Q to candidates: reporting frequency

2017-03-23 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
Dear candidates, what do you think it's the appropriate frequency for reporting back to the project about what the DPL is doing? Certainly, reporting often is time consuming and divert time from actually *doing* stuff, rather than documenting what has been done. But OTOH reporting seldomly ends up

Re: Question for DPL candidates: delegation

2017-03-23 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi Ian, On 21/03/2017 12:10, Ian Jackson wrote: > The DPL role is generally thought to be rather large and does seem to > be subject to burnout. But, the DPL can delegate whole areas of I do not think the DPL role is still subject to burnout. It certainly requires some commitment but it is in no

Re: Question for DPL candidates: Board of directors?

2017-03-23 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi Sylvestre, On 22/03/2017 21:30, Sylvestre Ledru wrote: > Hello, > > During your term, is there any chance that you work on replacing the DPL role > by a board of directors? > No. > If not, why? > Because I do not like jumping on conclusions. Let me explain further. I agree that it is be

Re: Questions for Mehdi: roadmap?

2017-03-23 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi Steve, On 18/03/2017 23:02, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Hi Mehdi, > > First of all, thanks for standing again! > > Do you have any specific things that you'd like to see on a Debian > roadmap yourself? > I have some specific ideas. I didn't want to share them (although already mentioned elsewhe

Re: Q to Mehdi: partners program

2017-03-23 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi Lucas, On 16/03/2017 12:15, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Hi Mehdi, > > In you platform, you mention the partners program, and apparently a lot > of progress was made recently. This was a (good) surprise for me. You > write: >> With the help of the new partners team I formed during my first term, >>