On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 09:57:16AM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: >On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 06:49:51PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >> So, since part of the reason that I joined the race was to make sure it >> wouldn't get too boring, I was hoping there'd be a bit more life on this >> list. Since there isn't, allow me to ask a few questions myself. > >FWIW, I disagree with that or, better, I think "too boring" is a >subjective notion. I've been indexing DPL campaigning questions this and >last year, and we're currently at about 20 discussion topics, with 1 >more week of campaigning ahead of us. Last year campaigning has been >*way* more quiet :-)
Sure, but to a certain extent that depends on the number of candidates. If you look back a few more years, you'll see much more. <snip> >There are various issue which I presume block sending frequently, >according to a given period, "bits from the DPL" mail to the project. > >I believe a significant one among such issues is the "expectation" that >the DPL knows DDs have on the monthly bits, and therefore the perceived >weight of of preparing those bits. My guess is that, on these premises, >actually sending out the DPL bits mail is a time consuming and >potentially stressing matter. I believe that, by diluting it with the >feed idea, it will become way more bearable. I hope so, yes. :-) For me, the "bits" emails take a long time to prepare. And the longer you leave between doing them, the bigger and more intimidating they become. It's a vicious cycle. :-/ -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "I can't ever sleep on planes ... call it irrational if you like, but I'm afraid I'll miss my stop" -- Vivek Dasmohapatra -- 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/20100324111214.ga24...@einval.com
