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=== Over-diversity of project tools ===
 * Project tools are sometimes too diverse: too many languages, too few people to understand and improve them. This is also a project-wide problem of not being able to make use of our human resources better. http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2013/03/msg00157.html
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 * Project tools are sometimes too diverse: too many languages, too few people to understand and improve them. This is also a project-wide problem of not being able to make use of our human resources better. http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2013/03/msg00157.html
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Summary of ideas raised to improve Debian during 2013 DPL campaign.

Summarizing http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=763 and conversations on http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/ starting on March 16th.

Contents

  1. Summary of ideas raised to improve Debian during 2013 DPL campaign.
    1. Accessibility
      1. General
      2. GDM
      3. Additional ideas
    2. Communications/Publicity
      1. Communications with Companies and Governments
    3. Contribution to Debian enhancements
      1. Clearer paths in
      2. Bite-sized introductory work
      3. Internships
      4. Gamification
      5. General
      6. Mentoring
      7. Process
      8. Recruitment
      9. Social
    4. Ecosystem
      1. Improving Debian Economy
      2. Supporting/crediting Debian Benefactor companies
    5. Events
      1. Regional 1-2 day events
      2. Mentoring sprints
    6. Financial
      1. Better budgetting
      2. Improved fundraising
      3. DPL checks and balances
    7. Freedom
      1. FSF stamp of approval
      2. Desert Island test for third party network services
    8. Governance
      1. Blockers for DPL candidacy
      2. Delegation
      3. Debian Board
      4. DebConf
      5. Elections
      6. Determining consensus
    9. Infrastructure/Services
      1. Setting up dev instances of user and developer facing services is hard
    10. Membership
      1. DPM vs DD
      2. New Member process
      3. Member conduct
    11. Metrics
      1. Bug reports
      2. Women in Debian
      3. Status of active/inactive DDs
    12. Packaging
      1. Standardization
      2. ddeb
      3. Documentation of Local vs "Debian Official" guidelines
    13. Release cycle
      1. When to release
      2. Identifying abandoned packages
      3. Rolling Release
      4. Testing as "usable"
      5. Gradual freezes
      6. RC bugs
      7. Improving processes for distro-wide changes
    14. Teams
      1. Improve Team maintenance infrastructure
      2. Getting teams more help from within the project
    15. Upstream coordination
      1. How to bundle 3rd party components already in debian if they need different versions
      2. Easing inclusion
      3. Sponsoring DD attendance at upstream events
    16. Unsorted from mailing list:
      1. Paul Wise wishlist
      2. User facing tools unapproachable
      3. Volunteer curators for things like ITP and RFP lists
      4. Consensus improvements
      5. Get TC involved more often and early, seeking advice
      6. Have "campaign ideas" type discussions more regularly

Accessibility

General

GDM

Additional ideas

Communications/Publicity

Communications with Companies and Governments

Contribution to Debian enhancements

Clearer paths in

Bite-sized introductory work

Internships

Gamification

General

Mentoring

Process

Recruitment

Social

Ecosystem

Improving Debian Economy

Supporting/crediting Debian Benefactor companies

Events

Regional 1-2 day events

Mentoring sprints

Financial

Better budgetting

Improved fundraising

DPL checks and balances

Freedom

FSF stamp of approval

Desert Island test for third party network services

Governance

Blockers for DPL candidacy

  • Find out what blocks potential candidates from running for DPL (was a discussion of DPL salary).

Delegation

Debian Board

DebConf

Elections

Determining consensus

Infrastructure/Services

Setting up dev instances of user and developer facing services is hard

Membership

DPM vs DD

New Member process

Member conduct

Metrics

Bug reports

Women in Debian

Status of active/inactive DDs

Packaging

Standardization

ddeb

  • ddeb support" (or "PPA" or ...)

Documentation of Local vs "Debian Official" guidelines

Release cycle

When to release

Identifying abandoned packages

Rolling Release

Testing as "usable"

Gradual freezes

RC bugs

Improving processes for distro-wide changes

Teams

Improve Team maintenance infrastructure

Getting teams more help from within the project

Upstream coordination

How to bundle 3rd party components already in debian if they need different versions

Easing inclusion

Sponsoring DD attendance at upstream events

Unsorted from mailing list:

Paul Wise wishlist

User facing tools unapproachable

Volunteer curators for things like ITP and RFP lists

Consensus improvements

Get TC involved more often and early, seeking advice

Have "campaign ideas" type discussions more regularly