Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-22 Thread Ian Jackson
Sam Hartman writes ("Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root"): > into a body that's good at helping people make these sorts of decisions > when there is conflict. I think it will be as much about mediation, > about asking people to work together, about poi

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-09 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 01:01:12PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Anthony Towns writes ("Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the > root"): > > I think it's worth keeping those conceptually separate; if you've got an > > arbitrator, it's impo

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-09 Thread Ian Jackson
(Replying twice so my positive suggestion doesn't get lost:) Anthony Towns writes ("Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root"): > The way things are set up, the ctte has to decide how to organise > itself, it can't easily rely on the project as a

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-09 Thread Ian Jackson
Anthony Towns writes ("Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root"): > I think it's worth keeping those conceptually separate; if you've got an > arbitrator, it's important to convince them of your position. If you've > got a mediator, what

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-09 Thread Ian Jackson
Sam Hartman writes ("Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root"): > Yes, getting the TC to be a group that thinks mostly about mediation > first will take some real work. I sat in on yesterday's TC meeting > because I was curious to get a better handle on how

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-06 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Dec 05, 2014 at 07:13:06PM +, Sam Hartman wrote: > > "Matthias" == Matthias Urlichs writes: > Matthias> I'm more in favor of the TC _being_ that mediation group. > Matthias> I don't see any advantage in separating these roles. So I think there's two styles of dispute resol

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-05 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Matthias" == Matthias Urlichs writes: Matthias> Hi, matt...@bendel.debian.org: >> I think the TC is a useful last resort where other ways of >> resolving technical disagreements have failed. Perhaps we should >> consider having a non-binding mediation group for developers t

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-05 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, matt...@bendel.debian.org: > I think the TC is a useful last resort where other ways of resolving > technical disagreements have failed. Perhaps we should consider having > a non-binding mediation group for developers to go to before invoking > the TC? I'm more in favor of the TC _being_ that

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-05 Thread Vernon
Clint Adams writes: > On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 10:50:30PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: > > Disbanding the TC would likely do more harm than good. There would be > > no way to conclude a disagreement. > > I believe that there is evidence prior to 1999 that neither of > these sentences is accurat

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-05 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le vendredi 05 décembre 2014 à 00:31 +0100, Bill Allombert a écrit : > I am in favor of this option appearing on the ballot. I have been following > the TC for 15 years, and it is clear to me that the cost of having a TC > outweights the benefit (and I had the same opinion 5 years ago). Really?

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-04 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Bill, On Fri, Dec 05, 2014 at 12:31:08AM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > I am in favor of this option appearing on the ballot. I have been following > the TC for 15 years, and it is clear to me that the cost of having a TC > outweights the benefit (and I had the same opinion 5 years ago). > Th

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-04 Thread Bill Allombert
On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 11:18:24PM +, Clint Adams wrote: > On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 12:13:32AM +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote: > > Acting together with themselves? ;-) > > Thank you. > > --- /tmp/constitution.txt.orig2014-12-02 15:54:42.758894286 -0500 > +++ /tmp/constitution.txt 2014-12-

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-04 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Steve McIntyre , 2014-12-03, 14:32: Joss, have you considered nominating yourself? Suddenly Clint's proposal became more appealing. -- Jakub Wilk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org A

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-03 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 04 Dec 2014, Michael Gilbert wrote: > Doesn't that require constitutional change? The current powers as > written make the TC a decision-making body, not a mediation body. Not really, because it doesn't take any constitutional powers to try to mediate. -- Don Armstrong

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-03 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Sam Hartman wrote: >> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: > > Russ> There's another alternative to using the CTTE, and my > Russ> understanding is that this was generally the method used prior > Russ> to the existence of the CTTE, but I'm not sure it's rea

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-03 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 1:41 AM, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 10:50:30PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: >> Disbanding the TC would likely do more harm than good. There would be >> no way to conclude a disagreement. >> >> I suggested this before: >> >> TC actions should be

