On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 7:45 AM Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 09:41:33AM +0100, Enrico Zini wrote:
> >As an example of a voting options that I am considering ad that does not
> >fit with your proposals above, I would very likely vote for you above
> >NOTA for a pure DPL election, and I would very likely vote in favour of
> >a GR option to create a Debian Foundation. I would however rank you
> >below NOTA if you insisted in conflating the two, as I cannot endorse
> >what I see as a misuse of our voting system. You would however
> >incorrectly interpret my vote as a vote against the idea of a Debian
> >Foundation, underestimating support for something you care about.
>
> I hate to just say "me too" on a thread like this, but Enrico has
> totally captured my thinking here.
>
> "Me too".
I'll add my "Me too" here as well. I think I'm in favour of the Debian Foundation (although I'd like to be more informed about this). But I'm definitely NOT in favor of co-opting the DPL election to vote for it, because you dislike GRs. I intend to vote for you below NOTA because of this reason, not because I don't think exploring the Debian Foundation idea is worth the time.
Thank you both. I appreciate the feedback and understand that you will vote for
what you believe is best for the project. I am largely running to start setting
up Debian Foundations as a DPL. If you can support that, please vote for me. If
you don't want me to work on establishing these Foundations, or don't want me
to be DPL, rank others above me. I'll totally understand. DPL elections are
what they are.
How can we tell you that we do want to explore the Foundation idea, but we don't want to have a DPL that's not taking care of the rest of the DPL responsibilities? I want a DPL that sets a vision for the project, that helps developers find a common cause for collaborating and moving the project ahead. It doesn't seem that this is your goal and so I don't feel comfortable voting for you above NOTA.