Re: Question to all candidates: how is Debian doing?
Hi Lucas,
Sorry for the short notice - I've interrupted my vacation to answer the
remaining questions here.
Am Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 01:11:00PM +0200 schrieb Lucas Nussbaum:
> Hi,
>
> As someone who still cares a lot about Debian, but who hasn't been able
> to pay as much attention to the project lately, I was wondering:
>
> How is Debian doing currently?
In recent talks I'm answering this question with this slide:
https://people.debian.org/~tille/talks/20250313_fossasia_geographic_diversity/debian-global.pdf#page=7
Sometimes I'm using actually the trends graphs you are producing. ;-)
> What are the recent successes I might have missed?
I consider it a recent success that the "Version Control System" graph
on your page https://trends.debian.net/ is showing a visible tendency to
more Git usage and the Salsa usage is increasing.
> Where did we fail or under-perform?
I think we could do better in gaining visibility.
> Which big challenges do you see ahead of us?
One big challenge I see is defining what qualifies as DFSG-free when it
comes to AI models.
> Are there opportunities that we could leverage? Are we well-equipped for
> that?
As a long-time Debian developer, I'm optimistic that we're well-equipped
to meet the needs of the future - especially by trying really hard to
attract young contributors.
> Best,
See you hopefully in Brest
Andreas.
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https://fam-tille.de
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