This is for all candidates. In the last years I have seen a really disturbing development in Debian: New developers are very interested in bringing new packages into Debian, but care for our core infrastructure (dpkg, apt) has a little bit diminished. I am not saying that noone seems to care, but I see a lot of annoying issues not being addressed.
An totally incomplete list: - dpkg still uses normal console prompting for dpkg-conffile handling, while debconf has been mandatory for regular packages for years now. - it is still not possible to control package A's dpkg-conffiles from package B, the canonical suggesting being cfengine and/or puppet - aptitude is unable to display its conflict solutions for months now - The concept of "all services are immediately started after configuration" and "deleting all stop/start links will cause the package's defaults to be re-established on the next package update" is meeting a lot of resistance in the user base lately. Many people use this as explanation why Debian is totally out of the question in a professional environment for them. - The release team has been crying for help multiple times with nobody being willing to step up and help. Do you see the diminishing care for our Core infrastructure as a problem? Do you have any idea how do sensibilize our new blood for the fact that "new packages" doesn't help Debian if our Core stuff is diminishing? I know that this is not exactly within the power of the DPL, but do you think that you, as DPL, can help speeding up Core development again? Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100315103039.ga15...@torres.zugschlus.de