Re: Q to all candidates: future of Debian finances

Bill Allombert <[email protected]> wrote on 10/04/2025 at 21:14:16+0200:

> Le Sun, Apr 06, 2025 at 11:08:35AM -0300, Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana a écrit :
>> Hi,
>> 
>> This is not related to the election, but I would like to propose to the next
>> DPL we organize a "call for donations".
>> 
>> First, we need to organize a "call for people interesting to organize a call
>> for donations" to gather volunteers to discuss ideas for the campaign.
>
> Debian not asking users for money, and more generally, Debian operating
> with very little cash flow is a major reason I contribute to it.
>
> If Debconf is not sustainable with our current level of funding then we
> should spend less money on Debconf and Debconf could look other source 
> of funding.
>
> Actively asking 'regular people' (as mentionned in your subsequent email) to
> donate is crossing a line that should not be crossed. Debconf is not
> worth it. 

DebConf is litterally one of the things keeping many of us together and
giving dynamics to the project.

Its current cost is less than 1k per attendee for 15 days.

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