Re: Results of the Lenny release GR

2009-01-11 Thread Mike Bird
insults and personal attacks which would cause anyone but a member of the non-existent cabal to be banned. --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: First call for votes for the Lenny release GR

2009-01-01 Thread Mike Bird
has so consistently done. Manoj's secretarial shoes will not be easy to fill. I am a Debian user and advocate but not a DD. Were I a DD I would urge the DPL to re-appoint Manoj as the best possible way to undo the harm done. --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ

Re: First call for votes for the Lenny release GR

2008-12-17 Thread Mike Bird
amendments were withdrawn at this late stage? In case (b) the withdrawals could optionally be conditioned on other elements of the vote being withdrawn. --Mike Bird, non DD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: Technical committee resolution

2008-03-14 Thread Mike Bird
to resign. This is, fundamentally, what distinguishes a democracy from an autocracy. Why not have DDs elect tech committee members? One possibility would be staggered three year terms with two members elected each year. --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Raphael Hertzog: When to commit into repositories of teams?

2008-03-10 Thread Mike Bird
recommendations for the developer (Ian), not mandates, and clearly shows that the developer chooses how many times to rebase - whether that be zero, one, or more times. Is is not the case that you and Guillem have violated your own team policy for roughly six months by blocking Ian's changes? --Mike Bird

Re: Constitutional amendment: reduce the length of DPL election process

2007-08-01 Thread Mike Bird
as DPL. --Mike Bird, non-DD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Proposal: Recall the Project Leader

2006-09-23 Thread Mike Bird
to something like the US Congress. Non-honest people will take roles that they would not otherwise. And if you doubt the existence of black hat programmers, take a look at my spam folder some day. --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: Amendment to GR on GFDL, and the changes to the Social Contract

2006-02-11 Thread Mike Bird
and the supreme court and the military. A hypothetical future bad secretary could probably be removed by pressure of public opinion without having to resort to legal action or warfare. Thank you for all that you do Manoj Srivastava. --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Anton's amendment

2006-02-07 Thread Mike Bird
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Re: Anton's amendment

2006-02-07 Thread Mike Bird
On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 09:42, Anton Zinoviev wrote: On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 09:21:58AM -0800, Mike Bird wrote: It seems to me that there an awful lot of potential *practical* problems with invariant sections in documents. They may contain outdated, narrow, or even dangerous advice