Re: [DRAFT FOR REVIEW] Steve McIntyre elected Debian Project Leader 2008

[Alex Morega <alex@grep.ro>]

On Apr 15, 2008, at 05:18 , CJ Fearnley wrote:

> Andre,
>
> I think the lengthy discussion about the Debian voting method is
> inappropriate for a news release about the DPL election.  I recommend
> boiling it all away except for maybe one or two sentences.  The "About
> Debian" boilerplate needs a major overhaul, but is this release the  
> time
> to do it.  Therefore, I would recommend using the boilerplate used for
> the last public announcement http://www.debian.org/News/2008/20080413
>
> Let's keep it simple.  And let's focus on the news worthy elements not
> all this political stuff about the election process.
I agree, this seemed odd to me too. That discussion does not belong in  
a news release.


> Here's a quick and dirty version:
> [...]
> The Debian project's Constitution
> (http://www.debian.org/devel/constitution) specifies the roles and  
> duties
> of the DPL and the voting method used to select them.  Elections are
> held annual for the position which caries a one year term.

s/annual/annually/
s/caries/carries/

Cheers,
-- Alex