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Date:   Fri Mar 21 19:29:23 2014 +0100

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+Title: Debian Project Leader elections 2014
+Date: 2014-03-21
+Tags: dpl, vote
+Slug: dpl-elections-2014
+Author: Francesca Ciceri
+Status: draft
+
+For the Debian Project, it's again that time of the year: [the elections of its
+Project Leader](http://www.debian.org/vote/2014/vote_001).  Starting on March
+31st, and during the following two weeks, the Debian Developers will vote to
+choose the person who will guide the project for one year.
+
+Among this year's candidates there is the current DPL, Lucas Nussbaum, who even
+admitting that "*[...]the workload involved in being the DPL is just
+huge[...]*" motivates his nomination with the need for stability in the
+project in this release cycle, especially after the difficult decision about
+the default init system.  In [his
+platform](http://www.debian.org/vote/2014/platforms/lucas), Lucas speaks of
+technical and social steps to improve the project: from [reproducible
+builds](https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds) for a more secure archive
+to a renewed effort to run Debian on new platforms (especially smartphone and
+tablets); from a more welcoming approach to prospective contributors to an
+easier collaboration with organizations.
+
+The only other candidate left after [Gergely Nagy withdrew his
+nomination](https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2014/03/msg00174.html), is
+former Release Manager Neil McGovern.  [Neil's
+platform](http://www.debian.org/vote/2014/platforms/neilm) focus mainly on the
+need to "*[...] ensure that we cater to our users, and there's millions of
+them. From those running the latest software in unstable, to people who simply
+want a rock solid core release [...]*", in his opinion "*the size of
+Debian is increasing, and will reach a point where we're unable to guarantee
+basic compatibility with other packages, or the length of time it takes to do
+so becomes exponentially longer, unless something changes*".  To fix this
+problem, Neil proposes the implementation of PPA ([Personal Package
+Archive](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Package_Archive)), the
+modernisation of the current build and infrastructure system as well as
+generally support the various teams.
+
+The campaigning period will last until March 30th: the candidates are already
+engaged in debates and discussions on the [debian-vote mailing
+list](http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/) where they'll reply to answers users and contributors.

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