After just over a month of repeating the process of the application for the new the Debian project leader or (DPL, for its acronym in English), a process that was carried out since last March 10 (you can read the article about it In the following link).
This process ended on April 21 with the election of the new DPL. The election had started late because initially no candidates had been registered. With the end of the current DPL Chris Lamb's term in April, the new one-year term for project leaders will begin immediately.
As the annual Debian project leader election in which 378 developers participated was summarized in voting, which is 37% of all participants eligible to vote (turnout was 33% last year, 30 years before last).
This year, four candidates were nominated for the position of leader in the elections for the new DPL Debian in which it ended with the victory of Sam Hartman, in second place came Martin Michlmayr, place occupied by Jonathan Carter, fourth place Joerg Jaspert.
Sam Hartman's Goals as New DPL
As the Debian project leader, want to promote listening and disagreement without escalating and reaching the important decisions of the project in a more timely manner (including through the proposal of general resolutions when appropriate).
To achieve this goal, simple, efficient and understandable processes and interactions are planned, increasing the attractiveness of the project For new entrants, ensure the creation of a friendly community environment and mutual understanding, regardless of the final decisions made and the approval or rejection of certain ideas.
Between the main objectives that the new leader will try to achieve, is creating conditions for people to enjoy spending their time participating in the life of Debian.
Part of his campaign focused on "keeping Debian fun".
Lucas Nussbaum wrote an excellent summary of the responsibilities of the DPL. Of these, I think the most important thing is to keep Debian fun.
We want people to enjoy contributing to Debian so that they prioritize it in their busy schedules.
We want to make work easier for people: processes and interactions must be simplified. When people have concerns or things don't work out, we want to listen to them and consider what they want to say. We want Debian to welcome new contributors.
Debian is no fun when faced with exhausting, long and heated discussions. It's no fun when we can't move a project forward because we can't figure out how to consider our ideas or how to contribute effectively. Debian is no fun when processes or tools are cumbersome.
When key teams break down or get stuck, Debian is no fun for either the members of those teams or those who depend on them.
Debian is no fun when it is not safe, when we are not respected, when we are harassed or when we are judged (instead of our ideas). I support our Code of Conduct.
A bit about Sam Hartman
Sam hartman joined the Debian project in 2000 y began your involvement in preparing packages for Kerberos. While in other years he has taken care of package maintenance.
Later, I change this ruble and was dedicated to the maintenance and creation of packages related to encryption.
In his main job, Sam Hartman was involved in the development of Kerberos and while was working on the project, Moonshot used Debian as a platform to test the implementation of new security mechanisms in operating systems.
Including Sam Hartman for several years, he served as chief technologist in the MIT Kerberos consortium and was director of security at the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force). From personal interests noted as DJs, including Sam, he develops his own DJ software.
If you want to know more about it you can consult the following link.