Hi, I have some questions I'd like to ask the candidates:
Branden: You have been seen by many in the past as an abrasive developer. Nobody (to my knowledge) has ever faulted your technical ability, but your manner has sometimes come under fire. Given that the DPL is, in many ways, the representative of Debian to the world would you try to moderate your tone, or do you believe that it wouldn't be a problem? I have seen some of your dealings as treasurer of SPI, and I have to admit that your tone there was never anything but exemplary that I saw. So given that you have proven yourself capable of this, do you believe that your reputation might affect how people outside the project see and deal with you? Your platform[1] mentions that you plan to look at release management and NM. It doesn't give any details at all though. Do you have any specific ideas in mind? >From my reading of your platform you intend to bring about some (many?) procedural changes as well as clarification and formalisation of existing procedures. You mention things like revamping the constitution and proposing GRs to effect change and improve visibility. One of my concerns with your platform is that we will be swamped under procedural details and not have much time left for technical excellence. How would you address this concern? How many and which of the ideas outlined in your platform do you expect to be able to implement and/or work towards if you are NOT elected? What do you see as the greatest weakness of the project? What new challenges do you plan to present to the project? Do you believe that if either Martin or Gergely are elected instead of you that you would be able to work with them to achieve the goals you outline in your platform? Gergely: I have a tamagotchi too! He's called Foo (I have a limited imagination) Why is your tamagotchi more suited to running the project and being world dictator than mine? How do I get inside the shopkeeper's safe so I can get that credit note? What do we spend the profit on? What do you see as the greatest weakness of the project? What new challenges do you plan to present to the project? Do you believe that if either Branden or Martin are elected instead of you that you would be able to work with them to achieve the goals you outline in your platform[2]? Martin: Your platform[3] contains a lot of references to your organisational skills and your people skills. I appreciate that last year you attended a lot of conferences too. You *do* mention transparency and accountability as well, but you're not nearly as focused on it as Branden is. Do you see it as less important? You posted several "Bits from the DPL" over the past year. I found them informative and interesting, however they did at times feel like just an itinerary of the conferences you were visiting, mostly outward looking. Do you plan to continue them? If so would do you plan to change the direction of them to make them more inward looking? One of the dangers of being a successful conciliator is that you can become the first rather than last resort in cases of dispute. Do you think that this has been or will become a problem? It appears to me that the technical committee has fallen into disuse. Do you believe that this is due to there just not being any issues for them to look at, because they have lost the faith and respect of the developer body. because they are an anachronism and no longer useful, or some other reason I've not suggested? QA maintains an almost staggering number of packages. I am on the QA list, and I see almost daily the amount of organisational work you put into our QA effort. Do you think that we need to take a more proactive stance in removing unmaintained packages from the archive? What do you see as the greatest weakness of the project? What new challenges do you plan to present to the project? How many and which of the ideas outlined in your platform do you expect to be able to implement and/or work towards if you are NOT elected? Do you believe that if either Branden or Gergley are elected instead of you that you would be able to work with them to achieve the goals you outline in your platform? [1]http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/platforms/branden [2]http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/platforms/algernon [2]http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/platforms/tbm Thank you all for your time and consideration, Stephen -- Stephen Stafford | Development and support consultant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://www.clothcat.org <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Never put off until tomorrow what you can <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | con someone into doing for you today ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.