Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-03 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 1:41 AM, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 10:50:30PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: Disbanding the TC would likely do more harm than good. There would be no way to conclude a disagreement. I suggested this before: TC actions should be limited

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-03 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Sam Hartman wrote: Russ == Russ Allbery writes: Russ There's another alternative to using the CTTE, and my Russ understanding is that this was generally the method used prior Russ to the existence of the CTTE, but I'm not sure it's really any

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-02 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: On 12/02/2014 06:13 PM, Jakub Wilk wrote: This is an interesting proposal. But it's a big change, so I think it should be thoroughly discussed before I could second it. I agree some discussion would be useful, but seems like it's a

Re: [all candidates] Return to the desert island (cont.)

2013-03-20 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Russ Allbery r...@debian.org wrote: Bart Martens ba...@debian.org writes: On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 05:09:00PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: note that free software interfaces to proprietary cloud platforms are frequently used to manipulate the data in those

Re: All candidates: Development and technical issues and challenges

2013-03-19 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 3:14 AM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: Maybe we could discriminate on the package's priorities. For example, about a third of the 49 packages *really* blocking the release (not waiting for a transition) are from extra[2]. Only 5 bugs affect required, important or standard

Re: [all candidates] Debian as an FSF Free Software Distribution

2013-03-14 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: What work will you be doing to continue Zach's efforts to negotiate with the FSF over Debian's status as a Free Software Distribution? Will you treat this issue as a priority? Can we expect continued open dialogue with the FSF on this

Re: General Resolution: Diversity statement

2012-05-08 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Debian Project Secretary - Kurt Roeckx wrote: Hi, A new General Resolution has been started about a diversity statement. More details are at: http://www.debian.org/vote/2012/vote_002 Question on procedure: The initiating GR mail included the following