Stefano Zacchiroli dijo [Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 01:59:39PM +0100]:
> FWIW, the total number of DDs is not a particularly good indicator of
> the work force we have in Debian. Until recently, with the introduction
> of (periodic) WAT runs, the number of DDs was just meant to go up and
> up, given that
Wouter Verhelst dijo [Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 01:45:33AM +0100]:
> The numbers are easy. The amount of Debian Developers has been
> approximately steady at about 1000 for the past ten years. Over that
> same time, the amount of packages in our distribution has been steadily
> increasing. By definition
So, today is April 15, and our Secretary prepares for a very difficult
announcement: There is a majority of votes for NOTA. Or we didn't
reach quorum. Or whatever you fancy - But the result is, none of the
four candidates won the election.
As per Constitution 5.2.4, the vote should be repeated, a
Wouter Verhelst dijo [Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:57:13AM +0100]:
> In my opinion, the best release we ever had (that I was a part of, at
> least) was the Etch release process; shortly after Sarge had been
> released, the release managers had started to regularly update the
> project as a whole on wher
Le Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 02:44:15PM -0700, Russ Allbery a écrit :
>
> Releasing is regularly the hardest thing that Debian does, not just
> technically but also socially. Apart from the standard issues of setting
> deadlines, RC bug counts being high, and similar difficult technical
> issues, the
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 08:58:35PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx - Debian Project
Secretary wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We're now a few days into the campaigning period. The candidates
> are:
> - Stefano Zacchiroli
> - Wouter Verhelst
> - Charles Plessy
> - Margarita Manterola
>
> The page at http://www.debian.org/v
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On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 01:59:39PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 01:14:18PM +0100, Toni Mueller wrote:
> > > the number of DDs has not been going up for quite a while now.
> > If it hasn't declined very much, that'd be a good thing already.
>
> FWIW, the total number o
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 01:14:18PM +0100, Toni Mueller wrote:
> > the number of DDs has not been going up for quite a while now.
> If it hasn't declined very much, that'd be a good thing already.
FWIW, the total number of DDs is not a particularly good indicator of
the work force we have in Debian
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 01:35:51PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 01:45:33AM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > Given the above, I believe the most important task ahead of us is making
> > Debian more attractive for users and prospective contributors; that is
> > what I
On Tue, 16.03.2010 at 01:45:33 +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> increasing. By definition, that means the ratio of Debian Developers per
> package has been doing down, and thus also that the core infrastructure
> has less contributors. Having more packages does not necessarily mean
> that only fri
Hi,
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 01:45:33AM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> Given the above, I believe the most important task ahead of us is making
> Debian more attractive for users and prospective contributors; that is
> what I intend to work on.
How do you intend to work on this?
Greetings
Marc
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 02:09:18PM -0300, Margarita Manterola wrote:
> > What are you referring to here when you write "Code of Conduct"? Do you
> > mean the Debian Community Guidelines (as I guess), or rather
> > http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct ?
>
> Yes, the Community Guidelin
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:37:35AM +0700, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 5:45 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
>
> >> b) What qualifies a contributor to become a "Debian Partner"? What
> >> qualifies a "Debian Partner"?
> >
> > I don't think we have a formal list of "Debian Partners" (bu
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 08:48:20AM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 02:56:41AM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > If you have such questions, it's usually easiest for everyone involved
> > if you bring them up on -vote, the relevant forum for this kind of
> > thing.
> >
>
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 08:30:03AM +0100, Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
> I have a question to the candidates: History has shown that DPLs more
> or less disappear not too long after their period or at least reduce
> their visible efforts immensly. I wonder where you see the reasons for
> this trend, what
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 02:56:41AM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> If you have such questions, it's usually easiest for everyone involved
> if you bring them up on -vote, the relevant forum for this kind of
> thing.
>
> Anyway, since you ask (cc to -vote added),
FWIW, Clint later on stated that h
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 05:58:48PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote:
> I honestly never thought about it myself, but it's fairly trivial to
> file a bug asking for it (and someone who has a better idea than I do
> right this second of where it should go could even prepare and/or
> commit a patch.
Indeed
Hi!
I have a question to the candidates: History has shown that DPLs more
or less disappear not too long after their period or at least reduce
their visible efforts immensly. I wonder where you see the reasons for
this trend, what your impression is about it and wether you try to
follow t
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