Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal

2007-06-23 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
, to ask AM and NM if they think that they are going to be fast or slow at answering, and assign couples based on that, to avoid the case where a fast AM gets stuck with a slow NM. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG

Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal - Use Cases

2007-06-27 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
teams automatically add their members to the Uploaders: field. So you could you do the same analysis, but only considering the Maintainer field, not the Uploaders field? Thank you, -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG

Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal - Use Cases

2007-06-28 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 27/06/07 at 21:42 -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote: Lucas Nussbaum wrote: On 26/06/07 at 16:57 -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote: Anthony Towns wrote: On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 02:35:56PM -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote: Someone with access to the real keyrings would be able to tell you

DM-Upload-Allowed: yes hack (Was: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal, updated)

2007-06-28 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
to upload, just to warn them. My preference goes to (1), then (3), then (2). -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Debian Maintainers GR Proposal - Use Cases

2007-06-29 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 28/06/07 at 05:49 +, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: Yes, please sent it, I'll publish it somewhere. If you are not too ashamed of your scripts, I'd like to see them as well, if you don't mind. Hi, Thanks to Felipe, the lists of possible candidates are now public. See: * list of non-DD

Re: electing multiple people

2007-10-08 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
of people willing to work together as SC), which would allow to elect a SC which is actually representative for Debian. It's probably better than the first solution, as the first solution isn't clone-proof: we could have elected n Sams!! ;) -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2008: Marc Brockschmidt

2008-03-05 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
despite your lack of free time? The same question can be asked as will you be our DPL team candidate, or are we still looking for someone to fill that role? Cheers, -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D

Re: All DPL Candidates: www.debian.org licensing?

2008-03-11 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
with the license change? Later, you suggested shortening that period. Is this legally possible? -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: All DPL Candidates: www.debian.org licensing?

2008-03-12 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 11/03/08 at 16:22 +, MJ Ray wrote: Lucas Nussbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] It seems to me that, for this issue to be solved, we first need a clear consensus on debian-www@ about: - the plan we are going to follow I believe we need legal advice on the validity of the various

Re: All DPL Candidates: www.debian.org licensing?

2008-03-12 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
in their two-penn'orth in a GR. Not great, but one of the few resolution tools the project has. ACK. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: All DPL Candidates: www.debian.org licensing?

2008-03-12 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 12/03/08 at 14:08 +, MJ Ray wrote: Lucas Nussbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/03/08 at 09:57 +, MJ Ray wrote: [...] Secondly, delegation should make X's task clear to both this project and SPI in a robust way and seemed the most obvious to me. How does the constitution

Re: Q: Marc Brockschmidt: tight-knitted groups of friends

2008-03-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
of success? What will you do if constructive criticism proves unsuccessful again? [1] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you, -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Proposal - Project infrastructure team procedures

2008-04-19 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
possible, this should be done by consulting the team first. - (suggestions of improvements are welcomed for the draft) -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Proposal - Project infrastructure team procedures

2008-04-30 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 30/04/08 at 00:53 +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 08:24:25PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: Debian developers acknowledge the following: * The Debian Project infrastructure is run by people who volunteer their time and knowledge in a good-faith effort to help

Re: Proposal - defer changes to Debian membership procedures to after the release of Lenny.

2008-10-23 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
that changing the procedures is out of the scope of the DAM delegation? Also, there's the hipothetical problem that Joerg could just re-send his mail to avoid your proposed GR. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-24 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
is reached ; (B) or a vote decides how we want to change our procedures. But until Joerg does, we need this GR, unfortunately. Thank you, -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | signature.asc

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
to be decided after an healthy, public, discussion, and probably also a vote (because we are not going to agree on which proposal is the best one). Should we add something to the GR to address this problem? Or simply explain the reasoning behind the GR by different means, during the vote? -- | Lucas

Re: Discussion period: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
immediately. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
for this immediate procedural vote. 5 days sounds like a pretty strange definition of immediate ;) Also, our constitution says: If the Project Leader (or the Delegate) withdraws the original decision, the vote becomes moot, and is no longer conducted. Wouldn't that be easier? -- | Lucas Nussbaum

Re: Possible amendment for Debian Contributors concept (was: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.)

