Re: Q to all candidates: what is the long-term role of traditional Linux distributions?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 4/2/19 3:22 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Given these upstream shifts, is attempting to package as much > software as possible something that actually benefits Debian and > our users, or is it something that brings us a duplication of > effort? If

Are Martin and Sam's platforms equivalent?

Thanks to all candidates for putting together your rebuttals. It's always good to see lots of "if elected, I plan to work with other candidates" Martin, do you really see "lot of parallels" with Sam's platform? Sam's platform is all about innovative people mechanics. I would much rather prefer a

Re: Q to all candidates: SWOT analysis

On 3/20/19 1:44 PM, Joerg Jaspert wrote: >> * What are the main 2-4 external things happening in the world outside >>   Debian, and that are "threats" for Debian? ... > One of the questions in my platform hinted at one point: The "package" > managers various new languages came up with. Do you

You + your fellow DDs + tech-ctte

In his platform [0], joerg lists out a few questions about the future of Debian: > How to overcome all the challenges a distribution like ours faces, > how to adapt to the ever faster changing world? > How to become more attractive for all the commercial entities that > are currently chosing to

Re: A few high level questions for all platforms

Thanks for taking the time to go through this and other people's questions, Sam. On 3/20/19 3:04 AM, Sam Hartman wrote: > I've been kind of confused by all the discussions of changing our > governance to permit this. The constitution is quite flexible in this > area already. > There are a couple

Re: Q to all candidates: Universal Operating System

On 3/20/19 2:29 AM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > 2) More specifically, if you believe that we should not aim for being > fully universal, *how* (in terms of decision-making processes) do you > think that we should draw a line about what's acceptable, for > example to decide how to cater to the needs of

A few high level questions for all platforms

Thank you to all of the candidates for your nominations [0] and for sharing your early vision for the next year (and looking forward to Simon's) I would like to formulate a few questions not aimed to any platform in particular. I expect some candidates will point me to their platform page and

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

lucas wrote: > What could work is a group of people that are elected together, agree > beforehand on how to share the various areas of responsibility, and > synchronize very frequently to align their views. But it's probably hard > to be efficient in the typical Debian setup, and to determine a