Re: Q: Technical Visions

Sean Whitton <[email protected]> Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:25:53 +0100

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Sruthi Chandran <[email protected]> [03/Apr 11:58pm +0530] wrote:
> On 3 April 2026 2:48:57 pm IST, Sean Whitton <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Sruthi Chandran <[email protected]> [01/Apr 11:15pm +02] wrote:
>>> Debian is definitely a technical project with strong social and
>>> political aspects. But I believe that DPL is a social and political
>>> position. If a DPL decides to drive the technical aspects of Debian
>>> based on their personal beliefs, it will be against our do-o-cracy
>>> culture. Will it be good as a DPL if I say Debian "should" or "should
>>> not" comply to "age verification requirement" without any discussion? I
>>> plan to stand by the decisions the project takes.
>>>
>>>  From whatever I have observed in recent DPL tenures, there were no
>>> strong technical driving force, rather facilitating solving technical
>>> issues. I also plan to do similarly during my tenure. For example, I am
>>> a strong supporter of team maintained packages, but that does not mean I
>>> would/should force everyone to quit single maintainer practice. I would
>>> start more conversations around this instead and try to find a solution.
>>>
>>> So, I urge everyone to bring to notice the issues that they think are
>>> important for the project so that we can discuss and find some solution.
>>
>>Per the Constitution, the DPL is meant to provide technical leadership
>>as well, but as you say, we've somewhat drifted away from that.
>>
> Sorry, I failed to find the technical leadership part in the constitution.

Just the "Lead discussions amongst Developers." part.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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