Re: Bits from the DPL: FTP assistants, marketing team, init scripts, elections

[Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>]

On ma, 2008-02-25 at 10:31 -0500, David Moreno wrote:
> IMHO, the DPL position should have less showcase and more time to get
> some real work done during time (say, two years, since the free
> software and the technology world changes drastically in short periods
> of time).

We already discussed last year lengthening the DPL period to two years.
Martin Michlmayr, the most recent example we have of a DPL that has
served more than two years, said it was a bad idea: "I don't think it's
a good idea to increase the time of a DPL term."

http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2007/08/msg00043.html

See the thread for more detailed arguments.