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Re: [DRAFT] resolving DFSG violations



On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 20:24 +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 05:52:28PM +0000, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > >         This is the part I am not comfortable with. I do not think the
> > >  delegates have the powers to decide when enough progress has been made
> > >  to violate a foundation document in our release.  Just like an
> > >  individual developer does not have a right to decide to violate the
> > >  DFSG in their work, I think the release team, which prepares the
> > >  release, can do so unilaterally either (I did not vote for Bush).
> > 
> > And you're comfortable with ftp-master ruling DFSG-iness through NEW
> > then ? I don't really see the difference.
> 
> I can't speak for Manoj, but for my own part, I have not seen any
> evidence that ftp-master is letting things through NEW which are in
> clear violation of the DFSG, so it doesn't come up.

Every kernel upload changing the ABI goes through NEW.

Your lack of knowledge of Debian processes sucks (that means: you
annoy us (at least me) with your stance and the fanatic way you defend it
in public, please stop this and come back to more constructive
discussions).

Cheers,
-- 
Raphaël Hertzog

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http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/


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