Re: Questions for all candidates: role models

2006-03-07 Thread Jutta Wrage
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am 02.03.2006 um 13:38 schrieb Anthony Towns: people knew Debian was exciting and growing thanks to his posts to -announce and -private when interesting things happened; More important for Debian were his posts to -announce and his visibility

Re: Questions for all candidates: role models

2006-03-07 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Jutta Wrage [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-03-07 20:58]: More important for Debian were his posts to -announce and his visibility outside Debian than those in -private. FWIW, the DPL cannot post to -announce and most suggestions for announcement I made were rejected by our press guy. (e.g. when

Re: Questions for all candidates: role models

2006-03-03 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 06:58:14PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: Questions for all candidates: If elected, you will be the ninth Project Leader in Debian's history. Of the preceding eight DPLs, which one do you admire most as a leader and why? This one is a very hard one for me to tell,

Re: Questions for all candidates: role models part two

2006-03-03 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 09:35:11AM -0500, Clint Adams wrote: In the context of the Debian community, do you feel that you are currently a good role model? Pretty decent. I prefer to work on cool projects, to scratch my itches, I tell my friends how good Debian is, and I try to not participate

Re: Questions for all candidates: role models

2006-03-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 06:58:14PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: If elected, you will be the ninth Project Leader in Debian's history. Of the preceding eight DPLs, which one do you admire most as a leader and why? I wasn't part of the project when the Ian Murdock was leader -- I'd not long

Re: Questions for all candidates: role models

2006-03-02 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au [2006-03-02 22:38]: and also in the handover of FrontDesk to Marc and Brian -- basically the first steps in ensuring both of those roles had some actual redundancy to them. Regarding the NM Front Desk, what you say is completely wrong. First of all, what

Re: Questions for all candidates: role models

2006-03-02 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 06:58:14PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: Questions for all candidates: If elected, you will be the ninth Project Leader in Debian's history. Of the preceding eight DPLs, which one do you admire most as a leader and why? Well, I don't know much about the four first

Re: Questions for all candidates: role models

2006-03-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 10:38:45PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: Which leaves Branden as our current DPL, and in whose term sarge got released. I'm not sure how it went on behind the scenes, but Branden and Manoj seem to have been responsible for getting the technical committee on the road to

Re: Questions for all candidates: role models part two

2006-03-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 09:35:11AM -0500, Clint Adams wrote: How important is it to avoid being a hypocrite? This strikes me as one of those questions that wants to be an accusation when it grows up, but isn't quite game. For those who don't follow Planet Debian, Clint thinks I've been a

Re: Questions for all candidates: role models part two

2006-03-02 Thread Clint Adams
Planet Debian, Clint thinks I've been a hypocrite in my involvement in #debian-tech moderation. You can probably judge that for yourself by looking through: I think you've been a hypocrite for numerous reasons, but none of that is relevant to my questions. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Questions for all candidates: role models

2006-03-02 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 06:58:14PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: Questions for all candidates: If elected, you will be the ninth Project Leader in Debian's history. Of the preceding eight DPLs, which one do you admire most as a leader and why? *grin* That's an awkward question, not least because

Re: Questions for all candidates: role models part two

2006-03-02 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 09:35:11AM -0500, Clint Adams wrote: In the context of the Debian community, do you feel that you are currently a good role model? Yes, I believe so. I've been an enthusiastic supporter of Debian and Free Software for a long time. I'm visible in the community, honest and

Questions for all candidates: role models

2006-03-01 Thread Steve Langasek
Questions for all candidates: If elected, you will be the ninth Project Leader in Debian's history. Of the preceding eight DPLs, which one do you admire most as a leader and why? Candidate platforms always tend to focus on what's wrong with the project; this is somewhat natural, since if you

Re: Questions for all candidates: role models

2006-03-01 Thread Ari Pollak
Steve Langasek wrote: What's your favorite color? My favorite color is blue. What's your favorite ice cream flavor? Belgian Chocolate is always a good choice. Do you prefer favourite or favorite? Yes. Thanks for the opportunity to answer these questions! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to