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On 3 April 2026 2:48:57 pm IST, Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> wrote:
>Sruthi Chandran <srud@disroot.org> [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.

Below are the points in the constitution which I was emphasizing earlier.

"The Project Leader should not use the Leadership position to promote their own personal views."

"The Project Leader should attempt to make decisions which are consistent with the consensus of the opinions of the Developers."

"The Project Leader should avoid overemphasizing their own point of view when making decisions in their capacity as Leader."

>I would like to see a return a DPLs leading across all aspects of the
>project.
>

-- srud

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