Re: Amendment: Enhance requirements for General resolutions

2009-03-26 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Sat, 21 Mar 2009, Joerg Jaspert wrote: PROPOSAL START General Resolutions are an important framework within the Debian Project. Yet, in a project the size of Debian, the current requirements to initiate one are too

Re: Amendment: Enhance requirements for General resolutions

2009-03-26 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Sun, 22 Mar 2009, Neil McGovern wrote: Thanks for bringing this GR. I'd like to propose an amendment: AMENDMENT START General Resolutions are an important framework within the Debian Project. Yet, in a project the

Re: GR proposal: Do not require listing of copyright holders

2009-03-22 Thread Peter Palfrader
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Re: First call for votes for the Lenny release GR

2008-12-14 Thread Peter Palfrader
supermajority to those that do. Or at least make it more likely that they will win. This ballot sucks. -- | .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** Peter Palfrader | : :' : The universal http://www.palfrader.org/ | `. `' Operating System

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-12-02 Thread Peter Palfrader
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Re: Proposed wording for the SC modification

2008-11-17 Thread Peter Palfrader
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Re: on firmware (possible proposal)

2008-11-14 Thread Peter Palfrader
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call for seconds: on firmware (was: on firmware (possible proposal))

2008-11-14 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Peter Palfrader wrote: I so didn't want to get into this discussion, but here goes anyway. I'm considering formally proposing this GR (option): I'm hereby proposing the following general resolution: | Firmware is data such as microcode or lookup tables that is loaded

Re: on firmware (possible proposal)

2008-11-12 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Peter Palfrader wrote: | Firmware is data that is uploaded to hardware components, not designed to be | run on the host CPU. A postscript file isn't firmware simply because you can upload it to a printer. So, maybe slightly better: | Firmware is data that is loaded

on firmware (possible proposal)

2008-11-12 Thread Peter Palfrader
look into creating a new, seperate section for firmware that does not come with source. But that's an implementation detail that need not be part of the GR. Comments? -- | .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** Peter Palfrader | : :' : The universal http

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-11-01 Thread Peter Palfrader
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Another one?

2008-10-31 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Wed, 29 Oct 2008, Peter Palfrader wrote: I hereby propose this alternate option/amendment and am asking for seconds. | The Debian Project recognizes that many contributors to the project are not | working withing established frameworks of Debian and thus are not provided

Re: Another one?

2008-10-31 Thread Peter Palfrader
the DM setup in to it? I think that this is orthogonal, and should be a seperate resolution, not an option in this resolution. So you would prefer having Further Discussion be the de-facto go-ahead option? -- | .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** Peter Palfrader

Call for seconds - DC concept (was: Possible amendment for Debian Contributors concept)

2008-10-29 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Tue, 28 Oct 2008, Peter Palfrader wrote: I really dislike the negative tone of the original proposed resolution, so I am thinking of proposing this as an alternative option. I hereby propose this alternate option/amendment and am asking for seconds. | The Debian Project recognizes

Possible amendment for Debian Contributors concept (was: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.)

2008-10-28 Thread Peter Palfrader
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Re: Possible amendment for Debian Contributors concept

2008-10-28 Thread Peter Palfrader
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Re: Call for seconds: DFSG violations in Lenny

2008-10-27 Thread Peter Palfrader
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Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Peter Palfrader
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Re: Q: All: Account creation latency

2008-03-19 Thread Peter Palfrader
is - at least partially - to blame for the situation himself. Peter -- | .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** Peter Palfrader | : :' : The universal http://www.palfrader.org/ | `. `' Operating System | `-http

Re: Final call for votes for future handling of the non free section GR

2004-03-21 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Manoj Srivastava wrote: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =2DBEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - - -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =3D-=

Re: Final call for votes for future handling of the non free section GR

2004-03-21 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Manoj Srivastava wrote: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =2DBEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - - -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =3D-=

Re: Acknowledgement for your vote

2004-03-07 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Mon, 08 Mar 2004, Anand Kumria wrote: Fantastic, so we know Christian has voted. But aren't ELG-E keys supposed to be de-activated by now and replaced? no. ElGamal signing != ElGamal encryption. (20 vs 17) Peter -- PGP signed and encrypted | .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux **

Re: Acknowledgement for your vote

2004-03-07 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Mon, 08 Mar 2004, Anand Kumria wrote: Fantastic, so we know Christian has voted. But aren't ELG-E keys supposed to be de-activated by now and replaced? no. ElGamal signing != ElGamal encryption. (20 vs 17) Peter -- PGP signed and encrypted | .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux **

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-10-30 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Richard Braakman wrote: On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 06:51:55AM +0100, Peter Palfrader wrote: Thanks, that makes it really easier to read. One problem does exist tho: Your version still has a section 5, which is not in Branden's proposed new social contract. Hmm

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-10-30 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Richard Braakman wrote: I've created an HTML version of the amendment that I find easier to read and understand than the wdiff output. It's available at http://www.xs4all.nl/~dark/draft-sc-amendment-20031030.html I've used ins and del tags to mark insertions and

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-10-30 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Richard Braakman wrote: On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 06:51:55AM +0100, Peter Palfrader wrote: Thanks, that makes it really easier to read. One problem does exist tho: Your version still has a section 5, which is not in Branden's proposed new social contract. Hmm

Re: RAMSTINN

2003-01-29 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI -THIS RANCES -YES I WELL VOTE Please sign your nomination to run for DPL. yours, peter -- PGP signed and encrypted | .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** messages

Re: RAMSTINN

2003-01-29 Thread Peter Palfrader
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Re: Proposal - non-free software removal

2002-11-10 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002, John Goerzen wrote: F. That a new version of the Debian Social Contract with the Free Software Community be released, with the same content as the existing version, save for the following amendments: I wonder what kind of majority is required to modify the Social Contract

Re: Proposal - non-free software removal

2002-11-10 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002, John Goerzen wrote: F. That a new version of the Debian Social Contract with the Free Software Community be released, with the same content as the existing version, save for the following amendments: I wonder what kind of majority is required to modify the Social Contract

Re: General Resolution draft against spam.

2002-10-16 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Santiago Vila wrote: [subscribers automatically whitelisted] No other mail will reach the lists until it's approved by a moderator If a poster was approved once, they get added to the white list too. Auto Approval of mails with valid References/In-Reply-To could also

Re: General Resolution draft against spam.

2002-10-16 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Branden Robinson wrote: On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 06:59:26PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: Draft. Comments welcome. Please Cc the list, not me. I object to this proposal in its entirety. AOLme too/AOL yours,

Re: General Resolution draft against spam.

2002-10-16 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Santiago Vila wrote: [subscribers automatically whitelisted] No other mail will reach the lists until it's approved by a moderator If a poster was approved once, they get added to the white list too. Auto Approval of mails with valid References/In-Reply-To could also work.

Re: Election status

2002-04-04 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Thu, 04 Apr 2002, Siward de Groot wrote: P.S. Manoj never let out that Asterix voted for Raphael ! While we're at it, it would be pretty cool to have a voting protocol where no one, not even the secretary, can find out other peoples' votes. Is such a thing possible?

Re: Election status

2002-04-04 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Thu, 04 Apr 2002, Siward de Groot wrote: P.S. Manoj never let out that Asterix voted for Raphael ! While we're at it, it would be pretty cool to have a voting protocol where no one, not even the secretary, can find out other peoples' votes. Is such a thing possible?