Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-06 Thread Ian Jackson
MJ Ray writes ("Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR"): > I support Ian. I do not second yet because I think the secretary has > ruled it out of order. My procedural proposal is withdrawn, because the condition for doing so (what is now H appearing on the ballot) h

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-06 Thread MJ Ray
2019-12-05 1:09:00 PM Sam Hartman : > And as I discussed in the CFV, each successive round of people who > wonder along and joins the discussion makes the cost higher in real > ways. This reads a bit like CFVing early to exclude people which I oppose. I support Ian. I do not second yet

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-05 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Michael" == Michael Lustfield writes: Michael> I find it unfortunate that the call to vote was based on Michael> poor behavior by some individuals instead of being based on Michael> the active efforts of those trying to improve the end Michael> result ( The CFV was not

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-05 Thread Ian Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Ian Jackson writes ("Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR"): > Sam has decided to cut short this process. We started this public > discussion less than a month ago. This is very short. I still think the timeline is

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-05 Thread Ian Jackson
Gunnar Wolf writes ("Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR"): > Gunnar Wolf dijo [Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 11:40:15AM -0600]: > > Ian, please don't. > > Just to get this off my head - I am sorry for the tone used in my own > mail I'm replying to. Whi

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-05 Thread Ansgar
Michael Lustfield writes: > I find it unfortunate that the call to vote was based on poor behavior by > some individuals instead of being based on the active efforts of those trying > to > improve the end result (following the vote). I do not believe the latter > should > be punished for

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-04 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Gunnar Wolf dijo [Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 11:40:15AM -0600]: > Ian, please don't. Just to get this off my head - I am sorry for the tone used in my own mail I'm replying to. While I do stand by not wanting this proposal by Ian to proceed, the "reasoning" paragraph that followed is not rightly

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-04 Thread Michael Lustfield
On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 13:21:20 -0500 Louis-Philippe Véronneau wrote: > [...] > So far I've stayed away from writing on the list, since I think it has > been very verbose and I find that tiresome. > > I'm tired of this GR already and in my heart, I wish I could just vote > and be done with it. > >

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-04 Thread Louis-Philippe Véronneau
On 19-12-03 11 h 15, Ian Jackson wrote: > I have been proposing that there should be an alternative to Guillem's > proposal. I need a few more days to do this. (Guillem's proposal has > IMO excellent framing but lacks suitable specific guidance. I hope we > can make a version which combines

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-04 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Wed, Dec 04, 2019 at 12:24:36PM +, Matthew Vernon wrote: > Gerardo Ballabio writes: > > > Yes, that's right -- but I guess that if a sensible change is proposed > > before the actual ballot is sent out, Sam and Kurt will not obstruct > > and will agree to whatever formal step is required

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-04 Thread Matthias Klumpp
Am Mi., 4. Dez. 2019 um 12:11 Uhr schrieb Matthew Vernon : > > Russ Allbery writes: > > > Jonas Smedegaard writes: > >> Quoting Russ Allbery (2019-12-03 19:19:50) > > I took Russ' advice and slept on this; I had rather expected a response > from Sam by now. > > >>> Does anyone truly believe that

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-04 Thread Matthew Vernon
Gerardo Ballabio writes: > Yes, that's right -- but I guess that if a sensible change is proposed > before the actual ballot is sent out, Sam and Kurt will not obstruct > and will agree to whatever formal step is required to get it in. It would be helpful if Sam and/or Kurt would confirm or

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-04 Thread Matthew Vernon
Russ Allbery writes: > Jonas Smedegaard writes: >> Quoting Russ Allbery (2019-12-03 19:19:50) I took Russ' advice and slept on this; I had rather expected a response from Sam by now. >>> Does anyone truly believe that another round of wordsmithing or changes >>> to statements of principles

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-04 Thread Matthew Vernon
Gerardo Ballabio writes: > Ian Jackson wrote: >> 1. We exercise the DPL's power to set the minimum discussion >>period for the init systems GR to end at 23:59 UTC on >>Friday the 6th of December. (Constitution 4.1(3).) > > Does that even make sense, since the Secretary has stated that

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-04 Thread Gerardo Ballabio
Ian Jackson wrote: > 1. We exercise the DPL's power to set the minimum discussion >period for the init systems GR to end at 23:59 UTC on >Friday the 6th of December. (Constitution 4.1(3).) Does that even make sense, since the Secretary has stated that he plans to start the vote on the

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-04 Thread Jonathan Carter
On 2019/12/04 09:22, Scott Kitterman wrote: > I think short circuiting the discussion process casts into question the > legitimacy of the process. > > I think you are wrong here. How can one know where to rank option G when > it's > clearly incomplete. I don't know if I like it or not.

