Re: Question to all candidates: how is Debian doing?

Hi Lucas,

Sorry for the short notice - I've interrupted my vacation to answer the
remaining questions here.

Am Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 01:11:00PM +0200 schrieb Lucas Nussbaum:
> Hi,
> 
> As someone who still cares a lot about Debian, but who hasn't been able
> to pay as much attention to the project lately, I was wondering:
> 
> How is Debian doing currently?

In recent talks I'm answering this question with this slide:
   https://people.debian.org/~tille/talks/20250313_fossasia_geographic_diversity/debian-global.pdf#page=7

Sometimes I'm using actually the trends graphs you are producing. ;-)
 
> What are the recent successes I might have missed?

I consider it a recent success that the "Version Control System" graph
on your page https://trends.debian.net/ is showing a visible tendency to
more Git usage and the Salsa usage is increasing.

> Where did we fail or under-perform?

I think we could do better in gaining visibility.
 
> Which big challenges do you see ahead of us?

One big challenge I see is defining what qualifies as DFSG-free when it
comes to AI models.

> Are there opportunities that we could leverage? Are we well-equipped for
> that?

As a long-time Debian developer, I'm optimistic that we're well-equipped
to meet the needs of the future - especially by trying really hard to
attract young contributors.
 
> Best,

See you hopefully in Brest
    Andreas.