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Re: Q for nominees: structural reforms to delegations



Quoting Soren Stoutner (2025-03-20 19:35:10)
> On Thursday, March 20, 2025 7:04:08 AM Mountain Standard Time Faidon 
> Liambotis wrote:
> > Branden,
> > 
> > On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 05:38:23AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > > Prompted in part by many years of reflection on the project's
> > > strengths and weaknesses, I have a slate of recommendations
> > > regarding the management of delegates under section 8 of the
> > > Debian Constitution.[1]
> > > 
> > > [...]
> > > 
> > > One can embrace any of the foregoing proposals for any reasons one
> > > likes.  I offer my own rationales below so that people understand
> > > why I take the trouble to write, but do not ask that anyone hold
> > > my views.
> > Your email is titled "Q for nominees", however in all of its 1,000
> > words I struggled to find a single question. As you state in the
> > headings of the sections I quoted above, they are "a slate of
> > recommendations" and "proposals".
> 
> I believe the question is if the nominees would be willing to support 
> the ideas explained in this email.
> 
> I feel it is appropriate to ask nominees for the DPL what they think 
> about specific issues as well as if they would support specific 
> actions/solutions to problems.
> 
> At the time of this writing three people have expressed disapproval of 
> the email Branden wrote.  I have partially quoted one of them above, 
> but the sentiments of the others are similar, saying that Branden’s 
> email was either a waste of their time or inappropriate.  My purpose 
> with this response is just to say that I had the opposite reaction, 
> which was his email was both worth my time and appropriate.

I similarly found the implied question from Branden appropriate, and
hereby second the encouragement for the candidates to express their
opinions on the proposed changes.

Of course, silence is also a way to express opinion, but I would find
that a troublesome approach for a candidate for Debian Leader to not
even bother to state an opinion on a matter explicitly put forward in
the context of sheding light on the political views of the candidates.
If, as the non-candidate reactions seem ti indicate, this is a horrible
can of worms that I just happen to be ignorant about, then state that -
no need to open the can if you judge that to be too painful (for you or
for me or whatever).

 - Jonas

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