Re: "rms-open-letter" GR choice 2: sign https://rms-support-letter.github.io/

2021-04-01 Thread Russ Allbery
Phil Morrell writes: > Do the additional proposals made in that week mean the discussion period > has automatically been extended? Is the Secretary simply being pragmatic > here, executing discretion before announcing the start of the voting > period? Or perhaps the DPL has likely requested

Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-01 Thread Phil Morrell
On Fri, 2 Apr 2021, Craig Sanders wrote: > Debian refuses to participate in and denounces the witch-hunt against Richard > Stallman, the Free Software Foundation, and the members of the board of the > Free Software Foundation. Hi, please can you explain how this is significantly different from

Re: "rms-open-letter" GR choice 2: sign https://rms-support-letter.github.io/

2021-04-01 Thread Phil Morrell
On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 at 21:29:27 +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > The option is now on the website. Hi, I was wondering if anyone would mind explaining a point of procedure to me here. I understand that the discussion period is normally 2 weeks, and that the DPL confirmed a request to reduce it to 1

Re: "rms-open-letter" GR choice 2: sign https://rms-support-letter.github.io/

2021-04-01 Thread Phil Morrell
On Thu, 1 Apr 2021, Niels Thykier wrote: > Assuming that the letter from https://rms-support-letter.github.io/ is > signed by Debian, could we please have clarified up front how the above There are evidently some who wish that there was more up front clarity about

As a Reminder Someone Needs to Call for Vote

2021-04-01 Thread Sam Hartman
As a reminder, we're past the minimum discussion period. At this point, anyone who has proposed or seconded something on the ballot can call for a vote. The secretary may add delay for example so votes start on the weekened. My general opinion is that someone should call for a vote at this

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-04-01 Thread Tiago Bortoletto Vaz
On 2021-04-01 9:01 p.m., Dmitry Smirnov wrote: > defeat communism and prevent it from raising > its ugly head again. Option 6: "Debian will fight hard to defeat communism and prevent it from raising its ugly head again, whatever this GR is about". Come on folks, we can do better than that! --

Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-01 Thread Craig Sanders
Short and simple: TEXT OF OPTION 5 Debian refuses to participate in and denounces the witch-hunt against Richard Stallman, the Free Software Foundation, and the members of the board of the Free Software Foundation.

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-04-01 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
On Thursday, 1 April 2021 7:56:12 PM AEDT Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > Freedom of speech is one of the theoretically most beautiful ideas > Humans ever created. So is Communism. Communism (i.e. fascism + marxism) is an ultimate "cancel culture" that terminated at least 100 million lives in 20th

Re: Nuance Regarding RMS

2021-04-01 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 4/1/21 11:20 PM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > The open letter does not state that RMS should be ejected from the free > software movement in general, or from the FSF specifically. Were that > the case, I would agree with you that it was wrong. Instead, it merely > states that he should be removed

Re: Nuance Regarding RMS

2021-04-01 Thread Pasha
On Thu, 2021-04-01 at 11:51 +0100, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote: > I can personally vouch for the fact that RMS can be very difficult. > He > takes social awkwardness to new heights. He’s remarkably stubborn in > technical matters even when outside his domain of expertise and > completely wrong. He

Re: Nuance Regarding RMS

2021-04-01 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Hi Barak, On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 11:51:59AM +0100, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote: [...] > I'm not sure he'd be an ideal board member, but that’s a practical > rather than ethical consideration, and surely best left to the > judgement of the individual organization. > > What’s problematic to me

Re: "rms-open-letter" GR choice 2: sign https://rms-support-letter.github.io/

2021-04-01 Thread Kurt Roeckx
The option is now on the website. Kurt

Re: Nuance Regarding RMS

2021-04-01 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-04-01 at 15:06, Milan Zamazal wrote: >> "JS" == Jonas Smedegaard writes: > > JS> Question is, this being a process to compose a ballot for a > JS> vote: How to transform those observations into a text for the > JS> ballot? Or if that is absurd, how else to proceed

