Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-14 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Saturday 10 June 2006 10:42, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 10:56:48 +0200 Patrick Lauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | When someone contacts GWN to have | something corrected, it would be appreciated were the GWN staff to | at least deign to acknowledge receipt, even if for some

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-11 Thread Henrik Brix Andersen
On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 11:37:42AM -0400, Alec Warner wrote: Have the GWN posted to -core in a sane time period prior to it's release. I seriously doubt anyone cares about whether the publication is always on time (whatever that may be). If it's a bi-weekly publication it doesn't always

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-11 Thread Josh Saddler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Marius Mauch wrote: On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:00:43 +0200 Patrick Lauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 11:37 -0400, Alec Warner wrote: Have the GWN posted to -core in a sane time period prior to it's release. I seriously doubt

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-11 Thread Christel Dahlskjaer
After waiting for my replies for 24+ hours I presume they disappeared into a blackhole while we were lacking lists, so I'm resending. Forwarded Message From: Christel Dahlskjaer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-11 Thread Christel Dahlskjaer
The reply appears to have disappeared into a black hole. Forwarded Message From: Christel Dahlskjaer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:26:31 +0100 On Sat, 2006

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-11 Thread Christel Dahlskjaer
Another vanishing reply from yesterday. Forwarded Message From: Christel Dahlskjaer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:44:02 +0100 On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 10:56

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-11 Thread Wernfried Haas
On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 05:50:05PM +0100, Christel Dahlskjaer wrote: As for why the Council, because thats what people suggested when I asked which route to take when he was unresponsive. I see, and that puts your suggestion of conctacting the council in a different angle. [some stuff

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-11 Thread Christel Dahlskjaer
On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 09:27 +0200, Wernfried Haas wrote: On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 04:28:36AM +0100, Christel Dahlskjaer wrote: I would like to ask that the Council discuss the current state and future of the GWN at their next meeting. Council? Why escalate things? Have you talked to Ulrich

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-11 Thread Christel Dahlskjaer
On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 10:07 +0200, Lars Weiler wrote: Congratulations. I just unsubscribed from the gwn-feedback-alias after reading your mail. * Christel Dahlskjaer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [06/06/10 04:28 +0100]: 1. Reliability. The GWN claims to be a weekly publication, yet it frequently

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-11 Thread Christel Dahlskjaer
On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 10:56 +0200, Patrick Lauer wrote: On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 03:28 +0100, Christel Dahlskjaer wrote: I would like to ask that the Council discuss the current state and future of the GWN at their next meeting. I don't think you have to escalate that far. We should be able to

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-11 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 10:56:48 +0200 Patrick Lauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | I also believe that when posting an article or interview, a copy | should be sent to the relevant people to ensure that they are ok | with what is being posted (my dev of the week interview, for | example, was rather

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-11 Thread Henrik Brix Andersen
On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 01:13:36PM +0100, Christel Dahlskjaer wrote: To take an example, there were made up quotes in my GWN interview, however, nothing of great harm. I believe that time it was a case of attempting to make it more fun, it is however a worrying trend. One of my blog entries

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-11 Thread Donnie Berkholz
Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 01:13:36PM +0100, Christel Dahlskjaer wrote: To take an example, there were made up quotes in my GWN interview, however, nothing of great harm. I believe that time it was a case of attempting to make it more fun, it is however a worrying

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-11 Thread Alec Warner
Donnie Berkholz wrote: Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 01:13:36PM +0100, Christel Dahlskjaer wrote: To take an example, there were made up quotes in my GWN interview, however, nothing of great harm. I believe that time it was a case of attempting to make it more fun, it

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-10 Thread Wernfried Haas
On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 04:28:36AM +0100, Christel Dahlskjaer wrote: I would like to ask that the Council discuss the current state and future of the GWN at their next meeting. Council? Why escalate things? Have you talked to Ulrich about the problems mentioned below? Isn't the GWN somehow a

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-10 Thread Tobias Scherbaum
First of all, someone from infra/recruiters might please revoke my write access to gentoo/xml/htdocs/news/gwn. I'm no longer interested in contributing to the GWN. I also believe that when posting an article or interview, a copy should be sent to the relevant people to ensure that they are ok

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-10 Thread Lars Weiler
Congratulations. I just unsubscribed from the gwn-feedback-alias after reading your mail. * Christel Dahlskjaer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [06/06/10 04:28 +0100]: 1. Reliability. The GWN claims to be a weekly publication, yet it frequently fails to publish without prior warning. There was no edition

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-10 Thread George Shapovalov
субота, 10. червень 2006 04:28, Christel Dahlskjaer Ви написали: I would like to ask that the Council discuss the current state and future of the GWN at their next meeting. Hah? What has concil to do with this? Is it going to mandate GWN be better and it magically turns into some other thing?

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-10 Thread Patrick Lauer
On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 03:28 +0100, Christel Dahlskjaer wrote: I would like to ask that the Council discuss the current state and future of the GWN at their next meeting. I don't think you have to escalate that far. We should be able to discuss things without the thermonuclear option ;-) 1.

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-10 Thread Alec Warner
Lack of content and poorly written or incorrect articles are often justified by the GWN team on grounds of overwork and insufficient manpower. When I asked why they were not recruiting, I was informed that no-one has any interest in contributing. There's a big difference between one-off

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-10 Thread Daniel Drake
Christel Dahlskjaer wrote: I would like to ask that the Council discuss the current state and future of the GWN at their next meeting. This is an open project. The solution to the problems you raise is incredibly simple: Contribute on a regular basis, or find other people who will do so.

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-10 Thread Patrick Lauer
On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 11:37 -0400, Alec Warner wrote: Have the GWN posted to -core in a sane time period prior to it's release. I seriously doubt anyone cares about whether the publication is always on time (whatever that may be). So what would a sane time period be? 12h? 24h? The problem

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-10 Thread Christel Dahlskjaer
On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 10:27 +0200, George Shapovalov wrote: субота, 10. червень 2006 04:28, Christel Dahlskjaer Ви написали: I would like to ask that the Council discuss the current state and future of the GWN at their next meeting. Hah? What has concil to do with this? Is it going to

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-10 Thread Christel Dahlskjaer
On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 11:40 +0100, Daniel Drake wrote: Christel Dahlskjaer wrote: I would like to ask that the Council discuss the current state and future of the GWN at their next meeting. This is an open project. The solution to the problems you raise is incredibly simple: Contribute

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-10 Thread Christel Dahlskjaer
On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 09:35 +0200, Tobias Scherbaum wrote: First of all, someone from infra/recruiters might please revoke my write access to gentoo/xml/htdocs/news/gwn. I'm no longer interested in contributing to the GWN. I also believe that when posting an article or interview, a copy

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-10 Thread Marius Mauch
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:00:43 +0200 Patrick Lauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 11:37 -0400, Alec Warner wrote: Have the GWN posted to -core in a sane time period prior to it's release. I seriously doubt anyone cares about whether the publication is always on time

Re: [gentoo-dev] July Council Meeting: Requested Agenda Item

2006-06-10 Thread Luis Francisco Araujo
George Shapovalov wrote: субота, 10. червень 2006 04:28, Christel Dahlskjaer Ви написали: I would like to ask that the Council discuss the current state and future of the GWN at their next meeting. Hah? What has concil to do with this? Is it going to mandate GWN be better and it