On 18/03/26 22:46, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
Yes, I was not very active on mailing lists. Let me be very honest here, I did not want to fuel or be part of flame wars wherever possible. Most of the time, by the time I read the complete thread, what I wanted to say would have be said already by someone else and I did not want to participate just for the sake of it. I have participated in instances where I felt very strongly about something and I had entirely different things to say than already discussed. But as a DPL, I would be following the discussions more closely wherever possible and respond more often.Hi Sruthi,Debian Constitution paragraph 5.1.9 says the following about the project leader:9. Lead discussions amongst Developers. The Project Leader should attempt to participate in discussions amongst the Developers in a helpful way which seeks to bring the discussion to bear on the key issues at hand. The Project Leader should not use the Leadership position to promote their own personal views.In practice, I don't think that we rely that much on the DPL's ability to organize discussions. But it has certainly be helpful for several DPLs to use mailing list discussions to test and refine ideas. And there are many developers who contribute to those discussions. But you have not been very active in mailing list discussions, so I'm wondering:
Yes, definitely I would be facilitating discussions to find solutions for the issues at hand. I am a good listener and I plan to listen to all the stakeholders involved. I would try to make these discussions as productive as possible by minimizing misunderstanding by being a catalyst.1/ As DPL, do you plan to help "seek to bring the discussions to bear on the key issues at hand"?
While we all know, mails are our primary means of communication, but mails does lead to a lot of misunderstandings and result in unnecessary flame wars. Depending on how volatile the situation is, I would try to have some online meetings of the stakeholders wherever possible. I think short online meetings would be far productive than spending hours on flame wars on mailing lists with no result. But I do know this is not feasible always, sometimes we would have to have input from the larger community and then, we would have to rely on mailing lists. Even then, I would try to my best to minimize the misunderstandings.2/ And probably more importantly, what communication means do you plan to use to test and refine your own ideas?
Lucas
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