Hi Adrian,
Am Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 01:37:41AM +0200 schrieb Adrian Bunk:
> I might be interested in joining the team and have some ideas for
> improvements, but some topics are unclear to me:
Thank you.
> > The lack of dialogue and responses from the current members
> > significantly contributes to those concerns above.
> >
> > However and at the same time, all of the new members are committed to
> > Debian and are very interested in working with you to carry on the
> > impressive legacy that is "ftpteam". They do value the work you did, and
> > want to learn and build upon it.
>
> The most fundamental question is whether you want new members to join
> the existing team and implement the existing policies, or whether you
> want to replace the delegation with a new one that starts by developing
> new policies.
This depends on the willingness of the current team members to work with
new colleagues on equal footing and to support improvements to the
workflow and policies. So far, I have received signals of hesitation
about newcomers and also about me, which makes it difficult to assume
that a simple enlargement of the existing team would work smoothly.
> This is the first decision you have to make.
I intend to make this decision together with the prospective new team
members, for the reasons explained here[1].
The structure of the future team should be a collective decision, not a
unilateral one. In general, I really appreciate any opinion that is
expressed constructively and with a positive mindset.
> And delegation shouldn't happen before a new member has reached
> that skill level.
All candidates proposed as new members are long-standing DDs, and I
trust them to have the necessary technical and procedural skills to
contribute effectively.
Kind regards
Andreas.
PS: My goal is to help shape a team structure that remains open to
newcomers and is responsive to the community. The workflow should be
efficient, transparent, and open. I also value a team with a clear
vision[2] for how to meet future needs.
I will not reply to messages in this thread that focus solely on the
number of processed packages. Throughput is one metric, but it is not
the only one.
[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/11/msg00187.html
[2] https://salsa.debian.org/debconf-team/public/data/dc24/-/blob/main/etherpad/txt/154-meet-the-ftpteam.txt#L98-106
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