Dear Debian community, This is bits from the DPL for June. The Challenge of Mentoring Newcomers In June there was an extended discussion about the ongoing challenges around mentoring newcomers in Debian. As many of you know, this is a topic I’ve cared...| Debian Project
Dear Debian community, This is bits from the DPL for April. End of 10 I am sure I was speaking in the interest of the whole project when joining the "End of 10" campaign. Here is what I wrote to the initiators: Hi Joseph and all drivers of the...| Debian Project
The voting period and tally of votes for the Debian Project Leader election has just concluded and the winner is Andreas Tille, who has been elected for the second time. Congratulations! Out of a total of 1,030 developers, 362 voted. As usual in...| Debian Project
Dear Debian community, this is bits from DPL for March (sorry for the delay, I was waiting for some additional input). Conferences In March, I attended two conferences, each with a distinct motivation. I joined FOSSASIA to address the imbalance in geographical developer representation. Encouraging more developers from Asia to contribute to Free Software is an important goal for me, and FOSSASIA provided a valuable opportunity to work towards this. I also attended Chemnitzer Linux-Tage, a conf...| Bits from Debian
Dear Debian community, this is bits from DPL for February. Ftpmaster team is seeking for new team members In December, Scott Kitterman announced his retirement from the project. I personally regret this, as I vividly remember his invaluable support...| Debian Project
Dear Debian community, this is bits from DPL for January. Sovereign Tech Agency I was recently pointed to Technologies and Projects supported by the Sovereign Tech Agency which is financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and...| Debian Project
Dear Debian community, this is bits from DPL for December. Happy New Year 2025! Wishing everyone health, productivity, and a successful Debian release later in this year. Strict ownership of packages I'm glad my last bits sparked discussions about barriers between packages and contributors, summarized temporarily in some post on the debian-devel list. As one participant aptly put it, we need a way to visibly say, "I'll do the job until someone else steps up". Based on my experience with the B...| Bits from Debian
This is bits from DPL for November. MiniDebConf Toulouse I had the pleasure of attending the MiniDebConf in Toulouse, which featured a range of engaging talks, complementing those from the recent MiniDebConf in Cambridge. Both events were preceded by a DebCamp, which provided a valuable opportunity for focused work and collaboration. DebCamp During these events, I participated in numerous technical discussions on topics such as maintaining long-neglected packages, team-based maintenance, FTP ...| Bits from Debian
Dear Debian community, this is Bits from DPL for October. In addition to a summary of my recent activities, I aim to include newsworthy developments within Debian that might be of interest to the broader community. I believe this provides valuable insights and foster a sense of connection across our diverse projects. Also, I welcome your feedback on the format and focus of these Bits, as community input helps shape their value. Ada Lovelace Day 2024 As outlined in my platform, I'm committed t...| Bits from Debian
Dear Debian community, this are my bits from DPL for September. New lintian maintainer I'm pleased to welcome Louis-Philippe Véronneau as a new Lintian maintainer. He humorously acknowledged his new role, stating, "Apparently I'm a Lintian maintainer now". I remain confident that we can, and should, continue modernizing our policy checker, and I see this as one important step toward that goal. SPDX name / license tools There was a discussion about deprecating the unique names for DEP-5 and m...| Bits from Debian
Dear Debian community, this are my bits from DPL for August. Happy Birthday Debian On 16th of August Debian celebrated its 31th birthday. Since I'm unable to write a better text than our great publicity team I'm simply linking to their article for those who might have missed it: https://bits.debian.org/2024/08/debian-turns-31.html Removing more packages from unstable Helmut Grohne argued for more aggressive package removal and sought consensus on a way forward. He provided six examples of pro...| Bits from Debian
Dear Debian community, this are my bits from DPL written at my last day at another great DebConf. DebConf attendance At the beginning of July, there was some discussion with the bursary and content team about sponsoring attendees. The discussion continued at DebConf. I do not have much experience with these discussions. My summary is that while there is an honest attempt to be fair to everyone, it did not seem to work for all, and some critical points for future discussion remained. In any ca...| Bits from Debian
Dear Debian community, Statement on Daniel Pocock The Debian project has successfully taken action to secure its trademarks and interests worldwide, as detailed in our press statement. I would like to personally thank everyone in the community who was involved in this process. I would have loved for you all to have spent your volunteer time on more fruitful things. Debian Boot team might need help I think I've identified the issue that finally motivated me to contact our teams: for a long tim...| Bits from Debian
Hi, Keeping my promise for monthly bits, here's a quick snapshot of my first ten days as DPL. Special thanks to Jonathan for an insightful introduction that left less room for questions. His introduction covered my first tasks like expense approval and CTTE member appointments thoroughly. Although I made a visible oversight by forgetting to exclude Simon McVittie <smcv> from the list, whose term has ended , I'm committed to learning from this mistake. In future I'll prioritize thorough proofr...| Bits from Debian
The voting period for the Debian Project Leader election has ended. Please join us in congratulating Andreas Tille as the new Debian Project Leader. The new term for the project leader started on 2024-04-21. 369 of 1,010 Debian Developers voted using the Condorcet method. More information about the results of the voting are available on the Debian Project Leader Elections 2024 page. Many thanks all of our Developers for voting.| Bits from Debian
The Debian Project Developers will shortly vote for a new Debian Project Leader known as the DPL. The Project Leader is the official representative of The Debian Project tasked with managing the overall project, its vision, direction, and finances. The DPL is also responsible for the selection of Delegates, defining areas of responsibility within the project, the coordination of Developers, and making decisions required for the project. Our outgoing and present DPL Jonathan Carter served 4 te...| Bits from Debian
The Debian Project Developers will shortly vote for a new Debian Project Leader known as the DPL. The DPL is the official representative of representative of The Debian Project tasked with managing the overall project, its vision, direction, and finances. The DPL is also responsible for the selection of Delegates, defining areas of responsibility within the project, the coordination of Developers, and making decisions required for the project. Our outgoing and present DPL Jonathan Carter serv...| Bits from Debian
Dear Debianites This morning I decided to just start writing Bits from DPL and send whatever I have by 18:00 local time. Here it is, barely proof read, along with all it's warts and grammar mistakes! It's slightly long and doesn't contain any critical information, so if you're not in the mood, don't feel compelled to read it! Get ready for a new DPL! Soon, the voting period will start to elect our next DPL, and my time as DPL will come to an end. Reading the questions posted to the new candid...| Bits from Debian
The voting period for the Debian Project Leader election has ended, with all of the votes tallied we announce the winner is: Jonathan Carter, who has been elected for the forth time. Congratulations! The new term for the project leader started on 2023-04-21. 279 of 997 Developers voted using the Condorcet method. More information about the results of the voting are available on the Debian Project Leader Elections 2023 page. Many thanks all of our Developers for voting.| Bits from Debian
The voting period and tally of votes for the Debian Project Leader election has just concluded, and the winner is Jonathan Carter, who has been elected for third time. Congratulations! The new term for the project leader starts on 2022-04-21. 354 of 1,023 Developers voted using the Condorcet method. More information about the results of the voting are available on the Debian Project Leader Elections 2022 page. Many thanks to Felix Lechner, Jonathan Carter and Hideki Yamane for their campaigns...| Bits from Debian
Inspired by the fine Debian Local Groups all over the world, I’ve long since wanted to start one in Cape Town. Unfortunately, there’s been many obstacles over the years. Shiny distractions, an epidemic, DPL terms… these are just some of the things that got in the way.| Jonathan Carter