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 02:46:25PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: >Clint Adams wrote: >On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 10:50:30PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: >> Disbanding the TC would likely do more harm than good. There would > be >> no way to conclude a disagreement. >

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-03 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: Russ> There's another alternative to using the CTTE, and my Russ> understanding is that this was generally the method used prior Russ> to the existence of the CTTE, but I'm not sure it's really any Russ> better. Russ> There are specific te

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-03 Thread Josselin Mouette
Clint Adams wrote: On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 10:50:30PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: > Disbanding the TC would likely do more harm than good. There would be > no way to conclude a disagreement. I believe that there is evidence prior to 1999 that neither of

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-03 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 09:11:43AM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > From those who want to drop the CTTE, I'd like to know what would they > have done to decide upon the init system for Jessie. There were two aspects to that question: do we support non-default init systems, and which is the def

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-03 Thread Russ Allbery
Stefano Zacchiroli writes: > From those who want to drop the CTTE, I'd like to know what would they > have done to decide upon the init system for Jessie. It seems to me that > we have tried not to use the CTTE on that dispute for several years, > with the net result of raging flamewars and no de

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-03 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 06:42:40PM -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > * Do away with the Technical Committee entirely. > > The main questions this raises are: > > How would we deal with conflicts that would currently be addressed by > the TC? Hopefully, the answers would be something like: col

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-03 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 11:34:14PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: > I think it would be better if ctte members did not bring disputes to the ctte > and then vote on the resolution of that dispute. [...] One thing I'd been pondering suggesting was that the ctte change how they view "requests". ATM

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-02 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 10:50:30PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: > Disbanding the TC would likely do more harm than good. There would be > no way to conclude a disagreement. > > I suggested this before: > > TC actions should be limited solely to disagreement mediation, and only > when >

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-02 Thread Clint Adams
On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 10:50:30PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: > Disbanding the TC would likely do more harm than good. There would be > no way to conclude a disagreement. I believe that there is evidence prior to 1999 that neither of these sentences is accurate. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-02 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Tuesday, December 02, 2014 10:50:30 PM Michael Gilbert wrote: > On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > > On 12/02/2014 06:13 PM, Jakub Wilk wrote: > >> This is an interesting proposal. But it's a big change, so I think it > >> should be thoroughly discussed before I could s

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-02 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On 12/02/2014 06:13 PM, Jakub Wilk wrote: > >> This is an interesting proposal. But it's a big change, so I think it >> should be thoroughly discussed before I could second it. > > I agree some discussion would be useful, but seems like i

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-02 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 12/02/2014 06:13 PM, Jakub Wilk wrote: > This is an interesting proposal. But it's a big change, so I think it > should be thoroughly discussed before I could second it. I agree some discussion would be useful, but seems like it's a lot simpler than all the other noodling with term-limits tha

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-02 Thread Clint Adams
On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 12:13:32AM +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote: > Acting together with themselves? ;-) Thank you. --- /tmp/constitution.txt.orig 2014-12-02 15:54:42.758894286 -0500 +++ /tmp/constitution.txt 2014-12-02 18:17:43.180963356 -0500 @@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ Each decision in the Project

Re: draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-02 Thread Jakub Wilk
Hi Clint! This is an interesting proposal. But it's a big change, so I think it should be thoroughly discussed before I could second it. Also, I'd prefer to have it as a separate GR than bundled with zack's GR. * Clint Adams , 2014-12-02, 21:08: Anyone want to sanity-check the section number

draft alternative proposal: fix problem at the root

2014-12-02 Thread Clint Adams
Anyone want to sanity-check the section numbering? --- /tmp/constitution.txt.orig 2014-12-02 15:54:42.758894286 -0500 +++ /tmp/constitution.txt 2014-12-02 16:04:12.864929363 -0500 @@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ Each decision in the Project is made by one or more of the following: 1. The Develo