Re: Nuance Regarding RMS

2021-04-01 Thread Milan Zamazal
> "JS" == Jonas Smedegaard writes: JS> Question is, this being a process to compose a ballot for a JS> vote: How to transform those observations into a text for the JS> ballot? Or if that is absurd, how else to proceed (other than JS> shrug and let the boting process

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Ulrike Uhlig
Hello, On 01.04.21 20:08, Bart Martens wrote: On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 05:00:47PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: The constitution says: 3. Votes are taken by the Project Secretary. Votes, tallies, and results are not revealed during the voting period; after the vote the Project

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Bart Martens
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 05:00:47PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > The constitution says: > 3. Votes are taken by the Project Secretary. Votes, tallies, and >results are not revealed during the voting period; after the vote >the Project Secretary lists all the votes cast. The

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Sruthi Chandran
On April 1, 2021 10:33:02 PM GMT+05:30, Steve McIntyre wrote: >On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 07:30:10PM +0300, Sergey B Kirpichev wrote: >>On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 05:12:55PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >>> *No* attempt has been made to sign that open letter on behalf of the >>> project. >>

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Philip Hands
Kurt Roeckx writes: ... >after the vote the Project Secretary lists all the votes cast. ... > You could say that "all the votes cast" could mean what was voted, You could also note that there is no stipulation of how soon after the vote that publication must occur, and decide that in

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Russ Allbery
Felix Lechner writes: > Moving to new software without preparation or a chance to practice We would have to pass a constitutional amendment to allow for secret votes for anything other than DPL elections, at least by my understanding of the constitution and this thread, so there will be plenty

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 10:18:08AM -0700, Felix Lechner wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 9:59 AM Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > > I could move to voting software like Belenios > > Moving to new software without preparation or a chance to practice > could discourage centrist voters—i.e. those

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 09:47:51AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > I didn't quite parse that, so I'm not sure if this is what you were > already proposing, but I wonder if we should just have secret ballots for > all votes. My bad for my previous non-parsable paragraph. I was proposing something

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 10:18:08-0700, Felix Lechner a écrit : > Hi, > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 9:59 AM Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > > I could move to voting software like Belenios > > Moving to new software without preparation or a chance to practice > could discourage centrist voters—i.e. those

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi, On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 9:59 AM Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > I could move to voting software like Belenios Moving to new software without preparation or a chance to practice could discourage centrist voters—i.e. those who care least but provide the gravity to hold the project together. It could

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 07:30:10PM +0300, Sergey B Kirpichev wrote: >On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 05:12:55PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> *No* attempt has been made to sign that open letter on behalf of the >> project. > >https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2021/03/msg00061.html >>8 >I am

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 09:47:51AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Stefano Zacchiroli writes: > > > This is probably something that should be fixed in the Constitution, by > > mandating secret voting for elections whereas living to the judgment of > > the secretary whether other GR votes should be

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Russ Allbery
Stefano Zacchiroli writes: > This is probably something that should be fixed in the Constitution, by > mandating secret voting for elections whereas living to the judgment of > the secretary whether other GR votes should be secret or not. I didn't quite parse that, so I'm not sure if this is

Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 4, assert the need to learn and grow from recent events

2021-04-01 Thread Philipp Kern
On 31.03.21 00:28, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > CHOICE TEXT FOLLOWS: > > This is a position statement of the Debian Developers in accordance with > our constitution, section 4.1.5. > > The Developers firmly believe that leaders in any prominent organisation > are, and should be, held to the

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Sergey B Kirpichev
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 05:12:55PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > *No* attempt has been made to sign that open letter on behalf of the > project. https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2021/03/msg00061.html >8 I am sure there is a precedent of a position statement being announced without

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Forgot to reply to that, wich is actually super important. Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 18:57:12+0300, Sergey B Kirpichev a écrit : > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 04:50:15PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > The first option is one option, the others are different and less > > strong. Having strong

