Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2011: Call for nominations

2011-03-11 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Freitag, 11. März 2011, Joachim Breitner wrote: A mudslinging party is not something to aim for. Right. But if it turns out that there are differing views on important project-wide issues within Debian, and there are candidates for each side of some discussion, then having an

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2011: Call for nominations

2011-03-11 Thread Amaya
Joachim Breitner wrote: A mudslinging party is not something to aim for. But if it turns out that there are differing views on important project-wide issues within Debian, and there are candidates for each side of some discussion, then having an intense debate over these issue within the

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2011: Call for nominations

2011-03-11 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 11:10:12AM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: Absolutly. But I also absolutly dont see, why this has to turn into a mudslinging party. One can disagree very much and very fiercly, without mudslinging. At least thats what I expect from people running for DPL. Agreed, thanks

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2011: Call for nominations

2011-03-11 Thread Enrico Zini
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 11:27:10AM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: /me, fearing more and more that he'll have to throw mud at himself If you end up being the whole candidate, it could be interesting to turn 'talk about the platform' into a 'talk about how to improve on last year (if at all

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2011: Call for nominations

2011-03-11 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 11:16:41AM +0100, Amaya wrote: Joachim Breitner wrote: A mudslinging party is not something to aim for. But if it turns out that there are differing views on important project-wide issues within Debian, and there are candidates for each side of some discussion, then

Rationale for GRs

2011-03-11 Thread Matthew Vernon
Hi, I've been thinking for a while now that it would be good if general resolutions had a Rationale with them. At the moment, it can be difficult to establish the key arguments for and against a particular proposal, unless you have the time to wade through an often-lengthy thread on

Re: Rationale for GRs

2011-03-11 Thread Amaya
Matthew Vernon wrote: I've been thinking for a while now that it would be good if general resolutions had a Rationale with them. At the moment, it can be difficult to establish the key arguments for and against a particular proposal, unless you have the time to wade through an often-lengthy

Re: Rationale for GRs

2011-03-11 Thread Martin Meredith
On 11/03/11 12:41, Matthew Vernon wrote: Hi, I've been thinking for a while now that it would be good if general resolutions had a Rationale with them. At the moment, it can be difficult to establish the key arguments for and against a particular proposal, unless you have the time to wade

Re: Rationale for GRs

2011-03-11 Thread Martin Meredith
On 11/03/11 15:18, Martin Bagge / brother wrote: On 2011-03-11 14:29, Martin Meredith wrote: Won't this require a GR to put it into force? Probably. Is that in it self a problem Depends, Recursion is never really a good thing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Rationale for GRs

2011-03-11 Thread Martin Bagge / brother
On 2011-03-11 14:29, Martin Meredith wrote: Won't this require a GR to put it into force? Probably. Is that in it self a problem? -- brother http://sis.bthstudent.se -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Rationale for GRs

2011-03-11 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le vendredi 11 mars 2011 à 13:29 +, Martin Meredith a écrit : On 11/03/11 12:41, Matthew Vernon wrote: I've been thinking for a while now that it would be good if general resolutions had a Rationale with them. Won't this require a GR to put it into force? What is the rationale for

Re: Rationale for GRs

2011-03-11 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 11 Mar 2011, Matthew Vernon wrote: In the interests of fairness, those opposed to a proposal but not wishing to amend it should also be allowed a rationale. My suggestion here would be that A set of DDs (equivalent to the requirement for amendments) could have an opposing rationale

Re: Rationale for GRs

2011-03-11 Thread Matthew Vernon
Martin Meredith m...@debian.org writes: On 11/03/11 12:41, Matthew Vernon wrote: [snip my proposal] Won't this require a GR to put it into force? I think so, yes. But I thought I'd gather opinions and refine it a bit first. Regards, Matthew -- At least you know where you are with

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2011: Call for nominations

2011-03-11 Thread Kartik Mistry
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Enrico Zini enr...@enricozini.org wrote: If you end up being the whole candidate, it could be interesting to turn 'talk about the platform' into a 'talk about how to improve on last year (if at all possible)'. Yes. We would like to know zack's 'evil' plan for