Hi, On 10/03/13 at 13:40 +0100, Martin Zobel-Helas wrote: > Why do you think you are a good candidate for the next DPL term?
Eh, that's a difficult question. Also, I suspect you mean "be a good DPL" and not "be a good candidate", right? Anyway, I will answer about "be a good DPL". That's a difficult question because the role of the DPL is rather complex, and actually quite loosely defined (i.e. mainly defined by how past DPLs behaved -- the constitutional definition only covers a small part of the DPL role). This also means that it is OK for DPLs to be different, and explore different ways of being a "good DPL". However, the "level 0" of being a good DPL is taking good care of the project, making sure that there are no big blockers faced by contributors. This might seem natural now, but a few years back, it was not unusual for some part of the project to be completely stuck for months. Of course, to achieve that, I will inspire from what was done by previous DPLs for that. As written in my platform, I will also try to improve on being more proactive at detecting problems, since it's way easier to solve them early. Why do I think I would be good at that? If I just say "I would be good at that", you might not be convinced. :) So let's be a bit more specific. I have a reasonable experience in contributing to reaching consensus. For a specific example, I drove DEP1 on the current policy. But there are several other discussions that could serve as examples. Also in general, I'm generally considered reliable and well organized. My personal organization is inspired from Getting Things Done and Inbox Zero. So I'm likely to be throughout and reliable in solving problems. Then, once "level 0" is achieved, a role of the DPL has been to provide a structured "vision" for the project, and contribute to driving longer term evolutions (using Debian's usual consensus-based processes, of course). I think that my Debian contributions show my ability to start and drive projects. And regarding vision, well, look at my platform. Of course, I believe in what I wrote, or I wouldn't have written it. But you are free to decide whether it's good or not :) Lucas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