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 19:04:41+0300, Andrei POPESCU a écrit : > On Jo, 01 apr 21, 17:00:47, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > > This would be a vote I would also like to see as secret. The > > constitution says: > > 3. Votes are taken by the Project Secretary. Votes, tallies, and > >results

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 18:57:12+0300, Sergey B Kirpichev a écrit : > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 04:50:15PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > The first option is one option, the others are different and less > > strong. Having strong options in a GR doesn't turn the whole GR in a > > blackmail

Fears Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Ulrike Uhlig
Hello, On 01.04.21 15:52, Pasha wrote: On Thu, 2021-04-01 at 15:38 +0200, Ulrike Uhlig wrote: Goals might evolve. It's also called "growing up". Now, if you tell me the goal of Debian changed from free OS to something else - it is not the reason I am using Debian. Did I say that or could

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 06:57:12PM +0300, Sergey B Kirpichev wrote: >On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 04:50:15PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: >> The first option is one option, the others are different and less >> strong. Having strong options in a GR doesn't turn the whole GR in a >> blackmail > >I

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 01 apr 21, 17:00:47, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > This would be a vote I would also like to see as secret. The > constitution says: > 3. Votes are taken by the Project Secretary. Votes, tallies, and >results are not revealed during the voting period; after the vote >the

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Sergey B Kirpichev
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 04:50:15PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > The first option is one option, the others are different and less > strong. Having strong options in a GR doesn't turn the whole GR in a > blackmail I would disagree. Especially, given that the first attempt to "sign on

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi, On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 8:01 AM Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > This would be a vote I would also like to see as secret. The Maybe a solution would be to offer two alternatives of each option on the ballot—one as currently stated, and one that includes a secret vote instruction to the secretary. It

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Taowa
Stefano Zacchiroli, 2021-04-01 10:41 -0400: > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 12:42:01PM +, Jean Duprat (Avignon) wrote: > > Votes in leadership elections are kept secret even after the end of > > the voting period for obvious reasons: by knowing that the ballot is > > secret, voters can feel free to

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
1 avril 2021 17:01 "Kurt Roeckx" a écrit: > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 04:40:59PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 12:42:01PM +, Jean Duprat (Avignon) wrote: >> Votes in leadership elections are kept secret even after the end of >> the voting period for obvious

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 04:40:59PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 12:42:01PM +, Jean Duprat (Avignon) wrote: > > Votes in leadership elections are kept secret even after the end of > > the voting period for obvious reasons: by knowing that the ballot is > > secret,

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 10:46:16-0400, Roberto C. Sánchez a écrit : > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 04:39:05PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > > > Your statement tends to show likewise. My guess is that you tend to also > > look for the bad thing that is neither written or implied. > > > I was

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 16:58:25+0300, Sergey B Kirpichev a écrit : > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 03:38:03PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > You are systematically telling "i don't care" to what we say > > That's lie, I've not ignored your arguments so far. If you say so > > deciding that

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 04:39:05PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > Your statement tends to show likewise. My guess is that you tend to also > look for the bad thing that is neither written or implied. > I was not looking for anything. The responses simply stood out as quite possibly

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Taowa
Sergey B Kirpichev, 2021-04-01 09:24 -0400: > It doesn't matter. The message is clear: do what we want or go out. Our message is "follow the guidelines we've set for behaviour towards each other or you're not welcome to interact with other members of the community"?! I'm... I'm truly shocked.

