Hi, Lucas sent an email asking people to encourage their 'dream DPL' [1]. I have already encouraged a few people in the last weeks, but when discussing with them, they all tell me very different things about the DPL role. When I asked: "What are you expecting the DPL to do?", I got a bunch of different replies:
- Set technical goals for the project - Mediation regarding social and technical problems - Be aware of everything that goes on with Debian. E.g. I have the feeling some people expect the DPL to read all the Debian mailing lists. - As a continuation of the above point, take action in mailing list threads when they go bad/wrong. - Debian representation: give talks on behalf of Debian in important conferences or congresses. Also give interviews. - Handle the relationship with the open source ecosystem - Handle complex issues: e.g. new licenses in the archive, trademark, etc. - Handle Debian money and oversee the Debian Trusted Organisations. - Make sure delegations are updated and and teams keep functioning properly. - Publicity and advertisement for Debian. E.g. mention *everything important* that's going on in the bits from DPL or equivalent. This is, globally, people are expecting the DPL to do all of the above and maybe more. I think it's clear this is NOT humanly possible. What are the alternatives? Should we redefine the role of the DPL? Should we maybe split the role of the DPL in a few elected roles? Should we discuss (again) the possibility of replacing the DPL for a board? Sometimes I have felt like the DPL election was a popularity contest, and that's probably not what it should be. For the record, I'm not interested in running for DPL. I would like to be able to encourage people to run without the feeling I'm asking them to throw themselves under a never ending shitload of work. Ana [1]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2015/02/msg00001.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
