Path: csiph.com!pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!srl.newsdeef.eu!news.corradoroberto.it!diesel.cu.mi.it!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Richard Lewis Newsgroups: linux.debian.project Subject: Re: Bits from past DPL Date: Sat, 09 May 2026 13:30:02 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-project-request@lists.debian.org Sat May 9 11:29:52 2026 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.4 required=4.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,FOURLA, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, LDOSUBSCRIBER,LDO_WHITELIST,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.748 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FOURLA=0.1, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.9] autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -4.35 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: debian-project@lists.debian.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ciFuWxjnx+19o51KFoTQ5nJlAT4= Mail-Copies-To: never X-Archive: encrypt Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAALVBMVEX+/NhQ4Kr6/fvn+6z/ /v8SJRjZ6Y5Sp19p3HJD5vX///+erm7++/76+olRdUKQdbTeAAACaklEQVR4nFWUv2vbQBTHjQtZ CgUPIXgJ4jm4YAkPXg0ZgqbixYNxgsGUQuvBxOBBSFm0Fd1k8BS0Gk8eC26HEhGE6dAcHbsIlWSI FTh8f0PfnaTodIOH70fv93uubPK37lF8v6ECOv8ItFIA8wKAUoAmt3nVKMAG8GOgYYPbxGOdEqgi uA8cQojLSsDYAQSXxEbyrMToidCz+mkiLAYKwMDV2Y2/tF/Q01YFoXY+9/EduyzelmJ0n4Tu347j MtATIS+XiQTmh83GFD+rZvY9JxLQUNSLP7or9SV3nBRABpK61F2HWBK0AM4QNAKp+6i7TxKcoYlJ w0Am6p865Ou8lroSvmBWS/WEuP26nwLsD/y4kfpJQha872cADGjPc90b6VcZCF8LRt1NQM8tAN7P ZUInnJBRRwF6XrDjcRzgK9DtvGDCv2GhzTxGe1yX+ta2cDdUsOc1bMRd/PyIIwfjV99fpuAQ8Rrq ccQrolS0SMGfQzwdfI/x/WWdEApXDyyOxkyAOGKgAHrEopG7l2S6rxYAjDYf4lpI8o8ZzaLy+8kl IfwgSfCoAIB32D1LJhDPfubpismGwQva3KU2OaCaQan22SEev5apFa7ECDWcdWpTAIPiwcARbv+C l0Brbe6w4jfYXm90HUdXKuihzVsc1IKVAQX0pnWHeBf7aQmITcQlFTZJGRhyu7p4TG6/BCjdmUjO BRGbGAwQbCSQi3cxQcLn40liycMxxeuFIhA2x7MGSd3KLqolLoqChgRbgPthyYuC7IkUGkiG/i2T YKUAaHBnXGOgHOdqjbe4En8yAw4qSKnRWjW/fAL4D6EvZ1UJSBD8AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC X-Face: #(p'/jk&l@QgQJ8'wteS#fEqlMQgd/w!%U:]v6@$*HD\8g$x'~M?a"3]LZ?umf8BUN>@ugI Ny+SUGdrP1uHq"mj=$UoYn%c%Uz"nkBBHY,IJJHaXJo]2PD[Z Moderated: yes X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/32403 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/864ikgbz62.fsf@simplex.rtf.org.uk Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 20 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Sat, 09 May 2026 12:27:49 +0100 X-Original-Message-ID: <864ikgbz62.fsf@simplex.rtf.org.uk> X-Original-References: <9033c3b3-6e52-4784-a8c3-71d053dd25a7@debian.org> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.project:14316 Nilesh Patra writes: > Hi Andreas, > > This is very well written and I enjoyed reading the mail and the amazing progress during your > tenure quite a lot. > These retrospectives are a great idea >> 2. Looking back >> =============== >> >> Different people will remember my tenure for different reasons. Some may >> associate it with the creation of the DFSG team Maybe you could do a retrospective "lessons learnt" from this change (which i think is an example of how controversial things can still be successful)- what would you do again/differently. writing those lessons down might help people in future