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 12:42:01PM +, Jean Duprat (Avignon) wrote: > Votes in leadership elections are kept secret even after the end of > the voting period for obvious reasons: by knowing that the ballot is > secret, voters can feel free to express their opinion as they see > fit. This

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 09:38:58-0400, Roberto C. Sánchez a écrit : > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 03:15:08PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 08:40:26-0400, Roberto C. Sánchez a écrit : > > > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 01:58:49PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > > >

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Salvo Tomaselli
Well, I'm still trying to hear users voice. For me, it seems they may disagree with you. We could make a press release with an opinion poll attached… rather than pushing for a press release that wrongly implies that every debian contributor thinks the same way and agrees. Except that

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Zlatan Todoric
On 4/1/21 15:52, Pasha wrote: Please speak only for yourself and not for "all Debian users", I doubt you know all of them :) Goals might evolve. It's also called "growing up". I started using Debian when I was in school. Now, if you tell me the goal of Debian changed from free OS to

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi, On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 6:17 AM Pasha wrote: > > Could you please provide any historical example of your "mob justice" ? Sadly, a discussion over proof cannot solve the issue. The request of a single eligible voter—motivated by fear or otherwise—should trigger a secret procedure. (Although

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread debian
On 4/1/21 3:38 PM, Ulrike Uhlig wrote: Please speak only for yourself and not for "all Debian users", I doubt you know all of them :) Goals might evolve. It's also called "growing up". Or giving up Ever heard about the change curve? When change happens around us, we go through different

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Sergey B Kirpichev
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 03:38:03PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > You are systematically telling "i don't care" to what we say That's lie, I've not ignored your arguments so far. > deciding that this is a blackmail and smearing campaign. I'd explained this in details. In case of doubts:

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Pasha
On Thu, 2021-04-01 at 15:38 +0200, Ulrike Uhlig wrote: > Sergey, > > On 01.04.21 15:24, Sergey B Kirpichev wrote: > > > You're making a good cause to make the lists read-only for non- > > > members > > > > I'm trying to argue my position, instead of long reasonings about > > feelings of my

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Zlatan Todoric
On 4/1/21 15:24, Sergey B Kirpichev wrote: You're making a good cause to make the lists read-only for non-members I'm trying to argue my position, instead of long reasonings about feelings of my opponents and so on. Is that wrong for the Debian now? You're not arguing, you're just "throwing"

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 04:10:32PM +0300, Sergey B Kirpichev wrote: > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 12:11:18PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > Nod, that's exactly what it was. Maybe polite requests aren't > > effective enough for some people. > > Maybe it was not a polite request at all. Just another

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 03:15:08PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 08:40:26-0400, Roberto C. Sánchez a écrit : > > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 01:58:49PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > > Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 12:11:18+0100, Steve McIntyre a écrit : > > > > On

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Ulrike Uhlig
Sergey, On 01.04.21 15:24, Sergey B Kirpichev wrote: You're making a good cause to make the lists read-only for non-members I'm trying to argue my position, instead of long reasonings about feelings of my opponents and so on. Is that wrong for the Debian now? To what goal are you trying to

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 16:24:10+0300, Sergey B Kirpichev a écrit : > > You're making a good cause to make the lists read-only for non-members > > I'm trying to argue my position, instead of long reasonings about > feelings of my opponents and so on. Is that wrong for the Debian now? You are

Re: Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Sergey B Kirpichev
> You're making a good cause to make the lists read-only for non-members I'm trying to argue my position, instead of long reasonings about feelings of my opponents and so on. Is that wrong for the Debian now? > Maybe some wording somewhere is strong It doesn't matter. The message is clear: do

Re: Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Pasha
On Thu, 2021-04-01 at 12:42 +, Jean Duprat (Avignon) wrote: > Votes in leadership elections are kept secret even after the end of > the voting period for obvious reasons: by knowing that the ballot is > secret, voters can feel free to express their opinion as they see > fit. This

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 08:40:26-0400, Roberto C. Sánchez a écrit : > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 01:58:49PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 12:11:18+0100, Steve McIntyre a écrit : > > > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 10:40:35AM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > > >Le

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Sergey B Kirpichev
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 12:11:18PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Nod, that's exactly what it was. Maybe polite requests aren't > effective enough for some people. Maybe it was not a polite request at all. Just another blackmail, like the vote is, isn't?

