Archive for December, 2008
membership status results
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008So, in the Membership Status GR, we sent a clear message that we wanted those decisions to be postponed. Now, we have a responsibility to prove that we were not just rejecting any change, but that our vote was really a vote against the way those decisions were announced, and/or those particular decisions. I’m convinced [...]
Debian on a Dell E4300
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008I received a new laptop, a Dell Latitude E4300. I was a bit anxious with its level of support on Linux, because it only recently started being shipping, and it’s full of recent Intel hardware. Also, with lenny being frozen for 5 months, we are currently a bit behind regarding hardware support. I installed lenny [...]
The Project membership procedures GR
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008So, the call for vote on the “Project membership procedures” GR was sent. Since I took part in the discussions that lead to that GR, I feel obliged to explain my point of view. What this GR isn’t about This GR isn’t about the merits of Joerg Jaspert’s proposal. I personally don’t think that the [...]