On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 04:02:02AM +0100, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 02:13:42PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > During DPL campaigning, it seems "in" for candidates to propose all > > sorts of Great Things they will try to do once elected. While this is > > obviously all interesting information, it leaves out something that, I > > think, is also fairly important: the things you think previous DPLs have > > done wrongly, and that you intend to do differently. > > I'm going to really focus on what I want to achieve. I haven't promised > that much, and certainly not things I think I cannot achieve -- although > it'd be silly to presume I can achieve everything in my platform. Also, > other than just limiting myself to certain areas, I'm also setting > targets for myself that have real-world effect, and should mostly be > of tangible benefit, rather than merely procedural. I have concrete > ideas how I want to achieve my goals. > > As you can see from my answers to other questions, there are whole areas > (such as NM) that I do think are important, but I won't make a priority > of working on. > > Also, as I wrote in my platform, and elaborated on the lists later: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2006/02/msg00703.html, I've learned > a lot from being in the DPL team of the past year, seeing some real DPL > action from close by, working on some tough issues, and team dynamics in > the context of Debian. To hilight some lessons: involving whole team > (and making them feel responsible too, and in a much better position to > assist on own initiative) by having leader@ go to the whole team; but > at the same time, not rely on the success of the team (it should in all > cases be a net-win in terms of what I/we will achieve); maintain a > strict and focussed agenda; having a modest amount of serious reviews of > DPL status. > > I do not believe in spending full-time time in the DPL position, that > would IMHO be a sign that you're either not focussed enough, failing at > management, or simply doing too much as DPL -- as stated in my platform, > Debian works best and should work as a collection of individuals and > teams on putting together our beloved OS, and the DPL (team) should work > on improvements where needed. None of those improvements should ever be > of immediate urgency. Whenever in Debian something needs to happen > urgently, it'll be as part of some infrastructure team or so, or in any > case, somewhere where the real work gets done. Not in the position that > IMHO should merely ensure the real work can be done in the best possible > circumstances.
Whoa. That certainly was a lot of information; so much, in fact, that I'm not entirely sure I can dissolve the answer to my question from it :-) Therefore: could you, with the above in mind, highlight (in one sentence please) what the specific mistake is that you will (try to) avoid making? -- Fun will now commence -- Seven Of Nine, "Ashes to Ashes", stardate 53679.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]