Re: Questions to the candidates
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> What is the role of the DPL? Is he a strong leader, who uses his
> position to Get Things Done His Way, a public figurehead, who just
> Speaks For The Project, a mediator, who tries to solve internal
> squabbles, or something else?
A DPL should be all of the above, however in my opinion Debian currently
needs a mediator that has enough leadership potential to turn debates
from personal to strategic.
> Do you feel that the DPL is first and foremost The Debian Project
> Leader, in the sense that anything Debian-related the DPL does, he
> does so as the DPL, not as a DD or a private person?
I feel that DPL will have little time to contribute to Debian in the
ways that all other developers do if he would be doing all the thing
that only the DPL can do.
> There are problems with communication between some key teams and
> the rest of the project. What solutions will you try to implement
> during the next year?
Relieve them from the pressure of the release and then have them
re-evaluate their roles along with the rest of the project in debates
about the future direction of the whole project.
> How do you feel about spending Debian monies into buying core
> infrastructure support?
Infrastructure is good and IMHO that is what Debian money is supposed to
be spent on, but we must have clear understanding on how that would be
used and how it will benefit the project. However, by this I only mean
investments into hardware and essential services (bandwidth,
electricity, cooling, ...) and not hire of administrators.
> Currently just about every single conversation on -project and
> -vote degenerates immediately into a (minor) flame war. What will you
> do to fix the current atmosphere?
Flamewars have either personal basis or are based on misunderstanding of
the opponents position, possibly because of non-stated interests.
Personal antipathies should be solvable by personal meetings in Debian
events. If a flamewar escalates, then it would be appropriate for the
DPL to step in and ask for some cooldown. In the worst case a compromise
should be offered if at all possible. However I do not think that there
is a major problem with some heated discussions if there are results.
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Best regards,
Aigars Mahinovs mailto:aigarius@debian.org
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