Secret ballot and RMS Resolution

2021-04-01 Thread Jean Duprat (Avignon)
Votes in leadership elections are kept secret even after the end of the voting period for obvious reasons: by knowing that the ballot is secret, voters can feel free to express their opinion as they see fit. This constitutional guarantee sadly does not apply to General Resolutions. The GR

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 01:58:49PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 12:11:18+0100, Steve McIntyre a écrit : > > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 10:40:35AM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > >Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 03:52:23+0300, Sergey B Kirpichev a écrit : > > >> >

Re: Nuance Regarding RMS

2021-04-01 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 11:51:59+0100, Barak A. Pearlmutter a écrit : > I can personally vouch for the fact that RMS can be very difficult. He > takes social awkwardness to new heights. He’s remarkably stubborn in > technical matters even when outside his domain of expertise and > completely

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 12:11:18+0100, Steve McIntyre a écrit : > On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 10:40:35AM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > >Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 03:52:23+0300, Sergey B Kirpichev a écrit : > >> > Please stop now. > >> > >> Or?... > > > >Actually we could ask you to be banned

Re: Nuance Regarding RMS

2021-04-01 Thread Filippo Rusconi
Greetings, Debianites, On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 11:51:59AM +0100, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote: I can personally vouch for the fact that RMS can be very difficult. He takes social awkwardness to new heights. He’s remarkably stubborn in technical matters even when outside his domain of expertise

Re: Nuance Regarding RMS

2021-04-01 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Barak A. Pearlmutter (2021-04-01 12:51:59) > I can personally vouch for the fact that RMS can be very difficult. He > takes social awkwardness to new heights. He’s remarkably stubborn in > technical matters even when outside his domain of expertise and > completely wrong. He is not a fun

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 10:40:35AM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: >Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 03:52:23+0300, Sergey B Kirpichev a écrit : >> > Please stop now. >> >> Or?... > >Actually we could ask you to be banned from Debian lists, but here I >assume it was merely a request. Nod, that's

Nuance Regarding RMS

2021-04-01 Thread Barak A. Pearlmutter
I can personally vouch for the fact that RMS can be very difficult. He takes social awkwardness to new heights. He’s remarkably stubborn in technical matters even when outside his domain of expertise and completely wrong. He is not a fun house guest. His manners as a dinner guest are atrocious. He

Re: Announcing new decision making procedures for Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Alastair McKinstry
Inspired! (by what :-) ?) Have a beautiful day, Enrico. On 31/03/2021 23:52, Enrico Zini wrote: Hello Debian Members, For some time, we have been having systemic issues that make GR discussions painful. GRs themselves shouldn't be painful, and don't need to be. Having a chilling effect to

Re: Announcing new decision making procedures for Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Daniel Reichelt
On 01.04.21 10:19, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Bonus points for writing the entire reply as an attached .doc, or even > better .ppt, file (MS Office 1997 version or earlier). Additional bonus points for using Comic Sans! Cheers Daniel signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: "rms-open-letter" GR choice 2: sign https://rms-support-letter.github.io/

2021-04-01 Thread Niels Thykier
Hi, > Hi, > > I hereby propose to have another option on the ballot: > > ---8<---8<---8<--- > The Debian Project co-signs the statement regarding Richard Stallman's > readmission to the FSF board seen at https://rms-support-letter.github.io/. > The text of this statement is given below. > >

Re: Announcing new decision making procedures for Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Timo Röhling
* Andrei POPESCU [2021-04-01 11:19]: Bonus points for writing the entire reply as an attached .doc, or even better .ppt, file (MS Office 1997 version or earlier). Kindly refer to the EBCDIC encoded WordStar document on my dial-in BBS for a thorough rebuttal. Cheers Timo signature.asc

Re: Announcing new decision making procedures for Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 10:28:16AM +0200, Christian Kastner wrote: > On 01.04.21 10:11, Santiago R.R. wrote: > > What happens if Kurt also wants to take part in the discussion? Should > > we decide on who will review the messages and announce the winner of > > that discussion? > > I was worried

