Re: Debian Etch Stable.
Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 01:24:32PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
> > > Actually, I believe you'll find that that wasn't even put forward as a
> > > metric for the experiment.
I didn't write that.
> > In your own words, the experiment was to allocate sufficient funds so
> > that Steve Langasek and Andreas Barth can dedicate a month each to
> > getting etch out on time (and Mon 4 Dec 06 was already given as the
> > release date).
>
> If you consider that to be the "success condition", it seems it was
> already a "success" -- that amount of funds was allocated, for exactly
> that purpose.
It didn't fulfil that condition: Etch didn't release on Mon 4 Dec 06 -
or is the next chunk of funding going to repairing the time machine
that was broken next week?
> > I think the experiment has even failed to provide useful information
> > it could have, partly due to the refusal to take or request any
> > recognisable measurements. Any future DPL funding initiative could be [...]
>
> Given this isn't a "DPL" funding initiative, I think you're way off base.
The above proposal was first posted by the DPL = DPL initiated it = it
was a DPL initiative. No amount of moving it between shells, moving
it away from developer control, will change that.
> > Further, it's cynical and unrealistic to demand that those unhappy
> > with the experiment to fulfil the DPL's wishlist at this busiest time
> > of year for festivals and so on. [...]
>
> You are, of course, free to do what you want, and you don't need to come
> up with any excuses for that.
However, it seemed that it was being set up to be interpreted as
cynicism or other nonsense by the dunc-tank's advocates if the
bleeding obvious (IT'S THE FESTIVE SEASON) wasn't pointed out.
> > I hope that
> > reporters are smart enough to recognise both that demand and the
> > refusal to report yet as the politicking of a DPL trying to hide the
> > negatives of his decisions.
>
> If this were politicking, what makes you think that I'm not suggesting
> the very thing I'm worried most about, safe in the knowledge that yourself
> and others will say "oh, if aj suggested it, it must be an evil, political
> idea and I shall do the exact opposite"?
I don't think that, because there can be no *knowledge* that I would
say that falsehood.
I remember that aj has attacked a proposal merely because it involved
me, but I don't do the same in reverse. I look at proposals on their
merits, even those who I've disagreed with in the past. My memory
probably isn't good enough to "keep score" like that anyway. For
example, I supported terminating this DPLship early because I think
the DPL decisions to date were mostly poor (as I explained at the
time), not as a personal attack against aj.
I don't know and have never met aj socially, and I don't even remember
any real-time messaging interactions. Maybe the next proposal will be
brilliant - we'll see when it comes - but the dunc-tank sucks in so
many ways.
Hope that explains,
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