One of the traditional rites of the (northern hemisphere) spring is the election for the Debian project leader. Over a six-week period, interested candidates put their names forward, describe their vision for the project as a whole, answer questions from Debian developers, then wait and watch while the votes come in. But what would happen if Debian were to hold an election and no candidates stepped forward? The Debian project has just found itself in that situation and is trying to figure out what will happen next.
Fascinating article about the minutiae of Debian governance.
Sounds like they need a Linus Torvald’s position. One paid for by a consortium of companies, so that no one company will have control over the project, but will be [more-than] adequately remunerated for doing a tough job.
I’d consider throwing my hat in if it paid well 🙂
Debian is the basis for so many distros like Ubuntu (and mine). Working on a well recognized distro like debian could produce more value to the world than toiling away for unknown companies in obscurity.
“Only those recognized as Debian developers are eligible to run; they get one week to declare their intentions.”
That rules me out. I wonder if they’d let me apply by own linux distro development experience towards eligibility, haha.