2008-10-28 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
(not the case neither for Joerg's proposal, nor for Lars' or Raphael's, currently) (B) we have a vote to decide which proposal we want. As long as Joerg doesn't agree with that, I don't see why we should drop the immediate vote or the GR itself. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: Possible amendment for Debian Contributors concept

2008-10-28 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
? -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Possible amendment for Debian Contributors concept

2008-10-28 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 28/10/08 at 13:07 +0100, Peter Palfrader wrote: On Tue, 28 Oct 2008, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: Do you propose to drop the immediate vote, but keep the fact the decision is put on hold according to 4.2.2.2, until the final vote on this GR ? That is exactly what he proposed in a different

Re: Possible amendment for Debian Contributors concept

2008-10-28 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 28/10/08 at 14:12 +0100, Martin Wuertele wrote: * Lucas Nussbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-10-28 14:03]: This is very different from saying that nothing will happen because the decision is on hold under 4.2.2.2. If Joerg suddenly got a lot of free time, he could implement all the changes

Re: Possible amendment for Debian Contributors concept

2008-10-28 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
way out. If we can't, well, we will have to continue with the GR. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: Call for seconds - DC concept (was: Possible amendment for Debian Contributors concept)

2008-10-30 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
within small groups), and by trying to reach consensus by participating in the discussion. Now, let's hope that we can have an healthy discussion about this topic, both on Joerg's and the other proposals (and preferably after the release). -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas

Re: Another one?

2008-10-31 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
? -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Another one?

2008-10-31 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 31/10/08 at 10:13 +0100, Peter Palfrader wrote: On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: So, we right now have an option that effectively stops the proposal as it is at present. I wonder if we should haven an option on the ballot that asks the DAM to basically go forward

Call for seconds - DAM decisions

2008-11-02 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
of the statements made in the GR. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Call for seconds - DAM decisions

2008-11-02 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
is the de facto go ahead). -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Vote pages up

2008-11-23 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
(like you did in vote 003)? The alternate proposals don't intend to amend the initial proposal, but to replace it, so it seems misleading to list them as amendements. Or am I missing something? -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [vote_002] Preparation of the ballot.

2008-11-27 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
(randomised?) and of course leave the decision to Neil. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Draft ballot for the Project membership procedures vote

2008-12-03 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
that they wouldn't vote it above FD. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Final call for votes: GR: Project membership procedures

2008-12-12 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
) -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: lu...@nussbaum.fr GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: On the firmwares/Lenny vote

2008-12-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
in that order. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: lu...@nussbaum.fr GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Results for Project membership procedures

2008-12-15 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
winner). -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: lu...@nussbaum.fr GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Results for Project membership procedures

2008-12-15 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 15/12/08 at 15:28 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: Lucas Nussbaum lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net writes: Thank you for the detailed analysis. You missed one point: Excluding votes where more than one option were ranked first, and counting only first choices, we get the following results

Re: Discussion: Possible GR: Enhance requirements for General Resolutions

2009-01-02 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
seconders to add a one-sentence summary of the reasons why they seconded something. For example, saying I don't support that option, but I think that it should be on the ballot. That rationale could be displayed on the vote page. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas

Question for DPL Candidates: sponsorship of Debian development by companies?

2009-03-20 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
position for bounties offered as part of the Google Summer of Code, for example? -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: lu...@nussbaum.fr GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Question for DPL Candidates: sponsorship of Debian development by companies?

2009-03-21 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Google does with GSOC (except that they impose that those who get the job are students, and that they reserve the right to reject specific projects/students). What would be your position? -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: lu...@nussbaum.fr

[not a second] Re: Proposal: Enhance requirements for General resolutions

2009-03-21 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
having a Keep it like it is, no discusssion is needed, I would accept such an amendment too. (Not that I think its neccessary, for me FD means that, but still). I would like to have such an option as well. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber

Re: [dissenting]: Proposal: Enhance requirements for General resolutions

2009-03-22 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
or 10 seconders? -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: lu...@nussbaum.fr GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: [dissenting]: Proposal: Enhance requirements for General resolutions

2009-03-23 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 23/03/09 at 14:28 +, Stephen Gran wrote: This one time, at band camp, Lucas Nussbaum said: Could you propose an amendement that explicitely says that the current rules don't need to be changed (different from FD), and another one that proposes a compromise by requiring 8 or 10

Re: [Amendment] Reaffirm the GR process

2009-03-23 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
to improve imperfect resolutions, or to add valuable options to a ballot. --- -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: lu...@nussbaum.fr GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Q to Steve and Luk: sharing of workload?

