The DPL role is generally thought to be rather large and does seem to be subject to burnout. But, the DPL can delegate whole areas of responsibility. At the moment DPL delegates are mostly longstanding core teams such as ftpmaster and DAM. We have also had the semi-formal "DPL helpers" but they didn't have delegated authority.
Do you intend to make more use of delegation ? In what areas of DPL responsibility ? Do you envisage delegating individual issues on an ad-hoc basis, or whole areas to new or existing teams ? Do you envisage sending out public calls for volunteers ? Would you look favourably on unsolicited requests from a contributor, to have limited powers delegated to them to deal with a matter that contributor wants to try to see fixed ? Ian. -- Ian Jackson <[email protected]> These opinions are my own. If I emailed you from an address @fyvzl.net or @evade.org.uk, that is a private address which bypasses my fierce spamfilter.
