On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 10:00:14PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Stefano, will you continue to try to build that discussion place if you're > not re-elected ? If yes, how do you expect to do it ? (AFAIK you're not a > representative of such a company and as such you will no longer be able to > stay subscribed to this list)
As DPL, I've been listening to the problems of various companies (too few, unfortunately) who have a strategic interest in Debian and try to be good Free Software citizens. With that I mean, in particular, companies that not only try to make a living out of Debian-based services, but also try to contribute code back to Debian and hire people to do so. Especially medium-sides companies that fit that bill have to face problems that usually volunteers do not want to have to deal with, e.g. how to convince $proprietary_sw_vendor to "certify" their solutions for Debian, set up network of like-minded companies so that they could look more trustworthy in big call for tenders, etc. While I've got interested in the above topics as DPL, I think it's important for Debian to help companies solve those problems, and I suspect my interest in it won't vanish if I won't be re-elected. If that happens, what I would do is approach the new DPL and volunteer to help out with the initiative. It is worth pointing out that I think the role of Debian as a Project in it should be marginal and limited to stuff like welcoming the initiative, communicating about it, and offering a meeting place. As a Project, we don't have the expertise to do much more than that --- nor probably the willingness. If the experiment is to succeed, it should really be up to the companies and their representatives to single out the problems they're facing and propose solutions that are compatible with the way Debian works. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences ...... http://upsilon.cc/zack ...... . . o Debian Project Leader ....... @zack on identi.ca ....... o o o « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club »
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