Moshe Zadka
“As Debian Project Leader, I promise to do as little as
possible. If a delegate position needs to be filled, I will attempt
to pick someone as close to the consensus as possible. Other than
that, I will not attempt to create new positions, nor to advance
new directions within Debian. It is my firm belief that Debian
survives and flourishes because of the people doing the day to day
job, and they deserve the most credit. Therefore, I will let each
delegate work within his niche according to his wishes, and will
not micromanage…”
Bdale Garbee
” Last year, I articulated a vision of Debian as a Universal
Operating System. It pleases me greatly that so many of you support
this vision. References to it appeared in presentations,
interviews, and documents of various kinds throughout the year. I
continue to believe that this should be our core vision for
Debian.“The first release of Debian was made in 1993, and a goal that I
share with our release manager Anthony Towns is to celebrate our
first decade as a project with the release of a new stable version
of Debian in 2003…”
Martin Michlmayr
” Most importantly, I work hard to let work on separate aspects
of the project inform and integrate. I am able to be successful
because each of these projects is an essential and interconnected
piece of a larger whole and because I’m able to approach small
tasks from this perspective. Through the NM process, I gather
information that is very important while searching for inactive
maintainers. Also, finding an inactive developer is important for
QA…”
Branden Robinson
“The role of Project Leader is an important one. The DPL is the
Project’s primary representative and spokesman, both internally and
externally. The DPL must have an awareness of the challenges that
face our Project which are too large for any one Developer to
surmount, and attempt to allocate resources towards overcoming
those challenges. At the same time, the Project Leader must strive
to maintain an environment that encourages experimentation, novel
problem-solving, and reinforcement and reward for the volunteer
spirit that is the backbone of our Project. Finally, the Project
Leader must be able to present Debian’s ‘best face’ to the press
and other people and organizations…”