2009-03-24 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Dear Steve and Luk, So, you are running in tandem. How do you plan to organize the sharing of the DPL workload? Will Steve be The DPL, with Luk only helping on some matters? Or will it be more like 50/50? For example, who will receive lea...@debian.org? Luk, you are already a very busy DD, with

[Amendment] Reaffirm current requirements for GR sponsoring

2009-03-24 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
/. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: lu...@nussbaum.fr GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [Amendment] Reaffirm current requirements for GR sponsoring

2009-03-24 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 24/03/09 at 16:10 -0700, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: Hi, I am hereby proposing the amendment below to the general resolution entitled Enhance requirements for General resolutions. PROPOSAL START = General Resolutions

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

2009-04-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
to be done outside the Debian infrastructure. Having such a Debian package would be really useful for that. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: lu...@nussbaum.fr GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ

Re: Question for all candidates: Release process

2010-03-15 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
you see the release happening? (I'm fully aware that the DPL is not in a position to take many actions regarding the release. However, similar questions are likely to be asked during post-election interviews, so we would better know how you will answer ;) -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lu...@lucas

Re: Questions for all candidates: decentralization of power

2010-03-20 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
is not restricted; every DD is able to access the database. Also, the public part (as in: not the security builds, for example) is imported into UDD (wannabuild table). -- | Lucas Nussbaum | lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: lu...@nussbaum.fr GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F

Re: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members

2010-09-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, While I support welcoming non-packaging contributors as project members, I am concerned that we are creating the concept of second-class DDs (or at least, that it will be communicated like that). I see two different ways to avoid that: [A] Avoid giving DDs without upload rights any special

Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 15/09/10 at 12:08 +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: Naming (raised by at least Luca and Lars [8,9]) == Ah, what a mess! Until a few minutes before posting the GR proposal, the text contained a s/Debian Members/non-uploading Debian Developers/ and before that

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs

2010-09-15 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 15/09/10 at 10:22 +0200, Joerg Jaspert wrote: I, using my FTPMaster hat, do care a lot that we do not get $whateveritsname with upload rights that never ever had to show at least the basic understanding of packaging work. Looking at all the errors existing Developers do, even longstanding

Re: Naming of non-uploading DDs (Was: GR: welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian project members)

2010-09-15 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 15/09/10 at 21:00 +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: Attached you can find a tentative wording of a proposal which remove the term Debian Contributors, pretty similar to the version I had before posting (shame on me for changing that!), but maybe a bit better in that it doesn't the horrible

Draft amendment: Welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian Developers with upload access

2010-09-15 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 14/09/10 at 18:56 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: Hi, While I support welcoming non-packaging contributors as project members, I am concerned that we are creating the concept of second-class DDs (or at least, that it will be communicated like that). I see two different ways to avoid

Re: Draft amendment: Welcome non-packaging contributors as Debian Developers with upload access

2010-09-16 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 15/09/10 at 16:49 +0200, Christoph Berg wrote: Re: Lucas Nussbaum 2010-09-15 20100915141740.ga21...@xanadu.blop.info * Establish procedures to evaluate and accept contributors of non-packaging work as Debian Developers. Additionally, the Debian project acknowledges that the current

Re: Nomination [Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2011: Call for nominations]

2011-03-05 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 05/03/11 at 08:08 +, Lars Wirzenius wrote: On la, 2011-03-05 at 08:58 +0100, Sean Finney wrote: I nominate Stefano Zacchiroli. I of course understand if he wants to take a break after the last year, but couldn't pass up the chance to be the first to make the (re-)nomination :)

DPL practicing

2012-03-12 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, Let me quote your platform for context: 2.3.1  DPL practicing If elected again, the next term will be my last term as DPL, because I have different plans for my long term Debian future. Having that in mind, I will work since the very beginning of the term to ensure a smooth transition

Re: [Draft] GR: diversity statement for the Debian Project

2012-05-04 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, On 03/05/12 at 00:32 +0200, Francesca Ciceri wrote: It doesn't matter how you identify yourself or how others perceive you: we welcome you. We welcome contributions from everyone as long as they interact constructively with our community. I'm not a big fan of this formulation. Maybe it

