From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hk456-0007p7-Nl for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 04 May 2007 20:08:45 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l44K7mBB025861; Fri, 4 May 2007 20:07:48 GMT Received: from mail.twi-31o2.org (66-191-187-123.dhcp.gnvl.sc.charter.com [66.191.187.123]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l44K5qlm023576 for ; Fri, 4 May 2007 20:05:53 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.twi-31o2.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B24C2480E2 for ; Fri, 4 May 2007 15:54:39 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at twi-31o2.org Received: from mail.twi-31o2.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gravity.twi-31o2.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Kn5IB6iu4Xrk for ; Fri, 4 May 2007 15:54:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.249] (unknown [192.168.0.249]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.twi-31o2.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA986248079 for ; Fri, 4 May 2007 15:54:32 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for May From: Chris Gianelloni To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20070504204307.2e937d66@snowflake> References: <20070501093001.9C84D64F39@smtp.gentoo.org> <4639B651.2030903@gentoo.org> <463B15D6.2020109@gentoo.org> <200705041354.38110.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> <463B56E8.1020404@gentoo.org> <1178307411.18735.11.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org> <20070504204307.2e937d66@snowflake> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-aBW04Itw4k7azGLAzG5V" Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 16:05:52 -0400 Message-Id: <1178309152.18735.23.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.0 X-Archives-Salt: 7c07e8f8-cc79-41fc-8a0c-030c422d1faf X-Archives-Hash: 0bab1d38dc654b9bf8c4633763c5c5c7 --=-aBW04Itw4k7azGLAzG5V Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 20:43 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Fri, 04 May 2007 15:36:51 -0400 > Chris Gianelloni wrote: > > The point of policy is *not* to impede progress. It is supposed to be > > to provide our users the best quality distribution. If policy gets in > > the way of progress without gain for our users, then the policy needs > > to be revisited. >=20 > And the point of enforcing policy and escalating problems is to prevent > rogue developers from breaking stable, screwing over users' systems and > then repeatedly refusing to show any sign that they've learned from > that and lots of other mistakes. What does enforcement have to do with the Council? The Council approves/enacts policy. We don't do enforcement. --=20 Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering Strategic Lead Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee Gentoo Foundation --=-aBW04Itw4k7azGLAzG5V Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBGO5IgkT4lNIS36YERAmCCAJ9mDGjrN1juOLmgnbe0HVnXSPk0EwCfYerG LQeIA5yg5RPvIqibckE3y/U= =TCnh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-aBW04Itw4k7azGLAzG5V-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list