In 2005, the body of Debian Developers passed a General Resolution[1] requiring the creation of a declassification team for the debian-private mailing list. For the past ten years, the implementation of this GR has never materialized, despite an explicit call for volunteers[2] by the DPL in 2010. [1] https://www.debian.org/vote/2005/vote_002 [2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2010/05/msg00105.html Over the years, several important discussions have happened on the debian-private mailing list that needed to stay private. Oftentimes, when a discussion has carried on for a while, some participants have reminded others that the discussion should be summarized in a public thread on either the debian-devel or the debian-project mailing lists. While we agree with the intentions behind the original GR, we believe it is now time to acknowledge that the declassification of debian-private will never happen, and that we should instead strongly encourage developers to move discussions to public channels as soon as the sensitivity of the discussion subsides. We therefore propose the following General Resolution: === BEGIN GR TEXT === Title: Acknowledge that the debian-private list will remain private. 1. The 2005 General Resolution titled "Declassification of debian-private list archives" is repealed. 2. In keeping with paragraph 3 of the Debian Social Contract, Debian Developers are strongly encouraged to use the debian-private mailing list only for discussions that should not be disclosed. === END GR TEXT === Thanks for your consideration, -- Nicolas Dandrimont (with thanks to all who helped writing this)
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