Re: Q to all candidates: increase diversity with DDs outside Europe and USA

2019-04-04 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana [2019-04-01 14:51]: > I agree we can have MiniDebConfs but the problem is the local DDs > are usually involved on the organization too. So it's important > Debian developers from Europe (and other countries) been encouraged > to join these MiniDebConfs. I definite

Re: Q to all candidates: increase diversity with DDs outside Europe and USA

2019-04-04 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Adrian Bunk [2019-04-01 18:29]: > > The DPL can encourage an inclusive community and cultural > > understanding. Just creating more awareness about stumbling blocks > > that people face helps because it many cases people simply have no > > idea (e.g. the visa issue mentioned above). I've defin

Re: Q to all candidates: should we have more ports?

2019-04-04 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Wouter Verhelst [2019-04-01 22:53]: > These two words were meant to be a reference to today's date. ... > I'm surprised that most candidates gave it real consideration. I'm sure > they were simply trying their best to remain polite in the face of > someone asking something stupid :-) Oh boy. I

Re: Q: Do you believe in Supercow?

2019-04-04 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* David Kalnischkies [2019-04-01 22:02]: > 1. I said you all mostly qualify as minor contributors, but that is I've just renewed my contributions for another 10 years: https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/merge_requests/58 > based mostly on contributing in bugreports more than a decade ago. > Y

Re: DPL 2019 nomination

2019-04-04 Thread tamil entertainmentl live
I vote Sam hartman

Re: Q: Do you believe in Supercow?

2019-04-04 Thread David Kalnischkies
On Tue, Apr 02, 2019 at 08:14:49PM +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote: > > different Outreach programs Debian participates in. It was a major > > discussion point in previous elections, I take it that everyone agrees > > on that front this time around? Is that it in terms of DPL sponsored > > on-boarding

Re: Q to all candidates: what is the long-term role of traditional Linux distributions?

2019-04-04 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, I'm not a candidate but the topic resonates with me and I want to share my thoughts also because I am in the position to do or fund some work related to all this. In Kali, we have software that are close to impossible to package because they have plenty of dependencies and sometimes even requ