Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Kurt Roeckx dijo [Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 08:38:24PM +0200]: > The option has been committed to the website, it should appear soon. Thanks, Kurt. The vote is now in progress, and it does include this option. I just felt needed to state that I didn't include it in my call for vote because, early

Re: New option for the RMS/FSF GR: reaffirm the values of the majority

2021-04-03 Thread Matthias Klumpp
Am So., 4. Apr. 2021 um 00:51 Uhr schrieb Simon McVittie : > > On Sat, 03 Apr 2021 at 21:46:08 +0200, someone claiming to be Enrico Zini > wrote: > > We explicitly refuse to acknowledge irrelevant political issues > > I was surprised to read this apparently coming from Enrico, particularly >

Re: New option for the RMS/FSF GR: reaffirm the values of the majority

2021-04-03 Thread Holger Levsen
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 11:51:29PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > It seems highly likely that the message to which I'm replying was not > sent or authorized by Enrico, and that its sender is trying to mislead > Debian members by impersonating a prominent and respected developer. IRC revealed that

Debian Project Leader election 2021: First call for votes

2021-04-03 Thread Debian Project Secretary - Kurt Roeckx
Hi, This is the first call for votes on the DPL election of 2021. Voting period starts 2021-04-04 00:00:00 UTC Votes must be received by 2021-04-17 23:59:59 UTC This vote is being conducted as required by the Debian Constitution. You may see the constitution at

General Resolution: Statement regarding Richard Stallman's readmission to the FSF board: First call for votes

2021-04-03 Thread Debian Project Secretary - Kurt Roeckx
Hi, This is the first call for votes on the General Resolution about a statement regarding Richard Stallman's readmission to the FSF board. Voting period starts 2021-04-04 00:00:00 UTC Votes must be received by 2021-04-17 23:59:59 UTC The following ballot is for voting on a

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sun, Apr 04, 2021 at 09:14:31AM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 05:43:38PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > Move choice 7 to 8 and put it seven. > > > > [ ] Choice 7: Rejecting and denouncing a witch-hunt against RMS. > > > > (maybe Craig has a better idea) > >

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 05:43:38PM +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > Move choice 7 to 8 and put it seven. > > [ ] Choice 7: Rejecting and denouncing a witch-hunt against RMS. > > (maybe Craig has a better idea) Thanks, looks goodexcept for two problems: 1. you've used the wrong article

Re: New option for the RMS/FSF GR: reaffirm the values of the majority

2021-04-03 Thread Simon McVittie
On Sat, 03 Apr 2021 at 21:46:08 +0200, someone claiming to be Enrico Zini wrote: > We explicitly refuse to acknowledge irrelevant political issues I was surprised to read this apparently coming from Enrico, particularly since it doesn't seem consistent with what Enrico has said in other threads

Re: New option for the RMS/FSF GR: reaffirm the values of the majority

2021-04-03 Thread gregor herrmann
On Sat, 03 Apr 2021 21:46:08 +0200, Enrico Zini wrote: > Hello, Hm? | -- | GPG key: 4096R/634F4BD1E7AD5568 2009-05-08 Enrico Zini | | [-- End of signed data --] | | [-- PGP output follows (current time: Sun Apr 4 00:09:30 2021) --] | gpg: Signature made Sat Apr 3 21:46:04 2021 CEST | gpg:

Draft ballot statement regarding Richard Stallman's readmission to the FSF board

2021-04-03 Thread Kurt Roeckx
Here is the draft ballot: Voting period starts 2021-04-04 00:00:00 UTC Votes must be received by 2021-04-17 23:59:59 UTC The following ballot is for voting on a regarding Richard Stallman's readmission to the FSF board This vote is being conducted as required by the Debian

Re: New option for the RMS/FSF GR: reaffirm the values of the majority

2021-04-03 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi, Thank you to Enrico Zini for another unifying proposal. > Title: Reaffirm the values of the majority > > == CHOICE TEXT BELOW == > Debian commits to give priority, resources, and energy, to those who > actually get the work done in the distribution. > > We explicitly

Draft ballot DPL election

2021-04-03 Thread Kurt Roeckx
Here is a draft ballot for the DPL election: Voting period starts 2021-04-04 00:00:00 UTC Votes must be received by 2021-04-17 23:59:59 UTC This vote is being conducted as required by the Debian Constitution. You may see the constitution at

New option for the RMS/FSF GR: reaffirm the values of the majority

2021-04-03 Thread Enrico Zini
Hello, I think the ballot is missing an option to capture the energy that I've perceived on -vote in the last few days. Title: Reaffirm the values of the majority == CHOICE TEXT BELOW == Debian commits to give priority, resources, and energy, to those who actually get

Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 03.04.21 um 20:16 schrieb Kurt Roeckx: On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 08:12:50PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:56:45AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: Short and simple: TEXT OF OPTION 5 Debian refuses to participate in and denounces the witch-hunt against

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Kurt Roeckx
The option has been committed to the website, it should appear soon.

Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 08:12:50PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:56:45AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > Short and simple: > > > > TEXT OF OPTION 5 > > > > > > Debian refuses to participate in and denounces the witch-hunt against > Richard > > Stallman,

Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Michael Biebl
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:56:45AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > 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

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 07:15:22PM +0200, Micha Lenk wrote: > My previous attempt yielded an invalid signature for me, so, trying again with > a different mailer... This one worked. Kurt

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 07:07:54PM +0200, Micha Lenk wrote: > Am 03.04.21 um 01:56 schrieb 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

RESEND of "Neutral option"

2021-04-03 Thread Felix Lechner
HI, PLEASE IGNORE MY PREVIOUS MESSAGE Sorry, I think I copied and pasted the wrong text. This is the option I would like to propose. It should follow Holger's suggestion: > Debian refuses to participate in the discussion of Richard Stallman, > the Free Software Foundation, and the members of

Neutral option

2021-04-03 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi, With people from a wide spectrum in Debian seemingly supporting what is known as the "neutral option", I would like to propose it is well: > TEXT OF "NEUTRAL" OPTION > > Debian refuses to participate in and denounces the witch-hunt against Richard > Stallman, the Free

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Roger Shimizu
On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 6:15 PM Holger Levsen wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:56:45AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > TEXT OF OPTION 5 > > > > Debian refuses to participate in and denounces the witch-hunt against > > Richard > > Stallman, the Free Software Foundation, and

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Adam Borowski (2021-04-03 18:21:54) > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:56:45AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > TEXT OF OPTION 5 > > > > > > Debian refuses to participate in and denounces the witch-hunt against > > Richard > > Stallman, the Free Software Foundation, and the

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Micha Lenk
My previous attempt yielded an invalid signature for me, so, trying again with a different mailer... Am 03.04.21 um 01:56 schrieb Craig Sanders: > Short and simple: > > TEXT OF OPTION 5 > > > Debian refuses to participate in and denounces the witch-hunt > against Richard

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Micha Lenk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Am 03.04.21 um 01:56 schrieb 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

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 06:21:54PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:56:45AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > TEXT OF OPTION 5 > > > > > > Debian refuses to participate in and denounces the witch-hunt against > > Richard > > Stallman, the Free Software

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:56:45AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > 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: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le samedi 03 avril 2021 à 17:38:17+0200, Kurt Roeckx a écrit : > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:56:45AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > Short and simple: > > > > TEXT OF OPTION 5 > > > > > > Debian refuses to participate in and denounces the witch-hunt against > > Richard > >

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:56:45AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > 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

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-04-03 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le samedi 03 avril 2021 à 15:41:43+0200, Milan Zamazal a écrit : > > "SM" == Steve McIntyre writes: > > SM> On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 12:26:56PM +1100, Dmitry Smirnov wrote: > >> On Friday, 2 April 2021 11:09:42 PM AEDT Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > >>> Thanks for arguing for my

Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 03:53:58PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 06:20:47PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > > > TEXT OF OPTION 5 > > > > > > Debian refuses to participate in and denounces the witch-hunt against > > Richard > > Stallman, the Free Software

Re: Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Barak A. Pearlmutter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:56:45AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > Short and simple: > > TEXT OF OPTION 5 > > > Debian refuses to participate in and denounces the witch-hunt against Richard > Stallman, the Free Software Foundation,

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu)
Quoting Craig Sanders (2021-04-03 01:56:45) >> 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

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Craig Sanders (2021-04-03 01:56:45) > 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: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Norbert Preining
> 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. seconded Best Norbert signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Adrian Bunk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:56:45AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > Short and simple: > > TEXT OF OPTION 5 > > > Debian refuses to participate in and denounces the witch-hunt against Richard > Stallman, the Free Software Foundation,

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 05:48:47AM -0700, Felix Lechner wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 12:34 AM Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > > The discussion period is over, no new options will be added. > > That does not seem right. The submission arrived during the discussion > period and was only