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2013: Call for nominations

2013-03-08 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
I hereby nominate myself for the forthcoming DPL election. Lucas signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Why do you think you are a good candidate for DPL

2013-03-10 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, On 10/03/13 at 13:40 +0100, Martin Zobel-Helas wrote: Why do you think you are a good candidate for the next DPL term? Eh, that's a difficult question. Also, I suspect you mean be a good DPL and not be a good candidate, right? Anyway, I will answer about be a good DPL. That's a difficult

Re: to DPL candidates: getting new people to Debian

2013-03-10 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 10/03/13 at 17:34 +0200, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote: Hi, I'd like to have each DPL candidate briefly discuss the challenges of getting new people to Debian. people is not very specific (users? contributors? DDs?), but maybe it's intentionally vague. Actually, I think that it is a process

Re: to DPL candidates: How do you plan to represent Debian externally?

2013-03-10 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, On 10/03/13 at 17:56 -0400, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: I'd ask the DPL candidates to speak a bit about how they intend to represent Debian externally -- both in terms out downstream outreach, as well as upstream (or even side-stream) relations. What sort of plans do you have to collaborate

Re: All candidates: Development and technical issues and challenges

2013-03-11 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
In your opinion, what are the fundamental reasons the release freeze is so long, and so painful, and what do you propose to do, as DPL, to fix them? The release process is hard to grasp. The most visible side of it is the number of RC bugs (which I contributed to increase :p) As a DPL, I will

Re: trying to do awesome and risking to fail

2013-03-11 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, On 11/03/13 at 08:30 +, Sune Vuorela wrote: Hi candidates So, over the last years I have seen a Debian where it among the people is much more important to avoid to fail than trying to do awesome stuff. But doing awesome stuff is where the fun is, and also where the possibility to

Re: All candidates: Development and technical issues and challenges

2013-03-11 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 11/03/13 at 21:49 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 9:19 PM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: to make fixing RC bugs more rewarding. For example, in the Debian Project News, we could list the most efficient RC bug squashers. Just discussed this in #debian-publicity, if you can

Re: to DPL candidates: getting new people to Debian

2013-03-11 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, On 10/03/13 at 22:32 -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: Timo Juhani Lindfors dijo [Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 05:34:58PM +0200]: Hi, I'd like to have each DPL candidate briefly discuss the challenges of getting new people to Debian. Hi, Riding on Timo Juhani's question (and not yet having

to Moray: encourage teams to take interns

2013-03-11 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi Moray, In your platform, you give that specific idea: Besides the great work of debian-mentors/mentors.debian.net, it might be good to provide more ways to learn about how to contribute to Debian. One possibility would be to encourage teams to take interns, perhaps for a summer

Re: to Moray: encourage teams to take interns

2013-03-11 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 11/03/13 at 19:28 +0300, Moray Allan wrote: On 2013-03-11 18:42, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: In your platform, you give that specific idea: I am not sure how it would differ from GSoC? What different problem will this solve? Apart from the obvious differences of control etc., GSoC

Re: to Moray: encourage teams to take interns

2013-03-11 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 11/03/13 at 20:07 +0300, Moray Allan wrote: On 2013-03-11 19:44, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: I see. Interesting. But in https://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2013/03/msg00012.html, the no packaging work rule seems to come from the Debian GSoC team, and at least Sylvestre seems open

Re: to Moray: encourage teams to take interns

2013-03-11 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 11/03/13 at 20:14 +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: We can try to second-guess Google's motivations for excluding documentation to determine if it also applies to packaging, or we can just ask, which I have done: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=enfromgroups=#!topic/google-summer-of-code

Re: to Moray: encourage teams to take interns

2013-03-11 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 11/03/13 at 22:41 +0300, Moray Allan wrote: On 2013-03-11 22:14, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: We can try to second-guess Google's motivations for excluding documentation to determine if it also applies to packaging, or we can just ask, which I have done: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl

Re: mentoring programs in Debian

2013-03-12 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 11/03/13 at 21:56 +0100, Ana Guerrero wrote: [Some sort-of thread hijacking] Hi folks, I see this thread going nowhere and it's a pity because discussing new ways to integrate contributors in Debian is a topic worth discussing. I have been involved in GSoC in the editions 2011 and

