Hi Hector, On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 05:55:35PM +0100, Hector Oron wrote: [...] > Secondly, I was wondering how Debian could make it easier for people > to contribute than other (derivatives and non-derivatives) > distributions. I came up with a really nice draft howto[1] When you say "I came up with", I presume you actually mean "I found"? "I came up with" means so much as saying "I wrote", which would be wrong in this context (I believe enrico wrote it, not you). At any rate, I was aware of this document; and while I believe it to be somewhat verbose, I do agree with the general gist of it. That is, while there might be details that I have a different opinion on, I do think it's a good thing for people to read and to base their actions on. In your subject line you ask how I would 'enforce' the dcg. My answer on that one could be short; I would not, since it is not an official document that needs to be enforced. However, as one of my initial actions as DPL, I do intend to submit a post to debian-devel-announce with a set of guidelines for people to follow when flamewars happen (and when they don't, in order to avoid them). It would not be something that I intend to "enforce" in any way (I do not believe in punitive action except in the most exceptional of circumstances), but it would describe the way that I already try to behave, and the way that I would encourage others to behave as well. This would reproduce some of the (IMO) more useful suggestions from the dcg augmented with some of my own suggestions. -- The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is trying to fool the system. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html
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