Sruthi Chandran <[email protected]> [03/Apr 11:58pm +0530] wrote: > On 3 April 2026 2:48:57 pm IST, Sean Whitton <[email protected]> wrote: >>Sruthi Chandran <[email protected]> [01/Apr 11:15pm +02] wrote: >>> Debian is definitely a technical project with strong social and >>> political aspects. But I believe that DPL is a social and political >>> position. If a DPL decides to drive the technical aspects of Debian >>> based on their personal beliefs, it will be against our do-o-cracy >>> culture. Will it be good as a DPL if I say Debian "should" or "should >>> not" comply to "age verification requirement" without any discussion? I >>> plan to stand by the decisions the project takes. >>> >>> From whatever I have observed in recent DPL tenures, there were no >>> strong technical driving force, rather facilitating solving technical >>> issues. I also plan to do similarly during my tenure. For example, I am >>> a strong supporter of team maintained packages, but that does not mean I >>> would/should force everyone to quit single maintainer practice. I would >>> start more conversations around this instead and try to find a solution. >>> >>> So, I urge everyone to bring to notice the issues that they think are >>> important for the project so that we can discuss and find some solution. >> >>Per the Constitution, the DPL is meant to provide technical leadership >>as well, but as you say, we've somewhat drifted away from that. >> > Sorry, I failed to find the technical leadership part in the constitution.
Just the "Lead discussions amongst Developers." part. -- Sean Whitton
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