Russ Allbery <[email protected]> writes: > Moray Allan <[email protected]> writes: > >> However, the DPL role for a single year is already a big commitment, >> taking a lot of energy and time (typically including a lot of the time >> that person previously spent in other areas of Debian). Already many >> people who would perform the role well choose not to run due to the >> required commitment. > > For example, I would question whether one could do the role of DPL with a > conventional full-time job in IT, at least if you want to keep any other > hobbies outside of those two jobs.
I'll have to disagree here, but perhaps my idea of a conventional full-time job in IT, or hobbies is different than yours. > The amount of media and expected travel to represent Debian is rather > intimidating (particularly to an introvert), as are the number of > things that are relatively time-sensitive and require a lot of effort. Fortunately for us, quite a lot of things one does as a software engineer can be conveniently done in a hotel room or while travelling too (been there, done that, didn't find it a big deal). Also, in case one's working for a free software friendly company, going to the same conferences one would go as DPL may very well match those he'd attend anyway. So, yes, travel and media do take a lot of time, but I don't think they neccessarily conflict with having a full-time job. > (I think mediations and helping people work together is much more > difficult than technical work on packages.) This, I fully agree with. -- |8] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
