Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 04:50:15PM -0700, Adam McKenna wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 02:49:36AM +0300, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
> > I have already cited it in this discussion. 2.1:1:
> > "Nothing in this constitution imposes an obligation on anyone to do
> > work for the Project. A person who does not want to do a task which
> > has been delegated or assigned to them does not need to do it.
> > However, they must not actively work against these rules and decisions
> > properly made under them."
> > I direct your attention to the first sentence of that quote.
> Perhaps that section of the Constitution should be modified, then.
> At the very least, a person who does not wish to perform a task should be
> required to notify the people who are requesting the task that they are
> refusing to do it.
> If they simply do not reply to repeated requests, then they are, IMHO,
> actively (passive-aggressively) working against the rules. They're also
> breaking the social contract which states that we won't hide problems.
> Also, even though passive-aggression may not be specifically prohibited by
> the Debian constitution, it certainly is not encouraged by the constitution
> and should not be generally endorsed as the right way of doing things.
> People who act in such a manner should be chastised for doing so, not
> defended.
Nevertheless, none of this appears to be germane to the GR at hand, which
does not say "the ftp-masters will answer our questions or step down", it
says "everyone involved is required to make inclusion of amd64 in sarge a
priority".
I find myself wondering if any of the amd64 proponents, in their eagerness
to move the port forward, have even been in contact with any of the
developers on the mirror team (mirrors@debian.org, as listed at
http://www.debian.org/intro/organization/) to find out if there was any
way they could help. Probably not; unfunded mandates make it much easier
to blame others for your woes.
--
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer
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