Re: Q to all candidates: SWOT analysis
* Jose Miguel Parrella <bureado@debian.org> [2019-03-20 14:27]:
> > One of the questions in my platform hinted at one point: The "package"
> > managers various new languages came up with.
>
> Do you (and other candidates) see this as a threat or as an opportunity?
I absolutely see it as a threat.
You can add to threats: The Debian way becoming obsolete in many ways
because of a changing technical environment.
Can it be an opportunity? I think so, but I don't see anyone working
on solutions.
> I implied that Debian has technical deliverables beyond a distro:
> APT, understood broadly as the libraries, frontends, low-level
> tools, build and packaging tools, linter and QA, processes, policies
> and procedures, the package metadata definitions, etc. I think this
> has tremendous value for the industry. There's also of course the
> packages themselves, all of which are important but many of which
> have significantly more logic in them compared to upstream.
Now I understand your question better. I agree with you, but
unfortunately I think this is a key area where Debian used to be
respected for its solutions whereas now we're just lagging behind the
world.
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Martin Michlmayr
https://www.cyrius.com/
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