Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009: Final call for nominations.

2009-03-09 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Sun Mar 08 23:40, MJ Ray wrote: How about Shepherds Bush (Central line)? How about accepting that he is the gender-neutral pronoun in English? -- Matthew Johnson signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009: Final call for nominations.

2009-03-09 Thread Ben Finney
Matthew Johnson mj...@debian.org writes: How about accepting that he is the gender-neutral pronoun in English? Because that's not true; “he” is a male-gender pronoun. The pronoun “he” is sometimes awkwardly and explicitly defined for gender-neutral use in specific cases, but it's never the

Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009: Final call for nominations.

2009-03-09 Thread Lars Wirzenius
ma, 2009-03-09 kello 19:37 +1100, Ben Finney kirjoitti: Matthew Johnson mj...@debian.org writes: How about accepting that he is the gender-neutral pronoun in English? Because that's not true; “he” is a male-gender pronoun. While I agree with Ben, perhaps we could retire this, the

Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009: Final call for nominations.

2009-03-09 Thread Marco d'Itri
l...@liw.fi wrote: While I agree with Ben, perhaps we could retire this, the 12765th iteration of this discussion, in favor of having a discussion about platforms and some QA with the candidates? Maybe this is a good time to ask the candidates what is their position wrt this PC bullshit. So

Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009: Final call for nominations.

2009-03-09 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 02:39:46PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: Maybe this is a good time to ask the candidates what is their position wrt this PC bullshit. So candidates, what do you think about this? [ Just assuming this was a serious question, otherwise shame on me for keeping this thread

Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009: Final call for nominations.

2009-03-09 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 02:39:46PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: l...@liw.fi wrote: While I agree with Ben, perhaps we could retire this, the 12765th iteration of this discussion, in favor of having a discussion about platforms and some QA with the candidates? Maybe this is a good time to ask the

Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009: Final call for nominations.

2009-03-09 Thread Brian May
MJ Ray wrote: That treads on the singular they landmine. Also, it sounds like it's the Debian Developer's validity in question. How about Debian Developers may nominate themselves by sending a signed email to debian-vote@lists.debian.org? How about: To be valid, a Debian Developer can

Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009: Final call for nominations.

2009-03-08 Thread MJ Ray
Carsten Hey c@web.de wrote: On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 10:53:17AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 02:18:03PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: To be valid, a Debian Developers can send a signed email in which they nominate themselves, to the debian-vote@lists.debian.org

Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009: Final call for nominations.

2009-03-07 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 12:53:10AM +, Per Andersson wrote: On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Debian Project Secretary secret...@debian.org wrote: To be valid, a Debian Developer needs to send a signed email in which he nominates himself to the debian-vote@lists.debian.org list. Can't

Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009: Final call for nominations.

2009-03-07 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 12:11:16PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 12:53:10AM +, Per Andersson wrote: On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Debian Project Secretary secret...@debian.org wrote: To be valid, a Debian Developer needs to send a signed email in which he

Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009: Final call for nominations.

2009-03-07 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 06:46:31PM +0100, Debian Project Secretary wrote: Hi, The nomination period for the DPL election is almost over. If you want to nominate yourself as canidate you need to send a signed mail to the debian-vote@lists.debian.org list. I hereby nominate myself as a candidate

Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009: Final call for nominations.

2009-03-07 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 02:18:03PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 12:11:16PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 12:53:10AM +, Per Andersson wrote: On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Debian Project Secretary secret...@debian.org wrote: To be

Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009: Final call for nominations.

2009-03-07 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 01:36:04PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 06:46:31PM +0100, Debian Project Secretary wrote: Hi, The nomination period for the DPL election is almost over. If you want to nominate yourself as canidate you need to send a signed mail to the

Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009: Final call for nominations.

2009-03-07 Thread Per Andersson
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Kurt Roeckx k...@roeckx.be wrote: On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 02:18:03PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 12:11:16PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 12:53:10AM +, Per Andersson wrote: On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:46 PM,

Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009: Final call for nominations.

2009-03-07 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 02:18:03PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: You mean I can nominate someone else? ;-P (suggested phrasing: To be valid, a Debian Developers can send a signed email in which they nominate themselves, to the debian-vote@lists.debian.org lists this nicely avoids gender

Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009: Final call for nominations.

2009-03-07 Thread Luca Filipozzi
On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 10:53:17AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 02:18:03PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: To be valid, a Debian Developers can send a signed email in which they nominate themselves, to the debian-vote@lists.debian.org lists this nicely avoids gender

Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009: Final call for nominations.

2009-03-06 Thread Per Andersson
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Debian Project Secretary secret...@debian.org wrote: To be valid, a Debian Developer needs to send a signed email in which he nominates himself to the debian-vote@lists.debian.org list. Can't women nominate themselves? Best regards, Per -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009: Final call for nominations.

2009-03-06 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 12:53:10AM +, Per Andersson wrote: On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Debian Project Secretary secret...@debian.org wrote: To be valid, a Debian Developer needs to send a signed email in which he nominates himself to the debian-vote@lists.debian.org list. Can't