Re: Withdrawing from DPL election

2019-03-29 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 09:25:58PM +0100, Simon Richter wrote: > Hi, > > On 17.03.19 00:51, Simon Richter wrote: > > > I'd also like nominate myself for the 2019 DPL election. > > As you may have noticed, life happened to me shortly after sending that > mail. I'm definitely not in a position to

Re: Are Martin and Sam's platforms equivalent?

2019-03-29 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Fri 29 Mar 2019 at 04:43PM +02, Adrian Bunk wrote: > 1. Non-DDs getting single changes into Debian > If you are not a DD, there is no process to get a change into > Debian if the maintainer is MIA or is one of those maintainers > who ignores the BTS and only uploads new upstream

Re: Are Martin and Sam's platforms equivalent?

2019-03-29 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 07:06:26PM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > > "Jose" == Jose Miguel Parrella writes: > > Jose> The question is _what_ would be up for discussion, given it's > Jose> only a year. > > In the discussions here, three items have come up that resonate with me >

Re: Q to all candidates: about advancing Debian (as organisation) while not being DPL

2019-03-29 Thread Jonathan Carter
Hey Laura I'm moving your question to the top since it makes it easier to reply in-line... > What are your views on this? On 2019/03/29 15:23, Laura Arjona Reina wrote: > Sometimes I feel that having a (single person) DPL role is somehow > harmful for people to get involved in these tasks: > -

Re: Q to all candidates: about advancing Debian (as organisation) while not being DPL

2019-03-29 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Laura Arjona Reina [2019-03-29 14:23]: > There are some teams in Debian that focus in areas similar to the > DPL tasks and allow people to make a difference in the project > working on them, without the need - and the burden? or the > satisfaction? - of being a DPL. > What are your views on

Q to all candidates: about advancing Debian (as organisation) while not being DPL

2019-03-29 Thread Laura Arjona Reina
Hello all There are some teams in Debian that focus in areas similar to the DPL tasks and allow people to make a difference in the project working on them, without the need - and the burden? or the satisfaction? - of being a DPL. For example: * treasury, press/publicity and partners deal

Re: Bikeshedding

2019-03-29 Thread Jonathan Carter
Hi aj On 2019/03/29 06:32, Anthony Towns wrote: > FWIW, I think giving every DD their own bikeshed that they can paint > whatever colour they like would be by far the biggest improvement possible > in Debian today. [2] > > As a result, I kind of disagree with Joerg's statement in his platform >

Re: Bikeshedding

2019-03-29 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> Hi *, "More of a comment than a question..." >> I am disappointed when people leave bitter and disheartened. Anthony> That's still kind-of better than if they're bitter and Anthony> disheartened, but won't go away though! Yeah.