Re: mentoring programs in Debian

2013-03-12 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 12/03/13 at 14:14 +0100, Ana Guerrero wrote: Hi Russ, On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 03:03:42PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: Ana Guerrero a...@debian.org writes: - For some DDs in previous years, this seemed to be a way to have students doing stuff from their TODO lists... Just a

Re: mentoring programs in Debian

2013-03-12 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 12/03/13 at 13:18 +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: What I can think about: Forgot something: schools/seminars -- Ubuntu does https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek - a set of seminars on IRC to teach Ubuntu development. I'm not sure of how useful that is (I've never attended

Re: [to all candidates] about a DPL board

2013-03-12 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, On 12/03/13 at 00:54 +0100, Martin Zobel-Helas wrote: Hi, in the past i heared several ideas about a Debian Project Leader board similar to the SPI board. So lets imagine the project would have to vote for several members of this sort of board, with every member being on-board for

Re: [all candidates] Work balance and traveling

2013-03-12 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, On 12/03/13 at 18:31 +0100, Arno Töll wrote: Hi, while reading your platforms I noticed that you're rather vague on your future Debian commitment for that one of you ending as DPL for real. Moray mostly answered my question already, but if he wants to extend he's surely invited to

Re: To Lucas: how do you plan to push your ideas

2013-03-12 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 12/03/13 at 18:37 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: Hello Lucas, I've read your platform and I share your 5-years goals and I agree on most of the suggested intermediary goals to bring us closer to the long term goals. That said, it's not clear to me how you plan to achieve them. Being

Re: [all candidates] DPL term duration

2013-03-12 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, On 12/03/13 at 11:35 -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: I'm writing this prompted by some of the lines written by Gergely and Moray in the about a DPL board thread. One of the difficulties I perceive we have seen over the years is the time it takes to transfer the know-how and work rhythm from

Re: Are there problematic infrastructure or processes in Debian?

2013-03-12 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, [ Your question is similar in some ways to a question asked earlier by Lars Wirzenius. See my answer at https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2013/03/msg00020.html ] On 12/03/13 at 20:17 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: Hi, this is a question to all candidates. Debian's infrastructure

Re: mentoring programs in Debian

2013-03-12 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, On 12/03/13 at 21:56 +0100, Ana Guerrero wrote: On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 07:50:27PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: On 12/03/13 at 14:14 +0100, Ana Guerrero wrote: .. This kind of mentoring let's package this new software stack (and create a team to maintain it, when it doesn't

Re: [to all candidates] using debian funds for Debian's hardware infrastructure

2013-03-12 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 12/03/13 at 00:47 +0100, Martin Zobel-Helas wrote: Hi, in the past Debian had some generous donors, who donated a huge amounts of high quality hardware on regual basis to the Debian project. For some reasons (not to be discussed here) those sources dont exist any more. As this hardware

Re: Usage of Debian's Money

2013-03-12 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 12/03/13 at 10:43 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: To other candidates, do you believe that we could benefit from using money for other things than hardware and meeting/travel reimbursment? If yes, what kind of things? [ I replied in https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2013/03/msg00084.html ]

Re: mentoring programs in Debian

2013-03-13 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 13/03/13 at 08:03 +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 11:54:44AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 2:55 AM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: Ubuntu does https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek - a set of seminars on IRC to teach Ubuntu development. I'm

Re: Usage of Debian's Money

2013-03-13 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 13/03/13 at 00:57 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: Hi, On Tue, 12 Mar 2013, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: 3) For what kind of things? Since you are asking the question, isn't it up to you to come up with ideas/examples? :) I find it difficult to discuss such things in the general case

Re: Debian's relationship with money and the economy

2013-03-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, On 12/03/13 at 12:06 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: Hi, my previous mail targeted the topic of using Debian's money (20130312094330.ga30...@x230-buxy.home.ouaza.com). But the topic of money in Debian does not have to be limited to that. The Debian ecosystem includes many economical

Re: Debian's relationship with money and the economy

2013-03-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 14/03/13 at 20:13 +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: Btw, in the specific example of your book, have you considered creating a Debian package for it? Oops, I missed http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/debian-handbook Excellent! Lucas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ

Re: [all candidates] DPL salary

2013-03-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 13/03/13 at 11:56 +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 01:31:08PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: For example, I would question whether one could do the role of DPL with a conventional full-time job in IT, at least if you want to keep any other hobbies outside of those two

Re: [all candidates] vote time?

