On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 09:34:31PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > For that reason, I think that the current name of "DPL helpers" carries a > suboptimal idea (esp. since some people have been joking about it being "DPL > slaves/minions"). It's not about helping the DPL, but about helping the > project. Agreed. > During the campaign, I proposed to rename the team to "Debian Driving Force". > I agree that a more modest name could be better. Maybe "Debian Driving Group". > Another option that has been proposed is "Debian Board" (one problem I see > with that is that Board carries an "official" meaning). Any other ideas? > (we will discuss that during the next meeting anyway) I think "Debian Board" is just the perfect name (and the one I also planned to suggest after your observations on the old naming :-)) for the group of people helping with DPL-ish task on a regular basis. That kind of job is exactly what "boards" usually does, both in terms of helping with day-to-day tasks and in terms of helping pushing more substantial changes. I don't think the fact that _this_ specific board is not something "official" is a problem at all, given no special "powers" are associated to helping out (unless the DPL formally delegates someone, but in that case the more appropriate official term already exists: "DPL delegate"). Just my 0.02€, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . zack@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o Former Debian Project Leader . . @zack on identi.ca . . o o o . . . o . « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club »
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