov 18 2008, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: Ben Finney wrote: The Debian system we provide is usable. There may be devices which are not yet operable with Debian, Which wireless card is supported by debian without any sourceless firmware, either loaded by the kernel or present on the

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Tue, Nov 18 2008, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: Ben Finney wrote: The Debian system we provide is usable. There may be devices which are not yet operable with Debian, Which wireless card is supported by debian without

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Martin Wuertele
* Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-11-18 14:47]: On Tue, Nov 18 2008, Martin Wuertele wrote: * Lars Wirzenius [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-11-17 19:31]: (Quote attribution elided on purpose.) Stop your FUD. The Release Team isn't violating the Social Contract. It is my

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, Nov 18 2008, Martin Wuertele wrote: * Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-11-18 14:47]: On Tue, Nov 18 2008, Martin Wuertele wrote: * Lars Wirzenius [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-11-17 19:31]: (Quote attribution elided on purpose.) Stop your FUD. The Release Team isn't

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, Nov 18 2008, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Tue, Nov 18 2008, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: Ben Finney wrote: The Debian system we provide is usable. There may be devices which are not yet operable with Debian, Which wireless card is supported by debian

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Luk Claes
Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Tue, Nov 18 2008, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 08:08:36AM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: Though I agree that the release team cannot put any foundation document aside, I don't think the release team is

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, Nov 18 2008, Luk Claes wrote: Note that firmware is no program AFAICS... I do not think I agree. I think it is indeed a software program, and I am not alone: ,[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_software ] | Firmware which is software programmed(sic) resident to

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Michael Banck
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:12:18PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Tue, Nov 18 2008, Luk Claes wrote: Note that firmware is no program AFAICS... I do not think I agree. I think it is indeed a software program, and I am not alone: ,[

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Ben Finney
Johannes Wiedersich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ben Finney wrote: The Debian system we provide is usable. There may be devices which are not yet operable with Debian, Which wireless card is supported by debian without any sourceless firmware, either loaded by the kernel or present on the

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:12:18PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava a écrit : The DFSG has lasted us oer a decade. In another decade, I think the distinction of central and periphery and Cell processors is likely to erode; and our DFSG definition should be forward looking. Hi Manoj, I

Dwindling popularity

2008-11-18 Thread Ean Schuessler
Debian's dwindling popularity seems to be a major push behind the arguments I'm seeing for proprietary firmware. Ubuntu bashing is so last season but I think its clear that, in these discussions, losing developers and users is code for losing developers and users to Ubuntu. With that in mind,

Re: Dwindling popularity

2008-11-18 Thread Michael Banck
Hi Ean, On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 05:35:20PM -0600, Ean Schuessler wrote: [...] Why the heck did you post this to -vote? Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dwindling popularity

2008-11-18 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Ean! You wrote: There may be other solutions to this problem but I think we have to correctly identify the source first. To be honest, I don't consider this (i.e. Ubuntu being popular) to be a problem at all. -- Kind regards, Bas Zoetekouw. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Dwindling popularity

2008-11-18 Thread Ean Schuessler
- Bas Zoetekouw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To be honest, I don't consider this (i.e. Ubuntu being popular) to be a problem at all. Neither do I. To your point... if Ubuntu being popular isn't a problem then maybe Ubuntu is the right way to install Debian + proprietary firmware? -- Ean

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Lars Wirzenius
ke, 2008-11-19 kello 07:58 +0900, Charles Plessy kirjoitti: Manoj, I completerly agree. How about allowing the Project to release Lenny without changing the DFSG? That is what Manoj proposed on 2008-11-10 in http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2008/11/msg00060.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-18 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 06:36:12AM +0200, Lars Wirzenius a écrit : ke, 2008-11-19 kello 07:58 +0900, Charles Plessy kirjoitti: Manoj, I completerly agree. How about allowing the Project to release Lenny without changing the DFSG? That is what Manoj proposed on 2008-11-10 in