Re: nouser/nogroup clarification
On 22 Jul 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
> >>"Jules" == Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk> writes:
>
> Jules> I don't think it would be appropriate to post it to
> Jules> debian-devel. It's a policy issue. It belongs here. I
> Jules> suppose one could make a concession by posting an update every
> Jules> n weeks to debian-devel listing recent policy happenings and
> Jules> encouraging people over to -policy to discuss them.
>
>
> The reason I asked for an announcement on debian-devel is that
> we have been without a policy mangaer for a while, and people should
> be informed of this move here in the policy group.
Good point.
>
> Secondly, Christian used to announce his ``weekly'' reports on
> debian-devel, so people really interested could participate on
> debian-policy; the announcement made it clear that all discussions
> happen on the policy mailing list, but it did keep the larger
> community informed of things being discussed here.
>
This sounds sensible. (Sorry, I'm new round here - I arrived about two
weeks before Christian left, maybe less).
> Doing it this way allows people to participate in a specific
> policy issue even if they are not generally paying attention to the
> policy mailing list; instead of presenting them with a fait
> accompli.
>
Fair enough.
> I am quite against closed door sessions.
>
So am I. But -policy isn't closed.
> As to the long term, I would like to hear from the projet
> leader, and to have the constitution passed, so that a tech committee
> is in place to be accessible for arbitration.
>
Agreed.
Jules
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