On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 05:01:57PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> Dear candidates,
> do you think the time is ripe for dropping section §5 of the Debian
> Social Contract [1], namely "Works that do not meet our free software
> standards" or should we wait more?
>
I don't think it's time to
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 12:08:02PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Lucas Nussbaum [2015-03-12 10:16 +0100]:
> > All candidates: how will you reconcile that with the fact that the DPL
> > currently only has a limited vision of what funds are available, and how
> > they evolved over time
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 09:47:02PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Neil McGovern [2015-03-13 19:44 +0100]:
> > * Meetings. Sprints are great, and it's fantastic to see those
> > being promoted for DebCamp. Our main conference each year is
> > DebConf, and I would be happy to provide th
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 10:44:29AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> Notably, the notion of a "DPL team" is absent from all your
> platforms. Without trying to suggest that this is a fallacy, I have
> a few questions about this:
>
> Have you considered working with a "DPL team" and if so, why have
>
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 09:57:28AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> Neil,
>
> in your platform, you advocate PPAs and modernising our build and
> infrastructure.
>
> What's the DPL's role in this? Or, put differently, couldn't you
> just start working on this without the DPL hat? Why not? What's t
On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 12:09:37PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> Question(s) to all candidates:
> What is your perception of fundraising in and around Debian?
Short of DebConf (and more recently Outreachy), we don't do anything of
significance.
> If anything, what changes would you like to help
also sprach Neil McGovern [2015-03-20 19:27 +0100]:
> I'd be more sympathetic to funding someone (perhaps via an
> internship, or gap year student who's going on to accountancy) to
> help set up a system so we can track it easier, but only if we
> woudn't be wasting their time with them simply pin
also sprach Neil McGovern [2015-03-20 19:39 +0100]:
> However, let me be clear: I intend on spending /more/ than that
> surplus. I would like our reserves to be at a lower level than
> they are now.
Why? What target level are you aiming for and what's the rationale?
Also, you intend to spend mor
On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 08:56:23PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Neil McGovern [2015-03-20 19:27 +0100]:
> > I'd be more sympathetic to funding someone (perhaps via an
> > internship, or gap year student who's going on to accountancy) to
> > help set up a system so we can track it ea
On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 10:59:26PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> There has been some discussions about the focus moving to other areas of
> Free Software, distributions being solved problems, containers as a
> alternative/better way to ship software, etc.
>
> In five years, what should Debian's p
On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 08:58:35PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Neil McGovern [2015-03-20 19:39 +0100]:
> > However, let me be clear: I intend on spending /more/ than that
> > surplus. I would like our reserves to be at a lower level than
> > they are now.
>
> Why? What target leve
also sprach Neil McGovern [2015-03-20 21:13 +0100]:
> Perhaps for clarity: This is /not/ a sustainable funding stream. We have
> reserves which I believe are too high for our income/expenditure, and I
> believe that should be spent to further the project. This isn't
> something that should be used
Hi Mehdi, Gergely and Neil,
thanks for being candidates to this election !
You probably noted that no woman was candidate this year, and that no woman was
appointed to the technical committee in the recent replacements.
Do you think that it is a problem that there are no women in key positions i
On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 08:58:35PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Neil McGovern [2015-03-20 19:39 +0100]:
> > However, let me be clear: I intend on spending /more/ than that
> > surplus. I would like our reserves to be at a lower level than
> > they are now.
> Why? What target level a
On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 08:13:22PM +, Neil McGovern wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 08:58:35PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> > Why? What target level are you aiming for and what's the rationale?
> Hopefully https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2014/03/msg00308.html
> helps explain :)
This s
also sprach Anthony Towns [2015-03-21 06:44 +0100]:
> > Also, you intend to spend more than surplus, which at the moment
> > you could. What about next year's DPL, or the year after that?
>
> I think the above offers a reasonable approach there. Still
> warrants deciding what the desired ratio be
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