Questions concerning the DPL board

2007-03-07 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, after reading some of the rebuttals, I have some questions for all the candidates (some questions make more sense for the candidates who are also in the DPL board that I suggested, but others are free to respond as if they were part of the board). When I look at those questions, I have the

Re: kFreeBSD is fantastic

2007-03-07 Thread Guillem Jover
On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 00:34:44 -0600, Drew Scott Daniels wrote: I feel the real concerns for kfreebsd porters are in getting patches accepted, and having some additional resources. For now this may be accomplished outside the Debian resources, but official recognition might make things more

Re: Question to candidates: position on non-free?

2007-03-07 Thread Sam Hocevar
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007, Kari Pahula wrote: I would like to hear what the candidates think about the non-free section. Is having it hosted on Debian's infrastructure still worth it? It was never worth it. It has brought disagreement with the FSF (nothing new, I know) which as a result did not

Re: Questions concerning the DPL board

2007-03-07 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 09:55:06AM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: Hi, after reading some of the rebuttals, I have some questions for all the candidates (some questions make more sense for the candidates who are also in the DPL board that I suggested, but others are free to respond as if they

Re: Questions concerning the DPL board

2007-03-07 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Wed, 07 Mar 2007, Wouter Verhelst wrote: 1/ Why do you think that alone you'll be able to take consensual decisions if you fear that you're not able to convince a small set of open-minded Debian developers? It's not about being able to take consensual decisions; it's about the fact

Question for Sam Hocevar Gay Nigger Association of America

2007-03-07 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, I have question to Sam Hocevar. On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 07:08:50PM +0100, Sam Hocevar wrote: On Sat, Mar 03, 2007, Stephen Gran wrote: I am a little curious at a disjuncture I see between your platform and some of your actions, and I am hoping you can explain. In your platform, you

Re: Question for Sam Hocevar Gay Nigger Association of America

2007-03-07 Thread Julien Cristau
On Thu, Mar 8, 2007 at 00:53:33 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: I took this as the approval of the fact that you (Sam Hocevar) created this site. It looks like you didn't read Sam's answers in this thread. See for example [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Cheers, Julien signature.asc Description: Digital

Re: Question for Sam Hocevar Gay Nigger Association of America

2007-03-07 Thread Sam Hocevar
On Thu, Mar 08, 2007, Osamu Aoki wrote: I took this as the approval of the fact that you (Sam Hocevar) created this site. I DID NOT CREATE THIS WEBSITE AND I AM NOT A MEMBER OF THIS ORGANISATION. KINDEST REGARDS, -- SAM. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Question to all candidates: officiousness

2007-03-07 Thread Clint Adams
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 01:58:42PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: Try please, blow me away. In your opinion, is it ever appropriate for any of the following parties to insist on being blown away in exchange for removing an obstacle to other developers' work? If so, when? 1) DPL 2) ftpmaster 3)

Re: Question for Sam Hocevar Gay Nigger Association of America

2007-03-07 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 05:02:36PM +0100, Sam Hocevar wrote: On Thu, Mar 08, 2007, Osamu Aoki wrote: I took this as the approval of the fact that you (Sam Hocevar) created this site. I DID NOT CREATE THIS WEBSITE AND I AM NOT A MEMBER OF THIS ORGANISATION. Good to know this :-)

Re: Questions concerning the DPL board

2007-03-07 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 04:16:13PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: On Wed, 07 Mar 2007, Wouter Verhelst wrote: 1/ Why do you think that alone you'll be able to take consensual decisions if you fear that you're not able to convince a small set of open-minded Debian developers? It's

Re: Question to all candidates: officiousness

2007-03-07 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 11:03:54AM -0500, Clint Adams wrote: On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 01:58:42PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: Try please, blow me away. In your opinion, is it ever appropriate for any of the following parties to insist on being blown away in exchange for removing an obstacle

Re: Question to all candidates: officiousness

2007-03-07 Thread Clint Adams
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 05:43:41PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: I'm not sure what you mean by this question, or what the point is. I will clarify. AJ obviously feels that it is his prerogative (under which hat or set of hats, I do not know) to decide which set of architectures in the archive

Re: Question to all candidates: officiousness

2007-03-07 Thread Luk Claes
Clint Adams wrote: On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 05:43:41PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: I'm not sure what you mean by this question, or what the point is. I will clarify. AJ obviously feels that it is his prerogative (under which hat or set of hats, I do not know) to decide which set of

Re: Question to all candidates: officiousness

2007-03-07 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 12:14:05PM -0500, Clint Adams wrote: On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 05:43:41PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: I'm not sure what you mean by this question, or what the point is. I will clarify. AJ obviously feels that it is his prerogative (under which hat or set of hats, I

Re: Question to all candidates: officiousness

2007-03-07 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Wed, 07 Mar 2007, Clint Adams wrote: Now it is unclear which hat AJ is wearing when he implies that he is authorized to decide which architectures are important, by criteria he decides unilaterally. I am curious as to what the other candidates think: is it appropriate for him to do this,

Re: Question for Sam Hocevar Gay Nigger Association of America

2007-03-07 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 05:02:36PM +0100, Sam Hocevar wrote: On Thu, Mar 08, 2007, Osamu Aoki wrote: I took this as the approval of the fact that you (Sam Hocevar) created this site. I DID NOT CREATE THIS WEBSITE AND I AM NOT A MEMBER OF THIS ORGANISATION. KINDEST REGARDS,

Re: Questions to the candidates

2007-03-07 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 05:47:45AM +0100, Simon Richter wrote: The idea itself is not a bad one, however during the entire course of the experiment it was never questioned by the proponents that we should go through with it. Declaring it an experiment did not have the desired effect of

questions to candidates about communication

2007-03-07 Thread Josip Rodin
Hi, How much time do you generally have to read Debian-related e-mail? How much for the Debian mailing lists? How many lists do you follow, and which ones do you pay real attention to? Have you stopped following a Debian mailing list in the past, and if so, what was the most important/common