On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 at 13:12, protondebian <[email protected]> wrote:
> In the interest of honesty I agree that Sruthi should withdraw her
> nomination to trigger a reopening of nominations. As for whether it's
> possible, it certainly is as per Section 5.2 of the Debian Constitution.
>
No, she shouldn't. There is plenty of history of single-candidate DPL
elections and this is the first time anyone is questioning this. And only
from people outside the project. I wonder why?
People who actually contribute to Debian know her well and also know her
exceptional organisational capabilities demonstrated during Debconf 23.
If someone feels differently, they are welcome to start contributing to
Debian, then passing through the New Maintainer process (including learning
the Debian Constitution and other founding documents) and then proceeding
to vote for "None of the Above" thus triggering a new round of nominations
and then convincing their preferred candidates to actually volunteer for
this tough and unpaid responsibility. I would not hold my breath on
*anything* of that actually happening.
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Best regards,
Aigars Mahinovs
