DPL elections 2019, congratulations Sam Hartman! | Linux Today

DPL elections 2019, congratulations Sam Hartman!

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 21, 2019

The Debian Project Leader elections just finished and the winner is Sam Hartman!

His term as project leader starts inmediately today April 21st and expires on April 20th 2020.

Of a total of 1003 developers, 378 developers voted using the Condorcet method. More information about the result is available in the Debian Project Leader Elections 2019 page.

Many thanks to Joerg Jaspert, Jonathan Carter and Martin Michlmayr for running.

And special thanks to Chris Lamb for his service as DPL during this last twenty-four months!

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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