Re: Constant revenue source
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 11:25:40 -0500, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> said:
> * Manoj Srivastava (srivasta@debian.org) wrote:
>> On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:33:14 -0500, Stephen Frost
>> <sfrost@snowman.net> said:
>> > * Andrew Suffield (asuffield@debian.org) wrote:
>> > Well, sure, but it's something intelligent to do w/ a consistent
>> > revenue stream that would benefit us through SPI (at least, imv).
>>
>> >> > Additionally, Debian has funded developers to debconf before,
>> >>
>> >> I'm not really sure that's a good idea. "Free holidays for
>> >> developers" doesn't seem like something we should be doing.
>>
>> > Not sure I agree, I think it does benefit Debian as a whole to
>> > have our developers get to meet each other and work things out.
>>
>> How does one select which set of developers to pay? Can we afford
>> to fly all 1000 DFD's to a common location even once?
> Simple, the DPL selects them. We elected him, and that indicates
> that we trust his decisions on such matters as how to spend Debian
> funds in the best interest of Debian, etc.
Hmm. I can just see DPL politics getting more vicious ...
manoj
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