Paul Tagliamonte <[email protected]> writes: > I'd ask the DPL candidates to speak a bit about how they intend to > represent Debian externally -- both in terms out downstream outreach, as > well as upstream (or even side-stream) relations.
Like I expressed earlier, elsewhere, I believe that representing Debian is a task that can - and often should - be given to those most appropriate for the task. Who and why is most appropriate, depends on a lot of things, like availability, familiarity with the topic or audience, requirements coming from the organisers, and so on and so forth. That is to say, if elected, I will not be able to represent Debian on every front, nor do I feel that this should be expected from the DPL. What I would like to have, however, is sending the best people to represent Debian to events where they can do that best, no matter whether that event is downstream, upstream or even side-stream. (Of course, this does not mean I plan to hide behind a curtain, I do love the sound of my own voice, and I'm not afraid to use it either, when it is appropriate to do so.) > What sort of plans do you have to collaborate with other F/OSS > communities? Other distros? We, as a project, need to be more visible, more approachable. We also have a lot of people who do upstream work. These two things should be used to further our cause, to strengthen the bond between Debian and other communities. We should coordinate with and talk to our upstreams to make both our lives easier, and with downstreams too, for similar reasons. The less work each of us has to do, the better it will be for all of us, and our users. We have people among us who did great work in this area in the past, if elected, I'd encourage their continued effort, and count on their help too, to move things along. Perhaps we could even have Liaisons, or at least a dedicated contact point towards distros and communities, to make ourselves easier to reach, and the work more scalable. > Realtedly, what sort of messaging (on this topic) can we expect > from the future DPL? I plan to keep in touch with distros and communities we're already in touch with, and open channels towards others where we're not present yet. These channels should be nurtured, and ideally vibrant and active. As DPL, I would make it an important recurring task to review the state of our relationships with others, and step in if necessary - either to intervene and mediate, or to give a little push. As for representing Debian - if elected, whenever there's an opportunity to represent Debian somewhere in an official role, I would strive to find the most appropriate person, and encourage them to take on the task (or do it myself, if I happen to be the most appropriate one). Of course, all this would be done in a transparent manner, by way of delegating the task in the end. -- |8] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