2013-03-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 14/03/13 at 14:10 +, MJ Ray wrote: Dear candidates, How much time do you think voters should spend reading these discussions? Dear questioners, How much time do you think DPL candidates should spend answering those questions? :) More seriously, I find most of the

Re: [all candidates] Debian as an FSF Free Software Distribution

2013-03-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 14/03/13 at 19:14 +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: Hi Paul, On 14-03-13 17:21, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: Hello, DPL'ers, What work will you be doing to continue Zach's efforts to negotiate with the FSF over Debian's status as a Free Software Distribution? For those of us who've

Re: [all candidates] Debian as an FSF Free Software Distribution

2013-03-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, On 14/03/13 at 12:21 -0400, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: Hello, DPL'ers, What work will you be doing to continue Zach's efforts to negotiate with the FSF over Debian's status as a Free Software Distribution? Will you treat this issue as a priority? Can we expect continued open dialogue

Re: [all candidates] on distribution-wide changes and scalability

2013-03-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 14/03/13 at 17:55 +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: Folklore goes that performing distribution-wide changes in Debian is hard and time-consuming, due to a couple of reasons: (1) the time needed to make a decision that affects the whole archive (this is related to our flat structure, which

Re: [all candidate] what is your dayjob?

2013-03-15 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 15/03/13 at 16:21 +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: This one is an easy one to answer, I hope. No trap here... Being the DPS is for sure a very demanding job. So I would like to know what your current activity is (what is your paid job). Please also explain how much your activity may (or may

Re: [all candidates] vote time?

2013-03-15 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 15/03/13 at 10:24 +, MJ Ray wrote: Lucas asked Dear questioners, How much time do you think DPL candidates should spend answering those questions? :) Probably about half of the time it currently takes ;-) More seriously, [...] Maybe we should try to have some of those

Re: [all candidates] Debian as an FSF Free Software Distribution

2013-03-15 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 14/03/13 at 23:05 -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: What work will you be doing to continue Zach's efforts to negotiate with the FSF over Debian's status as a Free Software Distribution? Will you treat this issue as a priority? Can

Re: Usage of Debian's Money

2013-03-15 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 15/03/13 at 00:39 +0100, Toni Mueller wrote: On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 12:00:48AM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: On 12/03/13 at 10:43 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: To other candidates, do you believe that we could benefit from using money for other things than hardware and meeting/travel

Re: [all candidates] on distribution-wide changes and scalability

2013-03-16 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, On 15/03/13 at 19:41 +0300, Moray Allan wrote: In my platform I suggested that we might make distribution-wide changes quicker by more vocally authorising NMUs to help with changeovers. The current NMU guidelines[1] discourage fixing cosmetic issues or changing the packaging style in an

Re: to DPL candidates: getting new people to Debian

2013-03-16 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi Toni, You quoted my mail by taking only one sentence of each of my paragraphs, so my answers look much less subtle in your email than they were in my email. ;) On 15/03/13 at 22:46 +0100, Toni Mueller wrote: Hi Lucas, On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 03:43:16PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: First

Re: All candidates - quotes for the press if you win

2013-03-16 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 13/03/13 at 11:13 +, Neil McGovern wrote: Hi all, This may be a thinly veiled attempt to get some work out of my way before the election, rather than after it. However, it may also be useful for voters in determining their ballots! Could you provide a couple of sentences (no more)

Re: to DPL candidates: getting new people to Debian

2013-03-16 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 16/03/13 at 15:31 +0100, Serafeim Zanikolas wrote: On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 11:21:05AM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote [edited]: But asking students to contribute to Debian during university projects is quite difficult (I have thought about it numerous times, but never found a good-enough

Re: not being elected?

2013-03-17 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, On 17/03/13 at 12:19 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: Candidates, What do you plan to work on if you are not elected? Will not being elected de-motivate you? Will you work on the things in your platform even if you are not elected? Most of the things mentioned there are not DPL specific

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