“The results are in, and Debian Developer Anthony Towns will
take office as the Debian Project Leader (DPL) on April 17, 2006.
Towns, also the secretary of Linux Australia, took the time to
answer a few questions from NewsForge via email about his plans for
the next year.“The DPL serves a one-year term, and has the power to appoint
delegates to the Debian Technical Committee, propose general
resolutions and amendments, make decisions with Software in the
Public Interest (SPI) regarding property held for Debian, and a
number of other powers and responsibilities. On with the
questions…”
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