Effect of DPL on other work

Do you feel that being DPL would drastically alter the work you already do for Debian? How?


Ted Walther

As DPL, I'd have a bigger hat on, and be better able to help conflicting parties come to agreement. Apart from the added work of speaking to groups and holding press conferences, there wouldn't be too much other change; I'm already a fairly political animal.


AndreasSchuldei

No, my work would not change very much. During the last term I served on the DPL team already and know how things work and have faced some of the problems we are also going to face this coming term.

I feel I am well prepared and ready for the task.


SteveMcIntyre

I don't think that being DPL will _drastically_ alter the work I already do for Debian. It _will_ cause me to look for more help on some of the tasks I currently work on - package maintenance and CD/DVD work, as I expect I may have less time to do those tasks unadided. I still expect to be able to help on those tasks, regardless.


Anthony Towns

I don't believe this would dramatically alter my work for Debian; rather that it would allow me a bit more flexibility in achieving the goals I just mentioned and thus let me give them a higher priority than otherwise; so that instead of just focussing on my niches, I could reasonably go to people and say "you're doing great stuff that deserves to be announced (or better supported, or made more official, or whatever)" and get that to happen -- and I think that sort of activity from the DPL and the Debian leadership in general is needed.


Jeroen van Wolffelaar

No, I'm already working on Debian in general, and not limiting myself to just my packages. Amongst others by being part of the current DPL team, but also by contributing to release management and infrastructural tasks.

But, being DPL will allow me to work on some core parts of Debian I wouldn't otherwise easily be able to do. I'd like to work on enabling others to work well on Debian, by motivating them, and working on problematic friction points in the project.

I don't think this will conflict, rather, those tasks (DPL and non-DPL) will complement eachother.


Bill Allombert

It would. This would certainly be a new challenge for me since my involvement in Debian has been limited in scope. However, I always have an eye on the distribution as a whole instead as a collection of part. This is something important for a DPL.


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