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've served as Debian Project
Leader for the 2010-2011 term.
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 DPL-related topics for 2010 are reported below (reverse chronological order):
