For the first time in its 16-year history, the Debian GNU/Linux project has a woman in the running to become leader of the project when voting for the post takes place between April 2 and April 15.

The Debian project was given a new server from Thomas Krenn AG, Intel and Adaptec for its image building. With the Dual-Xeon computer the build process was reduced from 20 to two hours.

Hi, We’re now a few days into the campaigning period. The candidates
are….

Dear fellow developers, we all want to get out squeeze as soon as possible. Currently we are still at 400 bugs concerning the next stable release, with 300 of them not yet fixed in unstable.

The nomination period for the Debian Project Leader Elections 2010 is over and we have 4 candidates this year:

Hi, The nomination period for the DPL election is almost over. At the
time of this writing, there is still about 29 hours left. The
nomination period ends on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 23:59:59 UTC.

Hi, According to the constitution (5.2. Appointment), project
leader elections should begin “six weeks before the leadership
post becomes vacant, or (if it is too late already) immediately.”

The Debian GNU/Linux project is looking at a development freeze in March next year for its next release, Squeeze, the project leader Steve McIntyre says.

Release planning: Proposing a new freeze date is not easy. Taking into account all of the feedback we have received, both online (by e-mail, IRC) as well as in person, and some challenging release goals we have set for ourselves, we propose freezing in March 2010.

Debian decides to adopt time-based release freezes. The Debian project has decided to adopt a new policy of time-based development freezes for future releases, on a two-year cycle.

Gone are the days when the Debian GNU/Linux Project had a spokesman whose utterances could be taken at face value.

Hi folks, It’s been too long since I’ve given you an update. I didn’t want to push things out while the election was going on, as that seems to annoy some people. And since the election I’ve been too busy to get round to this. Yes, I suck. Yes, I want to do better at [...]

Hi folks, Just a quick note to start my second term as Project Leader. It’s a great honour to be elected for a second time, although it of course means that I’ll have to kiss goodbye to any silly ideas of having any spare time in the foreseeable future. At least this year I [...]

British developer Steve McIntyre has been re-elected leader of the Debian GNU/Linux project (DPL) for 2009-10. The contest for leader was a two-way affair this year, with McIntyre, who held the office in 2008-09, recontesting against Stefano Zacchiroli.

Hi, The winner of the election is Steve McIntyre. His new term will start on April 17th, 2009.

Hi, This is the third and final call for votes for the Debian Project
Leader Elections 2009.

Hi, This is the second call for votes for the Debian Project Leader
Elections 2009.

Hi, This is the first call for votes for the Debian Project Leader
Elections 2009.

Debian elections have, before this year, seen a minimum of three contestants (2002) and a maximum of eight (2007). So does this indicate that interest in running for leader has fallen off?

Two developers have entered the race for the Debian Project Leadership. New candidate Stephano “Zack” Zacchiroli is challenging current leader Steve McIntyre, who is running for a second term in office.

The second phase of the annual election for the Debian Project leadership has begun, with Steve McIntyre, the incumbent Debian Project Leader, running for a second term. His opponent, Stefano Zacchiroli, is responsible for, among other things, the Package Tracking System, the Vim editor and the Python package

Steve McIntyre, Debian Project Leader talks about his work with the free open source Linux distribution

Hi, The nomination period has ended and we’re now in the campaigning
period. We have 2 candidates: – Stefano Zacchiroli and Steve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org>

Hi, The nomination period for the DPL election is almost over. If you
want to nominate yourself as canidate you need to send a signed
mail to the debian-vote@lists.debian.org list.

The election of the Project Leader for the Debian Project has become an annual spring rite, conducted in April since 2001 though in other months prior to that. And, like much of the painstaking drive for quality in the development of Debian, the election is one of the most meticulously run democratic exercises you will [...]

Hi, According to the constitution (5.2. Appointment), project
leader elections should begin “six weeks before the leadership
post becomes vacant, or (if it is too late already) immediately.”

Hi folks, After some deliberation and some delay, I’d like to announce the appointment of a new Secretary. As required in the constitution, Bdale (as acting Secretary) and I have worked together and decided on which of the volunteers we feel would be best for the position.

With the release of ‘Lenny’ – the latest stable branch of Debian GNU/Linux – on Saturday (yes, that’s Valentine’s day – don’t forget!), Tom Callway speaks to the head of the Debian project, Steve MacIntyre.

The emergence of Lenny, or version 5.0, on Saturday, February 14, will be tinged with some sadness as well, following the death of a developer in a tragic accident last year.