Debian Project Leader (DPL)

Infrastructure

• Documentation:

  • the role of the Debian Project Leader is described in the Debian Constitution and in the DebianProjectLeader page

• Unix group: dpl

• Salsa group: https://salsa.debian.org/groups/debian-dpl

• Services handled by the team:

  • /srv/leader/ on host master.debian.org, in particular:

    • /srv/leader/news/ daily activity log (current and past)

Interacting with the DPL

• Email contact: <leader AT debian DOT org>

• IRC channel: #debian-dpl on irc.debian.org (OFTC), for informal chat, hanging out

Usual roles

• Sam Hartman is the current project leader

Bits from the DPL

• Bits from the DPL get posted to d-d-a

• A daily activity log can be found on master.debian.org under /srv/leader/news/bits-from-the-DPL.txt. Old entries are rotated to files named bits-from-the-DPL.txt.YYYYMM.

• Bits from the DPL:

  • DPL term 2019-2010 (?SamHartman): Apr 2019

  • DPL term 2018-2019 (ChrisLamb): Apr 2018, May 2018, Jun 2018, Jul 2018, Aug 2018, Sep 2018, Oct 2018, Nov 2018, Dec 2018, Jan 2019, Feb 2019, Mar 2019

  • DPL term 2017-2018 (ChrisLamb): May 2017, Jun 2017, Jul 2017, Aug 2017, Sep 2017, Oct 2017, Nov 2017, Dec 2017, Jan 2018, Feb 2018, Mar 2018

  • DPL term 2016-2017 (MehdiDogguy): March-April 2017 January-February 2017, 2016 Q4, June 2016, April-May 2016

  • DPL term 2015-2016 (NeilMcGovern): April July May

  • DPL term 2013-2014 (LucasNussbaum): September August July June May April

  • DPL term 2012-2013 (StefanoZacchiroli): March-April 2013, February-March 2013, January 2013, December 2012, November 2012, October 2012, September 2012, August 2012, July 2012, June 2012, May 2012, April 2012

  • DPL term 2011-2012 (StefanoZacchiroli): March 2012, February 2012, January 2012, December 2011, November 2011, October 2011, September 2011, August 2011, July 2011, June 2011, May 2011, April 2011

  • DPL term 2010-2011 (StefanoZacchiroli): 16 Apr 2011, 6 Mar 2011, 4 Feb 2011, 24 Dec 2010, 13 Nov 2010, 6 Oct 2010, 29 Aug 2010 (DebConf10 report), 10 Aug 2010, 27 Jun 2010, 20 May 2010, 18 Apr 2010

Talks

Talks given by DPL can be found here.

More stuff

Money

One of DPL duties is taking care of Debian money, below you can find pointers to money-related resources.

• Sprint Program - the most common and possibly useful way of putting into use Debian money

• Sponsoring Guidelines - best practices / requirements to get sponsored with Debian money

• Using Money - what you (as a DD) can ask sponsoring for

• Reimbursement - how to get reimbursed for Debian-related expenses (in case you're entitled to)

Miscellanea

• DD certificate: you can ask the DPL for a Debian Developer certificate (please don't ask for one just for vanity though, as they take some time to verify and send it out; however if you need one for a job or similar reasons, you are more than welcome)

• Handover process for new DPLs

Help needed

• DebianPrivateDeclassification: volunteers are needed to implement -private GR

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