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Re: Q to Andreas: weaknesses and challenges outside packaging?



On 05/04/24 at 14:24 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi Lucas,
> 
> Am Fri, Apr 05, 2024 at 08:56:42AM +0200 schrieb Lucas Nussbaum:
> > Hi Andreas,
> > 
> > In your platform and answers to questions here, I feel that you mainly
> > focus on the visible side of Debian for the public, that is, the
> > distribution we produce.
> > 
> > However, the role of the DPL is a lot about working on fixing all the
> > little annoyances that make it less fun for contributors to work on
> > Debian. In my experience, that involves a lot of work with "behind the
> > scenes" teams.
> > 
> > What is your past experience is that area?
> 
> None.
> 
> > And looking ahead, what do you perceive as the main weaknesses of Debian
> > in that area? What are our main challenges ahead? What are the big
> > threats that we will likely have to face in the next years? Are there
> > opportunities we could leverage?
> 
> These are exactly the questions I would have to you (and other previous
> DPLs) in case I might become elected.

Heh, note that in my case, I'm mostly out of date about the internal state of
Debian. For example, I have absolutely no idea about the current health of our
core teams. And it's likely (I hope!) that the problems we were struggling
with 10 years ago are not the ones we are facing currently.

Lucas


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