zack for DPL 2010 ( ! )
In 2010, I've been foolish enough (and again) to candidate as DPL in the yearly
elections.
I did
suceed, and therefore I'm currently acting as the
Debian Project Leader.
This page collects information about my candidacy, mostly for historic reasons.
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nomination mail (with a nice typo towards the end)
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my DPL platform:
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my rebuttals, as part of version 2.1 of my platform
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some pointers to campaigning questions and discussions happened on
-vote, and my positions on the raised topics (chronological order):- will you have a 2IC?, no
- on project funds and donations, my take
- on the time that will be devoted to DPL tasks, my take
- on financing development (and some Dunc-Tank drifts), my take
- in 10 years ..., how I'd like Debian to be
- on heated discussions, my take
- on the followed Debian communication media, my take
- on the social impact of the release process, my take
- on the Squeeze freeze process and some of its incidents, my take
- on withdrawing delegations due to bad community behaviour, my take
- on how to care for the core infrastructure, my take
- on how to avoid becoming a "disappearing DPL", my take
- an analysis of past release cycles, my comment
- do we need a DPL at all?, my take
- on old architecture support, my take
- on decentralization of power and the need(?) of access restrictions, my take
- on the license/copyright GR proposal, my take
- on how
many users we have and on the
usage of popcon to determine that, my
take
- ... and a nice ex-post surprise about Ubuntu and Debian users, my take)
- some rebuttals discussion, with my reply
- on how to gather manpower for "core" teams, my take
- on supermajority, my take
- on our spirit and how to inspire it to fellow DDs, my take
- who would you vote for?, I won't tell, here is why
- on personal mentoring, my take
- on project membership requirements, my take
- on standardization, large scale changes, and innovation, my take
- on the enforcement of community guidelines, my take
- on the usage of Planet Debian, my take
- on the DPL role in maintenance disputes, my take
- ... and on the transparency in mediation, my take
- on the "community awareness" of mediation, my take
- on the sustainability of our growth, my take
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the election results are available on the official vote page
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my blog posts on the subject are reported below (reverse chronological order):
debian meeting sponsoring guidelines
Posted Mon Jul 26 12:46:21 2010RCBC - release critical bugs contest
Posted Sun Jul 25 09:33:45 2010debian podcast planning
Posted Thu Jul 22 17:05:15 2010Welcome, DebConf newbies!
Posted Sun Jun 27 01:18:48 2010Debian consultancy for the European Framework Programme
Posted Wed Jun 23 14:57:31 2010DD certification
Posted Mon Jun 21 18:44:20 2010debian meeting guidelines RFC
Posted Sun Jun 20 22:58:02 2010document your team - redux
Posted Mon May 31 09:55:12 2010Debian-based scientific computing at EDF
Posted Thu May 27 10:51:16 2010the DebConf Newbies initiative
Posted Mon Apr 26 14:03:31 2010oh my
Posted Sat Apr 17 17:14:24 2010campaigning woes
Posted Thu Apr 8 18:56:13 2010Elections!
Posted Tue Mar 16 10:53:10 2010

