Yes, I do agree that we should be good or rather aim to be the best among the distros.Hi Sruthi, In your platform and answers to questions here, I feel that you mainly focus on the "behind the scenes" aspects of Debian for the public, that is, how the project works. This is of course extremely important, but to put it bluntly, I believe that for Debian to be successful, it first needs to be good at what it produces (the distribution). Being a diverse and welcoming and generally well-functionning community is nice, but not very important if what we produce becomes irrelevant and nobody cares about Debian anymore. Do you agree?
Currently we have a good share of servers and systems running on Debian, but if we take newer devices like smartphones and embedded systems, we are far behind. I believe that we are reluctant to change and that is holding us back in exploring new horizons. In upcoming years, many of our current excellent projects will be obsolete and we may not be good enough in newer projects if we are reluctant to change. The biggest threat is the rate of change the technological world is going through - will we able to keep up with them?Regarding what we produce, what do you perceive as the main challenges ahead? What are our main weaknesses to address them? What are the big threats that we will likely have to face in the next years? Are there opportunities we could leverage?
While I do agree that a DPL has some influence on drawing attention to certain topics, it is the project as a whole which should take up the challenge to change and stay relevant.Of course, as the DPL, it is unlikely that you will find the time to work on those challenges yourself. But you will have many opportunities to draw attention to topics of importance (in interviews, talks, bits, etc.), or, when allocating ressources (e.g. Debian funds) to prioritize one topic or another.
Best, Lucas
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