Adrian Bunk [05/Apr 4:17pm +03] wrote: > On Sun, Apr 05, 2026 at 12:56:25PM +0100, Sean Whitton wrote: >> Tiago Bortoletto Vaz [05/Apr 7:45am -04] wrote: >> > "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." >> > >> > I still don't see anything close to "the DPL is meant to provide technical >> > leadership" in the above section. I'm not English native and might be >> > missing >> > something? >> >> To me, providing leadership includes providing technical leadership, >> because we are primarily a technical project. Especially so back when >> the constitution was written. And "lead discussions" means "provide >> leadership". > > It does not, when you also read the next line of our constitution. > > The DPL does not have the power to make technical decisions, > this is a power of the Technical Committee. > > "The Project Leader should not use the Leadership position to promote > their own personal views." > This even prohibits the DPL from pushing a technical discussion into > a certain direction. > > "Lead discussions amongst Developers" in our constitution means > moderating/mediating.
I don't think we disagree. To my mind, the notion of leadership does not inherently involve decision-making power. -- Sean Whitton
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