On Thu, 2025-03-20 20:35:01 +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
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).
I agree with Soren and Jonas. In particular, I find Branden's posts to be very appropriate, informative, and well-prepared. I also agree with what Branden proposes in his email.
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