From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JxgwH-00039R-UB for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 18 May 2008 11:20:30 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 13D7AE049E; Sun, 18 May 2008 11:20:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB71EE049E for ; Sun, 18 May 2008 11:20:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B05265E0C for ; Sun, 18 May 2008 11:20:28 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.73 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.73 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.869, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id eeR6xd-49oFe for ; Sun, 18 May 2008 11:20:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.176]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F396D671B9 for ; Sun, 18 May 2008 11:20:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id v33so1179495wah.24 for ; Sun, 18 May 2008 04:20:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; bh=HBHxeXNwYaFWDw1pJR4MVuOi2KUOfOYLojFQstaU0Ds=; b=Yax/VqXnofZCsVuLrpAOaVeGirshAXe3D1W03LF0vLs/E4SF86KbvX2wIGmMg76B+Y5iMTxDdgTIyqwA/PVt08RFyqoWnHJ9JSEaSJw4FnIN5YUJoY45+UiRxDvdgsqOSsVWmINYUYxGsq+Opp0J1jTYxP6DTwPVPEbboUqOzuk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=C4yQ8DTdgiKMtFs219x4BpEDM9ikPtbr0xmCD5zk3qPyAfdqVsiMNW79HvxU6HloKxOM4CEPwvVmaGoF7E9DRjn3UCHfJ3x67FWZJr3VYhuux1JFF1KUOp07P4YFVIbCsYaO9bIAje4c1c45H4i86Fl5PckJtKll5Q4v8j/yySE= Received: by 10.114.150.1 with SMTP id x1mr6109457wad.144.1211109621437; Sun, 18 May 2008 04:20:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.180.13 with HTTP; Sun, 18 May 2008 04:20:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7c612fc60805180420y1a6ec8a5w25b45a7c34a8a06@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 13:20:21 +0200 From: "Denis Dupeyron" Sender: denis.dupeyron@gmail.com To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev] Special meeting In-Reply-To: <1211105432.29792.21.camel@camobap> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080516213454.538ce4e8@anaconda.krait.us> <20080517005317.2dc1c8e1@googlemail.com> <482E30EF.4090207@gentoo.org> <482F2826.90001@gentoo.org> <482F36F6.3080203@gentoo.org> <87skwglev5.fsf@phoenix.asynchronous.org> <482F6E5D.1010008@runbox.com> <20080518050217.GH8749@aerie.halcy0n.com> <1211088288.23374.10.camel@wlt.obsidian-studios.com> <1211105432.29792.21.camel@camobap> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 5c5fdfb78851f5bc X-Archives-Salt: 4318f1fe-02aa-4364-8446-831d6f1230dc X-Archives-Hash: 7398ca635f6b0c62011dc048109f6d14 On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Peter Volkov wrote: > Although GLEP 39 does not states this explicitly common sense suggests > that there is zero sense in having policy for council if they can change > it retroactively. So I'd say that while not written this is implied. That's one point of view. Another is that some policies have been written in different times for different reasons, and may need to be clarified or even updated to suit better the present situation. That's the problem with time, it doesn't stand still and things happen leading to situations changing. Denis. -- gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org mailing list