On Thu, Jul 07, 2016 at 03:37:08PM +0200, Nicolas Dandrimont wrote: >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 list archives" is repealed.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, Yay, seconded. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I...
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