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authorKurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>2023-03-15 08:35:46 +0100
committerKurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>2023-03-15 08:36:01 +0100
commit3f89b50160fb33b73e8c02981fc7018172d2dc62 (patch)
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parentcb10a84507fbe0ee0476cae7768474770da92f78 (diff)
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
<P>Hi, my name is Jonathan Carter, also known as <EM>highvoltage</EM>, with the Debian account name of <EM>jcc</EM>, and I'm running for a fourth DPL term.</P>
<P>Serving as DPL for 3 terms has been somewhat of a roller coaster, full of challenges and achievements for the project, including a pandemic that affected all of us in so many ways,
-the Debian 12 (bullseye) release (which turned out great!), 4 general resolutions, and 64 Debian Developers that have joined (or re-joined) the project as members.
+the Debian 11 (bullseye) release (which turned out great!), 4 general resolutions, and 64 Debian Developers that have joined (or re-joined) the project as members.
</P>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ who could be a good DPL, I believe that my skills, experience, patience and unde
are based on Debian, but surely Debian shouldn't <em>only</em> be that. In my personal life, I use Debian on my desktops at home, servers, media players and even for those same things at work.
A long time ago I learned some basics about how to set up Debian, and since then, I don't want to imagine a world where I don't have Debian anymore. It's a <em>great</em> general purpose
operating system (and for those playing DPL bingo, here you go... some might even call it a <em>Universal Operating System!</em>). But that is not the perception
-that exists in the world out there. Recently I overheard someone explaining what Debian is, calling it a "reference disto", implying that it's good, but that no
+that exists in the world out there. Recently I overheard someone explaining what Debian is, calling it a "reference distro", implying that it's good, but that no
one directly uses it. In practice, it's not much different than saying "Debian is the distro other distros are based on", but I'll admit it did sting a tiny bit when I heard it phrased that way.</P>
<P>I believe that the issues that stand in the way for Debian being as popular as it deserves can be fixed, and that the next cycle after our Debian 12 release is an ideal time to make
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ For users, we really need to make local groups happen. I've identified this befo
more support for local groups since they help distribute marketing material, create hype, provide support, and sometimes, when we're really lucky, they even take on huge tasks like submitting
a DebConf bid. Local groups of users are essential to Debian, and we need to support them more. For casual contributors, we need a better path to help them become more involved in Debian. For
debian developers, I think we need to find more ways to support each other. I find too often that a developer is slogging away for weeks (or even months) at end on problems without much help,
-all for the greater good, and while it's fun to be the hero, I'd like to see more processes and channels for developeri support than just filing an RFH bug. </P>
+all for the greater good, and while it's fun to be the hero, I'd like to see more processes and channels for developer support than just filing an RFH bug. </P>
<P><B>3.1.3. Reduce waiting time on NEW queue.</B> Firstly, I'd like to thank the FTP team for their heroics during the last two cycles. Whenever it was crunch time, they delivered in shortening NEW.
However, their bandwidth is very finite, and at times the waiting times were much longer than many were comfortable with. One of the proposals in the past was to make packages in the queue public,
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ packages on mentors.debian.net and it hasn't been a problem, but I think if we c
<H3 CLASS="subsection"> 3.2. Funding development </H3>
-<P><B>3.2.1 Outreach.</B>
+<P><B>3.2.1. Outreach.</B>
So far, 2023 is our worst year in recent years when it comes to outreach. We've been depending mostly on Google Summer of Code and Outreachy for outreach, and having these external organisations to help manage
this has been great. This year, we weren't selected for GSoC since our project list was too small. On the Outreachy side, they've become quite expensive. I'll post more about this to the
debian-project list in the coming weeks, but the plan is to revoke our current outreach delegation and replace it with a new team of DDs who will build an internal outreach program where we can likely
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ work has been fleshed out for a report, complete with a time estimate, then we c
<H2 class="section"> 4. In Closing </H2>
-<P>Some of my thoughts above are purpusely not too rigid or specific, my goal as DPL is to enact the wishes of the project, not the other way around.
+<P>Some of my thoughts above are purposely not too rigid or specific, my goal as DPL is to enact the wishes of the project, not the other way around.
Please share your thoughts on the <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/">debian-vote</a> list during this <a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2023/vote_001">campaign period</a> so that you can help shape the next DPL term.</P>
-<P>Thank you for taking the time to read my platform. This year I'm running unapposed, that means I have to work a bit harder to convince you to vote. Please <em>do</em> go and vote!</P>
+<P>Thank you for taking the time to read my platform. This year I'm running unopposed, that means I have to work a bit harder to convince you to vote. Please <em>do</em> go and vote!</P>
<H2> A. Changelog </H2>
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ Please share your thoughts on the <a href="https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/
<UL>
<LI><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/jcc/dpl-platform/tags/5.0.0">5.0.0</a>: New platform for 2023 DPL elections.</LI>
+<LI><a href="https://salsa.debian.org/jcc/dpl-platform/tags/5.0.1">5.0.1</a>: Fix a few small errors.</LI>
</UL>
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