Re: Devotee Improvements (Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009 Results)

2009-04-14 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:29:22PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: I was thinking of setting up a FAQ. .oO( Why not a Debian package?, then you would gain BTS support, and maybe people can help with software maintenance more easily ... ) Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \

Re: Devotee Improvements (Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009 Results)

2009-04-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 14/04/09 at 10:48 +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:29:22PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: I was thinking of setting up a FAQ. .oO( Why not a Debian package?, then you would gain BTS support, and maybe people can help with software maintenance more easily ... )

Re: Devotee Improvements (Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009 Results)

2009-04-14 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 02:35:51PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: Also, something on my wishlist (and the wishlist of others) for years, has been a poll system, which could be used during heated discussions to get an idea of what the silent majority thinks. Unfortunately, apparently the

Re: Devotee Improvements (Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009 Results)

2009-04-14 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, The current devotee package is far too wedded to the Debian way of doing things to be useful as a package. It is far too inglexible, and things have ben h a r d c o d e d. I have a devotee-ng in a rewrite now, that is far more modular, and, critically, composable -- so

Re: Devotee Improvements (Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009 Results)

2009-04-14 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:48:12AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:29:22PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: I was thinking of setting up a FAQ. .oO( Why not a Debian package?, then you would gain BTS support, and maybe people can help with software maintenance more

Devotee Improvements (Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009 Results)

2009-04-13 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Would it be possible to add a pointer to the frequently encountered problems to the devotee error reply? This would most likely reduce the burden on the secretary during the voting period and allow people to solve the problems at their end faster. -- * Sufficiently advanced magic is

Re: Devotee Improvements (Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009 Results)

2009-04-13 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 01:23:56PM +0300, Kalle Kivimaa wrote: Would it be possible to add a pointer to the frequently encountered problems to the devotee error reply? This would most likely reduce the burden on the secretary during the voting period and allow people to solve the problems at