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-04-03 Thread Milan Zamazal
> "SM" == Steve McIntyre writes: SM> On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 12:26:56PM +1100, Dmitry Smirnov wrote: >> On Friday, 2 April 2021 11:09:42 PM AEDT Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: >>> Thanks for arguing for my point: Communism was a beautiful >>> theoretical >>> idea which was

Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 06:20:47PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > 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: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi, On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 12:34 AM Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > The discussion period is over, no new options will be added. That does not seem right. The submission arrived during the discussion period and was only formally deficient, yes? Since the discussion period was already shortened and we

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 11:21:52PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 02:12:25PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > This has been discussed before. It did not reset the minimum discussion > > time. > > oh wow, a discussion. and a discussion has the power to change debian's >

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi Adam, Am 03.04.21 um 14:31 schrieb Adam Borowski: On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 02:12:25PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:59:53PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: The last amendment (before mine) was accepted on March 30th, which means the earliest a vote can be called with a

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi Craig, Am 03.04.21 um 14:21 schrieb Craig Sanders: This has been discussed before. It did not reset the minimum discussion time. oh wow, a discussion. and a discussion has the power to change debian's constitution? Debian's constitution wasn't changed. Please calm down and read up in the

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 02:12:25PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:59:53PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > The last amendment (before mine) was accepted on March 30th, which means the > > earliest a vote can be called with a shortened 1 week discussion period is > > April

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 02:12:25PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > This has been discussed before. It did not reset the minimum discussion > time. oh wow, a discussion. and a discussion has the power to change debian's constitution? in any case: it will be wonderful to see Debian commit Libel

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 01:56:32PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:38:23PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 09:33:48AM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:56:45AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > > > Short and simple: > > > > > >

Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 12:32:41PM +1100, Dmitry Smirnov wrote: >On Saturday, 3 April 2021 11:19:38 AM AEDT Craig Sanders wrote: >> The witch hunt is not within debian, debian's just being dragged into the >> angry mob. > >Yes to everything you've said, Craig. And the attack on Debian has been

Re: What does FD Mean

2021-04-03 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Timo" == Timo Röhling writes: Timo> * Mathias Behrle [2021-04-03 10:22]: >> [ ] Further discussion [ ] Do nothing, leave the question >> unresolved [ ] None of the above Timo> The way I see it, all these have the same consequence for a Timo> vote (that is, none of

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:59:53PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 01:56:32PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > A vote has been called. > > Nope, can't have been. > > The last amendment (before mine) was accepted on March 30th, which means the > earliest a vote can be called

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 01:08:50PM +0200, Micha Lenk wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > Am 03.04.21 um 10:25 schrieb Adrian Bunk: > > Craig, if you make this a new separate GR I will be glad to sponsor it. > > Do you (or anybody actually) have a idea how to deal best with the old RMS > GR if this one is

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-04-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 12:26:56PM +1100, Dmitry Smirnov wrote: >On Friday, 2 April 2021 11:09:42 PM AEDT Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: >> Thanks for arguing for my point: Communism was a beautiful theoretical >> idea which was implemented by humans and therefore was a miserable >> fuckup in the

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 01:56:32PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > A vote has been called. Nope, can't have been. The last amendment (before mine) was accepted on March 30th, which means the earliest a vote can be called with a shortened 1 week discussion period is April 7th. Any CFV before then is

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:38:23PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 09:33:48AM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:56:45AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > > Short and simple: > > > > > > TEXT OF OPTION 5 > > > > > > > > > Debian refuses to

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 09:14:53AM +, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:56:45AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > TEXT OF OPTION 5 > > > > Debian refuses to participate in and denounces the witch-hunt against > > Richard > > Stallman, the Free Software

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 11:25:13AM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > Craig, if you make this a new separate GR I will be glad to sponsor it. why not do that yourself? craig

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 09:33:48AM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:56:45AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > Short and simple: > > > > TEXT OF OPTION 5 > > > > > > Debian refuses to participate in and denounces the witch-hunt against > > Richard > > Stallman,

Re: What does FD Mean

2021-04-03 Thread Timo Röhling
* Mathias Behrle [2021-04-03 10:22]: [ ] Further discussion [ ] Do nothing, leave the question unresolved [ ] None of the above The way I see it, all these have the same consequence for a vote (that is, none of the other options is acceptable). The Constitution will always permit another vote