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-04-01 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le mercredi 31 mars 2021 à 09:12:24+1100, Dmitry Smirnov a écrit : > On Wednesday, 24 March 2021 11:38:25 PM AEDT Steve McIntyre wrote: > > Freedom of speech does *not* mean freedom from consequences. > > Here is a good reply to this very statement: > > ~~~ > "Freedom of speech is supposed to

Re: Announcing new decision making procedures for Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 00:52:53+0200, Enrico Zini a écrit : > Hello Debian Members, > > For some time, we have been having systemic issues that make GR > discussions painful. GRs themselves shouldn't be painful, and don't need > to be. Having a chilling effect to using GRs hurts Debian, and as

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Sergey B Kirpichev
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 10:40:35AM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 03:52:23+0300, Sergey B Kirpichev a écrit : > > > Please stop now. > > > > Or?... > > Actually we could ask you to be banned from Debian lists I expected that. "Free" society as it is. Argements -

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 04:09:58+0300, Sergey B Kirpichev a écrit : > On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 06:24:52PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > I could be wrong, but it seems to me that you still are on a debian > > mailing list while you clearly stated you wanted to sever your ties with > >

Re: Announcing new decision making procedures for Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Christian Kastner
On 01.04.21 10:11, Santiago R.R. wrote: > What happens if Kurt also wants to take part in the discussion? Should > we decide on who will review the messages and announce the winner of > that discussion? I was worried about this, too. I'm not sure that deciding on another reviewer is feasible.

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le jeudi 01 avril 2021 à 03:52:23+0300, Sergey B Kirpichev a écrit : > > Please stop now. > > Or?... Actually we could ask you to be banned from Debian lists, but here I assume it was merely a request. -- Pierre-Elliott Bécue GPG: 9AE0 4D98 6400 E3B6 7528 F493 0D44 2664 1949 74E2 It's far

Re: Announcing new decision making procedures for Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Filippo Rusconi
Very well crafted april's fool :-) Cheers, Filippo On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 12:52:53AM +0200, Enrico Zini wrote: Hello Debian Members, For some time, we have been having systemic issues that make GR discussions painful. GRs themselves shouldn't be painful, and don't need to be. Having a

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Zlatan Todoric
On 4/1/21 03:09, Sergey B Kirpichev wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 06:24:52PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: I could be wrong, but it seems to me that you still are on a debian mailing list while you clearly stated you wanted to sever your ties with Debian. And what's wrong? Anyone can

Re: Announcing new decision making procedures for Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 01 apr 21, 00:12:56, Jessica Clarke wrote: > On 1 Apr 2021, at 00:06, Alejandro Nadal wrote: > > > (If this message breaks the mailing list protocol in any way, I am > > deeply sorry, I am new to these debian mailing lists) > > Top-posting is awful and should be an instant rejection of

Re: Announcing new decision making procedures for Debian

2021-04-01 Thread Santiago R.R.
El 31/03/21 a las 20:14, Tiago Bortoletto Vaz escribió: > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 19:53 Enrico Zini wrote: > > Hello Debian Members, > > > > For some time, we have been having systemic issues that make GR > > discussions painful. GRs themselves shouldn't be painful, and don't need > > to be.

Re: "rms-open-letter" GR choice 2: sign https://rms-support-letter.github.io/

2021-04-01 Thread Erik Schanze
On Friday, 26 March 2021 7:12:09 PM AEDT Timo Weingärtner wrote: > Hi, > > I hereby propose to have another option on the ballot: > > ---8<---8<---8<--- > The Debian Project co-signs the statement regarding Richard Stallman's > readmission to the FSF board seen at >

Re: "rms-open-letter" GR choice 2: sign https://rms-support-letter.github.io/

2021-04-01 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
On Friday, 26 March 2021 7:12:09 PM AEDT Timo Weingärtner wrote: > Hi, > > I hereby propose to have another option on the ballot: > > ---8<---8<---8<--- > The Debian Project co-signs the statement regarding Richard Stallman's > readmission to the FSF board seen at