Hi Lucas
On 2019/03/20 11:29, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> All platforms somehow mention this motto:
>
> Jonathan Carter:
>> I like the concept of the "Universal Operating System". To me it means
>> that Debian is adaptable to different technologies, situations and use
>> cases.
I was considering
Hi Ian
On 2019/03/20 15:35, Ian Jackson wrote:
> I would like to reframe this question:
>
> When should we expect a Debian maintainer to put in effort for use
> cases, software designs, hardware platforms, etc., that they don't
> personally care about ? I have an answer to this:
>
> So long as
I'm finding it really hard to frame answers usefully in terms of the
questions you ask (and even more difficult with the alternative
reframings proposed)
So I'll talk for a bit about universal, and I'm sorry, but that's what
you'll get at least until you ask for clarification.
I think I'm more
On 15347 March 1977, Ian Jackson wrote:
I would like to reframe this question:
When should we expect a Debian maintainer to put in effort for use
cases, software designs, hardware platforms, etc., that they don't
personally care about ? I have an answer to this:
So long as most of the work is
On 15347 March 1977, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
1) So, if you were asked to write a Social Contract paragraph about our
universality, defining/outlining both what we aim for, and also maybe
some limits to that quest for universality, what would it be?
I wouldn't be the one to write such a
On 15347 March 1977, Jose Miguel Parrella wrote:
To add to this question:
Do candidates think Debian "competes" for "share"/"mindshare" of users
and contributors in the "Linux distro" category?
Whenever I get asked (especially at events) "I'm a new linux user, do
you recommend Debian" or
* Jose Miguel Parrella [2019-03-20 07:48]:
> Do candidates think Debian "competes" for "share"/"mindshare" of users
> and contributors in the "Linux distro" category?
Yes, absolutely.
I don't want to bring a Brexit analogy, but everything is connected.
A happy Debian user will recommend Debian
* Ian Jackson [2019-03-20 13:35]:
> So long as most of the work is being done by those who are interested
> in the use case, maintainers (and anyone else with a gatekeeper role)
> should do their bit (by carrying patches, mentioning alternative
> dependencies, advising about debugging, or
* Lucas Nussbaum [2019-03-20 10:29]:
> 1) So, if you were asked to write a Social Contract paragraph about our
> universality, defining/outlining both what we aim for, and also maybe
> some limits to that quest for universality, what would it be?
I don't have a paragraph.
But I think it's
On 3/20/19 2:29 AM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> 2) More specifically, if you believe that we should not aim for being
> fully universal, *how* (in terms of decision-making processes) do you
> think that we should draw a line about what's acceptable, for
> example to decide how to cater to the needs of
In article <20190320092906.j5u47e6a3kjo3...@xanadu.blop.info>,
Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> An unofficial motto for Debian (unofficial because it is not part of our
> foundation documents) is "the universal Operating System".
...
> 1) So, if you were asked to write a Social Contract paragraph about
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