zack for DPL 2010 ( ! )

In 2010, I've been foolish enough (and again) to candidate as DPL in the yearly elections.
I did suceed, and therefore I've served as Debian Project Leader for the 2010-2011 term.

This page collects information about my candidacy, mostly for historic reasons.

• nomination mail (with a nice typo towards the end)

• my DPL platform: .html, .pdf

• my rebuttals, as part of version 2.1 of my platform

• some pointers to campaigning questions and discussions happened on -vote, and my positions on the raised topics (chronological order):

  1. will you have a 2IC?, no
  2. on project funds and donations, my take
  3. on the time that will be devoted to DPL tasks, my take
  4. on financing development (and some Dunc-Tank drifts), my take
  5. in 10 years ..., how I'd like Debian to be
  6. on heated discussions, my take
  7. on the followed Debian communication media, my take
  8. on the social impact of the release process, my take
  9. on the Squeeze freeze process and some of its incidents, my take
  10. on withdrawing delegations due to bad community behaviour, my take
  11. on how to care for the core infrastructure, my take
  12. on how to avoid becoming a "disappearing DPL", my take
  13. an analysis of past release cycles, my comment
  14. do we need a DPL at all?, my take
  15. on old architecture support, my take
  16. on decentralization of power and the need(?) of access restrictions, my take
  17. on the license/copyright GR proposal, my take
  18. on how many users we have and on the usage of popcon to determine that, my take
      
  19. ... and a nice ex-post surprise about Ubuntu and Debian users, my take)
  20. some rebuttals discussion, with my reply
  21. on how to gather manpower for "core" teams, my take
  22. on supermajority, my take
  23. on our spirit and how to inspire it to fellow DDs, my take
  24. who would you vote for?, I won't tell, here is why
  25. on personal mentoring, my take
  26. on project membership requirements, my take
  27. on standardization, large scale changes, and innovation, my take
  28. on the enforcement of community guidelines, my take
  29. on the usage of Planet Debian, my take
  30. on the DPL role in maintenance disputes, my take
  31. ... and on the transparency in mediation, my take
  32. on the "community awareness" of mediation, my take
  33. on the sustainability of our growth, my take

• the election results are available on the official vote page

• my blog posts on DPL-related topics for 2010 are reported below (reverse chronological order):

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  mini debconf paris - success
  Posted Sun 31 Oct 2010 07:54:30 PM CET

  midterm feedback sought
  Posted Mon 18 Oct 2010 06:04:48 PM CEST

  missing DebConf10
  Posted Mon 09 Aug 2010 01:29:38 PM CEST

  debian meeting sponsoring guidelines
  Posted Mon 26 Jul 2010 12:46:21 PM CEST

  RCBC - release critical bugs contest
  Posted Sun 25 Jul 2010 09:33:45 AM CEST

  debian podcast planning
  Posted Thu 22 Jul 2010 05:05:15 PM CEST

  Welcome, DebConf newbies!
  Posted Sun 27 Jun 2010 01:18:48 AM CEST

  Debian consultancy for the European Framework Programme
  Posted Wed 23 Jun 2010 02:57:31 PM CEST

  DD certification
  Posted Mon 21 Jun 2010 06:44:20 PM CEST

  debian meeting guidelines RFC
  Posted Sun 20 Jun 2010 10:58:02 PM CEST

  document your team - redux
  Posted Mon 31 May 2010 09:55:12 AM CEST

  Debian-based scientific computing at EDF
  Posted Thu 27 May 2010 10:51:16 AM CEST

  the DebConf Newbies initiative
  Posted Mon 26 Apr 2010 02:03:31 PM CEST

  oh my
  Posted Sat 17 Apr 2010 05:14:24 PM CEST

  campaigning woes
  Posted Thu 08 Apr 2010 06:56:13 PM CEST

  Elections!
  Posted Tue 16 Mar 2010 10:53:10 AM CET