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Micha Lenk (2021-04-03 13:08:50) > Am 03.04.21 um 10:25 schrieb Adrian Bunk: > > Craig, if you make this a new separate GR I will be glad to sponsor > > it. > > Do you (or anybody actually) have a idea how to deal best with the old > RMS GR if this one is formally accepted? If this one

Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi Craig, hi Zlatan, Am 03.04.21 um 10:18 schrieb Zlatan Todoric: On 4/3/21 01:52, Craig Sanders wrote: On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 09:07:15PM +0200, Zlatan Todoric wrote: Yes, lets use that I am not native English speaker and drown the conversation with some pointless pedantic approaches now

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi Adrian, Am 03.04.21 um 10:25 schrieb Adrian Bunk: Craig, if you make this a new separate GR I will be glad to sponsor it. Do you (or anybody actually) have a idea how to deal best with the old RMS GR if this one is formally accepted? Regards, Micha

Re: What does FD Mean

2021-04-03 Thread Philip Hands
Mathias Behrle writes: > * Sam Hartman: " Re: What does FD Mean" (Fri, 02 Apr 2021 20:53:05 -0400): > >> > "Mathias" == Mathias Behrle writes: >> >> >> But for a two option situation, option A do the thing and option >> >> B FD, FD probably does map to no fairly well. >> >>

Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Milan Zamazal
> "DS" == Dmitry Smirnov writes: DS> So many man-hours were lost on this GR already in the midst of DS> the pre-release freeze, just to name one problem... DS> We are on a slippery slope of turning Debian into political DS> project. One good thing about this GR is that it

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Holger Levsen (2021-04-03 11:14:53) > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:56:45AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > TEXT OF OPTION 5 > > > > Debian refuses to participate in and denounces the witch-hunt against > > Richard > > Stallman, the Free Software Foundation, and the members

Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Holger Levsen
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 12:44:02AM +0200, Salvo Tomaselli wrote: > There are non-DD people who maintain more packages and with higher total > popcon than DDs, but aren't DD because didn't bother to jump through all the > several hoops to become a DD. > > If you do not want DMs, make a proposal

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Holger Levsen
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:56:45AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > 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: What does FD Mean

2021-04-03 Thread Judit Foglszinger
> With the use cases of GRs coming to my mind (I certainly forgot some) I would > consider as useful to have the following standard options on each ballot: > > [... other options ... ] > > [ ] Further discussion > [ ] Do nothing, leave the question unresolved > [ ] None of the above > > >

What does FD Mean (was: Re: Call for votes on «Statement regarding Richard Stallman's readmission to the FSF board»)

2021-04-03 Thread Mathias Behrle
* Russ Allbery: " Re: Call for votes on «Statement regarding Richard Stallman's readmission to the FSF board»" (Fri, 02 Apr 2021 16:49:21 -0700): > Mathias Behrle writes: > > > I consider the really great value of current option E that I can indeed > > vote explicitely that nothing should be

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 09:33:48AM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:56:45AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > Short and simple: > > > > TEXT OF OPTION 5 > > > > > > Debian refuses to participate in and denounces the witch-hunt against > > Richard > >

Re: What does FD Mean

2021-04-03 Thread Mathias Behrle
* Sam Hartman: " Re: What does FD Mean" (Fri, 02 Apr 2021 20:53:05 -0400): > > "Mathias" == Mathias Behrle writes: > > >> But for a two option situation, option A do the thing and option > >> B FD, FD probably does map to no fairly well. > > Mathias> I would really like to

Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

2021-04-03 Thread Zlatan Todoric
On 4/3/21 03:26, Dmitry Smirnov wrote: On Friday, 2 April 2021 11:09:42 PM AEDT Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: Thanks for arguing for my point: Communism was a beautiful theoretical idea which was implemented by humans and therefore was a miserable fuckup in the end. I still think the concept is

Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Zlatan Todoric
On 4/3/21 00:44, Salvo Tomaselli wrote: > I sincerely think debian-vote should be read-only for non-DDs because this person is not a DD (afaict) and is just polluting our list with such non-sense. There are non-DD people who maintain more packages and with higher total popcon than DDs, but

Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Zlatan Todoric
On 4/3/21 01:52, Craig Sanders wrote: On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 09:07:15PM +0200, Zlatan Todoric wrote: Yes, lets use that I am not native English speaker and drown the conversation with some pointless pedantic approaches now and bunch of words. Oh, FFS! I was giving you a face-saving excuse

Re: REPOST, SIGNED: Re: Amendment to RMS/FSF GR: Option 5

2021-04-03 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 10:56:45AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > 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