Re: Proposal G
On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 12:24:56 +1000, Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> said:
> On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 03:09:16AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> * Manoj Srivastava:
>> >> For our users, we promise to do regular releases; as a
>> >> guideline, a major release of the distribution should happen
>> >> about once a year.
>> > On what basis do you think we can make this promise?
> Why are we so worried about what we can and can't do? Surely the
> interesting question is what we _should_ do?
On the contrary, there is no question about that: regular and
timely releases are indeed beneficial to users; and if we can so
promise, we should: my concern is that our track record does not
seem to indicate that this is something that we are so certain about
that we can make a promise to do so.
In my opinion, the question you label as interesting is
vehemently not so; obviously we should make regular, and timely,
releases.
> Presumably there are some things we can do that we shouldn't, right?
>> > That policy violates the SC. You essentially told a delegate
>> > to go violate the social contract, and I don't think we can do
>> > that.
>> Ahem, this proposal tries to assure a delegate that his scruples
>> are unwarranted and that he should go on as previously planned.
> Yay, vote [1] unscrupulous delegates.
> There are two issues here: does the old policy violate the social
> contract,
Yes, I do not think there is much of dispute on that regards
(well, there is none, in my mind).
I would like to point out Ian Jacksons summary of the issues
on the TC list; (FWIW, I agree with that summary)
http://lists.debian.org/debian-ctte/2004/05/msg00002.html
> and does that matter? Only if the project thinks the answer to both
> questions is "yes" is there a problem -- and if they do, presumably
> they'll rank this option below "Further Discussion" and most/all of
> the other options. If the majority of the project don't think both
> are the case, is there much point standing in the way of that
> proposal?
I am not standing in the way of any proposal (I can't,
anyway). I am just saying that portions of this proposal, as it reads
now, do not address the issue that the current GR addresses, and
must needs go on another ballot, and another vote.
> I'm still amazed that there hasn't even been any
> micro-consensus-building leading to some of the alternative
> proposals getting merged or dropped.
I have been struck by the same thing; we now weild votes like
showdowns at high noon.
manoj
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debts must be repaid in kind. The longer the delay, the greater the
interest." Chinese author Lu Xun, 1926
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