Debian Project Leader election 2011 results

Posted Apr 18, 2011 15:43 UTC (Mon) by tao (subscriber, #17563)
In reply to: Debian Project Leader election 2011 results by Cyberax
Parent article: Debian Project Leader Election 2011 Results

In all Debian elections there's also the "None of the above" candidate. If NOTA had won over Zac, then there would've been a new round of nominations.

But I guess you're just trolling.

Debian Project Leader election 2011 results

Posted Apr 18, 2011 15:57 UTC (Mon) by lolando (guest, #7139) [Link]

I took that as a witticism myself. There are enough trolls everywhere, no need to look for more :-)

Debian Project Leader election 2011 results

Posted Apr 18, 2011 16:15 UTC (Mon) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link] (6 responses)

Mostly yes, it's trolling.

However, elections with just one candidate almost always indicate that there are problems somewhere.

Debian Project Leader election 2011 results

Posted Apr 18, 2011 16:56 UTC (Mon) by MisterIO (guest, #36192) [Link] (5 responses)

That's true for a country, but for a project like Debian it most likely just means that the current leader did a good job.

Debian Project Leader election 2011 results

Posted Apr 18, 2011 18:02 UTC (Mon) by xtifr (guest, #143) [Link] (4 responses)

In fact, given that project leader tends to be a thankless task, and that numerous previous project leaders have declined to run after a single term in office, Debian may be lucky that they were able to come up with as many candidates as they did!

Debian Project Leader election 2011 results

Posted Apr 18, 2011 21:16 UTC (Mon) by ewan (guest, #5533) [Link] (3 responses)

I think that's the interesting part of this - was there just one candidate because the other potential DPLs all thought he was doing a good job, or because no-one else wanted to do it. And if it's the latter, is there a risk to Debian of not being able to find anyone prepared to be DPL in future?

Debian Project Leader election 2011 results

Posted Apr 18, 2011 21:18 UTC (Mon) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] (1 responses)

I believe it's the former; Stefano seems to be one of the most energetic and effective leaders the project has had in some time.

Debian Project Leader election 2011 results

Posted Apr 21, 2011 0:34 UTC (Thu) by bdale (subscriber, #6829) [Link]

I agree, and asserted as much in the interview recently posted here.

Debian Project Leader election 2011 results

Posted Apr 21, 2011 11:52 UTC (Thu) by stevem (subscriber, #1512) [Link]

Zack's been doing an awesome job, and has won a lot of support for that.

Steve (previous DPL)