On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:58:36 +0200 Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> wrote: > So when we (Emdebian) are certain that we match Debian to a sensible > degree (i.e. by obeying Social Contract, and fair amounts of Policy), we > should a) ask Debian for permission formally for the use of their name, > and/or b) ask Debian to "make room for us" as a Debian-internal project. We have unofficial permission to use the name and it's a small step to get that official. Making room for us is a bigger step and it is something we started on-list [0] and which Wookey & I have been discussing off-list with the DPL and a few others. I'm hoping to make some progress on that @ DebConf11. http://lists.debian.org/debian-embedded/2011/04/msg00013.html > I write "make room for us", as I believe it requires changes to Debian > Policy. It's more about getting Grip onto ftp-master.debian.org ... > Personally I find b) most ideal, but since I would expect that to take > time and the process potentially stir big debates, I guess it still > makes sense to do a) as an intermediary step. OK. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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