Re: [gNewSense-users] Re: Make MIPS gNewSense from Debian packages

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On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 09:02:14PM +1030, Karl Goetz wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:04:16 +0100
> Sam Geeraerts <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Daniel Clark wrote:
> > > Koh Choon Lin wrote:
> > >>> I'm not going to try to tell the devs which to choose.  However,
> > >>> I will say that when I was a GNU/Linux newbie, I tried Debian
> > >>> before Ubuntu with less than successful results.  Since then, I
> > >>> think Debian has become more newbie-friendly, though (e.g. adding
> > >>> a graphical installer).
> > >> How would the issue of deciding the starting platform be settled?
> > >> Debian-way a la by voting?

Issues within debian aren't usually settled by voting. Most are settled by
someone doing the job. This works out most of the time except for some 
contentious
issues, which, being contentious, get more coverage and attention, creating a
false image of how things get decided within that project.

> > > We probably need to formalize how decisions like this are made -
> > > I'd be fine with just copying Debian's way of doing it, with
> > > perhaps veto power for the FSF campaigns team
> > > (rms/mattl/peterb/johns - not me) so no changes could ever be made
> > > that would cause gNewSense to become non-FSF approved.
> > > 
> > Is Debian's way of doing it: every Debian Developer gets a vote? Then 
> > what would the criteria for getting a vote in the gNewSense community
> > be?
> 
> The path to becoming a DD is quite long and involved (and formalised).
> We don't have any of that for gNS.

>From what I've read, back when debian was still a tiny dinosaur, the process
wasn't quite as complex as it is today.

I'd say internal governance isn't an issue right now, and probably won't be for 
some
time. All in all I'd sait there's no direct need to erect our own secret cabal 
at this time.
        
        friendly,
        Andreas