G. Branden Robinson dijo [Thu, May 08, 2025 at 03:49:08AM -0500]:
> > this GR does happen (and I'm confident it will), someone else will be > > DPL. > > In future DPL campaigns, I encourage the electorate to insist that each > candidate disclose which powers of the office they categorically refuse ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > to exercise.I think your paraphrasing of my statement is wrong.I don't; your clarification reinforces my interpretation.Explanation for my initial statement: This reflects a personal judgment, not an absolute rule.A rule doesn't have to be absolute to be general--in other words, categorical. Moreover, one way to interpret accession to the office of DPL through election is that the event reflects a general expression by the developers of trust in the winning candidate to exercise one's personal judgment wisely. That's good for you, and potentially good for the Project. But we should also have a clear idea of what we can expect of our candidates in terms of the exercise of the constitutional powers of the office. Would you be more comfortable with me characterizing your position as, "I intend not to exercise the DPL power of initiating a GR except as an emergency measure, have not observed any qualifying emergency in Debian's history, and do not foresee one arising during my term."? If not, I am eager and intensely curious to hear of the exceptional circumstances you've contemplated.
This would be all clear, Branden, were it not that a large majority of past DPLs (if not _all_ of them, I cannot at this moment devote time to finding the history behind each of our GRs) have refrained from doing so. I guess that Andreas' mail (or even the constitutional text) could be read as "there are exceptional circumstances for which a GR might be expeditely started by the GPL, without requiring seconds, skipping many usual steps". The DPL has the power to judge if we have reached said exceptional circumstances. It does not happen often, and our current DPL seems not to want such an occurrence to happen during his tenure. – Gunnar.
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