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## Bits from the DPL

DevFeed: [Bits from the DPL](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/bits-from-the-dpl-47054.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://bits.debian.org/2024/04/bits-from-the-dpl-april.html>)

Author: Jonathan Carter

Published: 2024-04-02T17:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Bits from Debian](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bits-from-debian.md>)

Topics: [Debian](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debian.md>)

Tags: [bits-from-the-dpl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bits-from-the-dpl.md>), [communication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/communication.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [covid19](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/covid19.md>), [debconf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debconf.md>), [dpl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dpl.md>), [dpl-bits](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dpl-bits.md>), [election](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/election.md>), [resolutions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/resolutions.md>), [thefuture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/thefuture.md>), [transparency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transparency.md>), [usrmerge](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/usrmerge.md>)

### AI overview

A Debian Project Leader reflects on the upcoming leadership transition and on shortcomings in communication and transparency during the previous term. The post also discusses community communication and how public discussion of spending related to donations.

### Source excerpt

Dear Debianites This morning I decided to just start writing Bits from DPL and send whatever I have by 18:00 local time. Here it is, barely proof read, along with all it's warts and grammar mistakes! It's slightly long and doesn't contain any critical information, so if you're not in the mood, don't feel compelled to read it! Get ready for a new DPL! Soon, the voting period will start to elect our next DPL, and my time as DPL will come to an end. Reading the questions posted to the new candidates on debian-vote, it takes quite a bit of restraint to not answer all of them myself, I think I can see how that aspect contributed to me being reeled in to running for DPL! In total I've done so 5 times (the first time I ran, Sam was elected!). Good luck to both Andreas and Sruthi, our current DPL candidates! I've already started working on preparing handover, and there's multiple request from teams that have came in recently that will have to wait for the new term, so I hope they're both ready to hit the ground running! Things that I wish could have gone better Communication Recently, I saw a t-shirt that read: Adulthood is saying, 'But after this week things will slow down a bit' over and over until you die. I can relate! With every task, crisis or deadline that appears, I think that once this is over, I'll have some more breathing space to get back to non-urgent, but important tasks. "Bits from the DPL" was something I really wanted to get right this last term, and clearly failed spectacularly. I have two long Bits from the DPL drafts that I never finished, I tend to have prioritised problems of the day over communication. With all the hindsight I have, I'm not sure which is better to prioritise, I do rate communication and transparency very highly and this is really the top thing that I wish I could've done better over the last four years. On that note, thanks to people who provided me with some kind words when I've mentioned this to them before. They pointed out that th