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-04 Thread Reuben
please stop sending me emails…. > On 04 Dec 2019, at 09:22, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > On Tuesday, December 3, 2019 12:13:03 PM EST Sam Hartman wrote: >> I note that our voting system does have recourse for people who believe >> that the vote is called to early. >> >> They can vote FD

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 12/3/19 6:40 PM, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > However, stating > the discusion started less than a month ago... Is quite far from the > observed fact that it started no less than five years ago. Gunnar, I very much disagree with this view. On 12/3/19 6:40 PM, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > And if something is

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Tuesday, December 3, 2019 12:13:03 PM EST Sam Hartman wrote: > I note that our voting system does have recourse for people who believe > that the vote is called to early. > > They can vote FD above other options. > And in this specific case, voting G>FD> other options > would send a clear

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Holger Levsen
On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 11:34:40PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > The issue has existed since five years ago. However, discussion on > *this* GR has started only a month ago. > > A month is fairly short in Debian time to draft all the options on a > ballot that is likely to be so contentions.

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 11:40:15AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > [ Removing tons and tons of personal Cc:s, I guess they all follow d-vote ] > > Ian Jackson dijo [Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 04:15:02PM +]: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > I have been proposing that

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Holger Levsen
On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 05:40:57PM +0100, Enrico Zini wrote: > I feel that the air in -vote has been getting very heavy in the last day > or so, and I was quite happy that Sam opted to cut the pain short and go > for a vote. I (mostly) missed this part busy preparing an event... > I agree that

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Russ Allbery
Jonas Smedegaard writes: > Quoting Russ Allbery (2019-12-03 19:19:50) >> Does anyone truly believe that another round of wordsmithing or changes >> to statements of principles will change a lot of opinions or votes this >> deep into this discussion? > Evidently someone truly believes there is

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Russ Allbery
Sean Whitton writes: > Russ, could you chime in here -- do you still think that starting on the > 8th would give enough time to people who might be away from the PGP keys > during the holiday season, or would we be cutting it tight? > (I am almost never away from my own PGP subkeys so I don't

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Gunnar Wolf
[ Removing tons and tons of personal Cc:s, I guess they all follow d-vote ] Ian Jackson dijo [Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 04:15:02PM +]: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > I have been proposing that there should be an alternative to Guillem's > proposal. I need a few more days

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Matthew Vernon
Sam Hartman writes: > I note that our voting system does have recourse for people who believe > that the vote is called to early. > > They can vote FD above other options. > And in this specific case, voting G>FD> other options > would send a clear message that we should develop options based on

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Sam Hartman
I note that our voting system does have recourse for people who believe that the vote is called to early. They can vote FD above other options. And in this specific case, voting G>FD> other options would send a clear message that we should develop options based on G.

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 04:46:12PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Kurt Roeckx writes ("Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR"): > > On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 04:15:02PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > > I hereby propose the following General Resolution: > >

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Enrico Zini writes ("Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR"): > I agree that all the useful options seem to be on the ballot, and I look > forward to see what comes out. I would prefer that we didn't start > something that looks like meta-discussing options,

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Kurt Roeckx writes ("Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR"): > On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 04:15:02PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I hereby propose the following General Resolution: > > > > Title: A few extra days for init systems GR text drafting >

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 04:15:02PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > I hereby propose the following General Resolution: > > Title: A few extra days for init systems GR text drafting > > 1. We exercise the DPL's power to set the minimum discussion > period for the init systems GR to end at 23:59

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Enrico Zini
On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 04:15:02PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > I think we can use the constitutional process to delay this, to make I feel that the air in -vote has been getting very heavy in the last day or so, and I was quite happy that Sam opted to cut the pain short and go for a vote. I

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Ian" == Ian Jackson writes: Ian> 2. The DPL's decision to call for a vote on the init systems Ian> GR is overturned. (Constitution 4.1(3).) This was not a DPL decision. This was a decision of an author of a proposal on the ballot. So I don't think this is a decision that can be

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Sean Whitton writes ("Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR"): > On Tue 03 Dec 2019 at 04:15PM +00, Ian Jackson wrote: > > We can do this with enough time to vote before Christmas, as Russ > > reasonably points out is desirable. Russ suggested a voting perio

Re: Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Tue 03 Dec 2019 at 04:15PM +00, Ian Jackson wrote: > We can do this with enough time to vote before Christmas, as Russ > reasonably points out is desirable. Russ suggested a voting period > starting on the 8th of December would be the latest sensible [2], > which probably means a call

Proposal to overturn init systems premature GR

2019-12-03 Thread Ian Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I have been proposing that there should be an alternative to Guillem's proposal. I need a few more days to do this. (Guillem's proposal has IMO excellent framing but lacks suitable specific guidance. I hope we can make a version which combines