<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Charlie Kravetz <<a href="mailto:cjk@teamcharliesangels.com">cjk@teamcharliesangels.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="h5">On Fri, 7 May 2010 10:16:57 -0400 "Cody A.W. Somerville" <<a href="mailto:cody-somerville@ubuntu.com">cody-somerville@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Lionel Le Folgoc <<a href="mailto:mrpouit@ubuntu.com">mrpouit@ubuntu.com</a>>wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > A few months ago I accepted to become Xubuntu Project Lead temporarily > > until the Xubuntu Council is formed. As of now, the council is far from > > being ready, and I clearly don't have time to assume the leading role > > (e.g. poking various people so that they do not forget about deadlines, > > and so on…). > > > > It is indeed a very involved position. Kudos for taking it on and seeing the > lucid release through. > > > > Therefore, I think people interested in becoming Xubuntu Project Lead > > should step (in|up) now, either following the process described at > > <<a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/2009-November/007180.html" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/2009-November/007180.html</a> > > > > > for instance, or maybe directly by pushing the Xubuntu Council creation > > and/or being involved in this council when it's done. > > > > I'd like to nominate Charlie Kravetz (charlie-tca) as the next Xubuntu > Project Lead. Charlie has diligently been involved as a key contributor to > Xubuntu over a span of several releases now. He has an in-depth > understanding of the Xubuntu/Ubuntu community, the development process, and > the goals/aspirations of the Xubuntu project. Although Charlie is not a > developer, his work shepherding Xubuntu's bugs and helping out in #xubuntu > has given Charlie a unique perspective and understanding of the weaknesses > in our product as well as a more than just basic understanding of the > technical details behind them. I also believe Charlie has demonstrated a > high level of organization, patience, thoughtfulness, dedication and good > interpersonal relations - all traits desirable in a project leader. > > Traditionally the Xubuntu project lead has been a developer. I think if > we're capable of having a leader who isn't of the traditional developer > background, it will speak to the continuing growth and maturity of the > Xubuntu project. > > > > I still intend to take care of the packaging and provide help to the > > leader/council/anybody about technical matters as I've been doing for > > several years, so potential candidates shouldn't be afraid of that. [*] > > > > Thanks. > > > > Cheers, > > Lionel > > > > [*] same for artwork, testing, documentation… There are people working > > on these topics, the leader doesn't have to (and never did, despite what > > people might believe) take care of everything on its own. > > > > -- </div></div>> > Lionel Le Folgoc - <a href="https://launchpad.net/%7Emrpouit" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/~mrpouit</a><<a href="https://launchpad.net/%7Emrpouit" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/%7Emrpouit</a>> <div class="im">> > E61E 116D 4BA1 3936 0A33 F61D 65D9 A66E 10E2 969A > > > > Cheers, > </div>Having given this considerable thought, I will accept the nomination. I do not have any plans to change things much, though. I would like to see the Xubuntu Council set up as specified in the strategy document [1]. We have great developers in Xubuntu, and as Lionel said, things get taken care of. I can send reminders when needed. Lionel did a fantastic job with Xubuntu 10.04, and is owed a huge thank you. We need more like him. As Cody stated, I am not a developer. I do not write code, and have not been able to even learn to write a decent bash application. I do have a good working knowledge of Xubuntu, and have been around for a while. I started using Ubuntu 5.10 in 2005, and switched to Xubuntu 6.06 when it released because it worked better on my old hardware I had. I have stayed with Xubuntu, because I still have old hardware. Also, I like the blue better then the browns and oranges that Ubuntu chose to use. [1] <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/StrategyDocument" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/StrategyDocument</a> </blockquote></div> You have my blessing as well, I don't think there are many as qualified as you are, and I'm very glad you accept the nomination. Also, Ubuntu is more purple and aubergine now ;-) Best, -- Vincent