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  69             <h1>Meet the Debian Technical Committee</h1>
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  75 # Debian TC members
  76
  77 * Keith Packard <keithp>
  78 * Didier Raboud <odyx> - **⑁**
  79 * Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen>
  80 * Sam Hartman <hartmans>
  81 * Phil Hands <philh>
  82 * Margarita Manterola <marga>
  83 * David Bremner <bremner>
  84 * Niko Tyni <ntyni>
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  91 # What is the Debian Technical Committee?
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  96 # Debian Constitution §6.1
  97
  98 The Technical Committee may:
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 102             <script type="text/template">
 103 ### Debian Constitution §6.1.1
 104 ## Decide on any matter of technical policy
 105             </script>
 106         </section>
 107         <section class="bw" data-markdown>
 108             <script type="text/template">
 109 ### Debian Constitution §6.1.2 & §6.1.3
 110 ## Decide any technical matter where Developers' jurisdictions overlap
 111 ## Make a decision when asked to do so
 112
 113 *Tie-breaking*
 114             </script>
 115         </section>
 116         <section class="bw" data-markdown>
 117             <script type="text/template">
 118 ### Debian Constitution §6.1.4
 119 ## Overrule a Developer (requires a 3:1 majority).
 120
 121 *Last-resort*
 122             </script>
 123         </section>
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 125             <script type="text/template">
 126 ### Debian Constitution §6.1.5
 127 ## Offer advice
 128             </script>
 129         </section>
 130
 131         <section class="bw" data-markdown>
 132             <script type="text/template">
 133 # Constraints
 134             </script>
 135         </section>
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 137             <script type="text/template">
 138 ### Debian Constitution §6.3.3
 139 ## Public discussion and decision-making
 140             </script>
 141         </section>
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 143             <script type="text/template">
 144 ### Debian Constitution §6.3.5
 145 ## No detailed design work
 146             </script>
 147         </section>
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 149             <script type="text/template">
 150 ### Debian Constitution §6.3.6
 151 ## Technical Committee makes decisions only as last resort
 152             </script>
 153         </section>
 154
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 156             <script type="text/template">
 157 # Picking options
 158
 159 Constitutionally, we're asked to *break ties* amongst available options,
 160
 161 after all efforts to resolve it via consensus have been _tried and failed_.
 162             </script>
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 166 # Offer advice and make our views known
 167
 168 The TC can offer **you** advice.
 169             </script>
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 173 ## The Debian Technical Committee
 174
 175 is a
 176 * self-nominated & DPL-appointed
 177 * last-resort
 178 * conflict-resolution & advice-providing
 179
 180 body
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 186             <script type="text/template">
 187 # Issues in front of the TC
 188 ## Since DebConf16
 189
 190
 191 https://bugs.debian.org/tech-ctte
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 196 ## Membership bugs
 197
 198 * [`#822803`](https://bugs.debian.org/822803) - New CTTE member(s)
 199  * marga
 200 * [`#829704`](https://bugs.debian.org/829704) - Voting for TC Chair
 201 * [`#836127`](https://bugs.debian.org/836127) - New CTTE Members
 202  * bremner
 203 * [`#860520`](https://bugs.debian.org/860520) - Voting for TC Chair
 204 * [`#836127`](https://bugs.debian.org/836127) - New CTTE Members
 205   * ntyni
 206 * [`#865485`](https://bugs.debian.org/865485) - Voting for TC Chair
 207             </script>
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 209 <!--
 210 Errors:
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 212 * [`#833371`](https://bugs.debian.org/833371) - tech-ctte: Systemmonitor data in mesage tray and in System monitor window do not coincide
 213 * [`#839560`](https://bugs.debian.org/839560) - tech-ctte: failure to suspend sesion or lock computer
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 217 ## Decided
 218
 219 * [`#830344`](https://bugs.debian.org/830344) - How should the TC help with a project roadmap?
 220  * Not directly
 221 * [`#846002`](https://bugs.debian.org/846002) - blends-tasks must not be priority:important
 222  * Recommendation
 223 * [`#862051`](https://bugs.debian.org/862051) - Rename nodejs back to node for buster, now that ax25-node has been removed?
 224  * Yes
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 229 ## Closed without a formal resolution
 230
 231 * [`#830978`](https://bugs.debian.org/830978) - Browserified javascript and DFSG 2
 232  * Clarified responsibilities
 233 * [`#839570`](https://bugs.debian.org/839570) - Browserified javascript and DFSG 2 (reopening)
 234  * Clarified responsibilities
 235 * [`#835507`](https://bugs.debian.org/835507) - Please clarify that sysvinit support decision is not going to expire
 236  * Declined
 237 * [`#841294`](https://bugs.debian.org/841294) - Overrule maintainer of "global" to package a new upstream version
 238  * The maintainer orphaned "global"
 239 * [`#850887`](https://bugs.debian.org/850887) - Decide proper solution for binutils' mips* bug
 240  * Solved without a formal resolution
 241 * [`#850967`](https://bugs.debian.org/850967) - Clarify /usr/bin/foo should not be hardcoded even in upstream parts
 242  * Declined
 243 * [`#857257`](https://bugs.debian.org/857257) - Supporting configuration file changes between versions in unstable/testing
 244  * Declined
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 249 ## Current
 250
 251 * [`#865929`](https://bugs.debian.orgi/865929) - Advice on dealing with GRUB upgrade failure caused by init-select
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 255     <section>
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 257             <script type="text/template">
 258 # We're often looking for new members
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 262             <script type="text/template">
 263 ## Term Expiry (§6.2.7)
 264
 265 > On January 1st of each year the term of any Committee member who has served more than 42 months (3.5 years) **and** who is one of the two most senior members is set to expire on December 31st of that year.
 266
 267 * `keithp` - Keith Packard → 2017
 268 * `odyx` - Didier Raboud → 2018
 269 * `tfheen` - Tollef Fog Heen → 2018
 270 * `hartmans` - Sam Hartman → 2018
 271 * `philh` - Philip Hands → 2019
 272 * `marga` - Margarita Manterola → 2020
 273 * `bremner` - David Bremner → 2020
 274 * `ntyni` - Niko Tyni → 2020
 275             </script>
 276         </section>
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 278             <script type="text/template">
 279 # Need fresh blood
 280
 281 We're roughly looking for **at least one new member per year**.
 282             </script>
 283         </section>
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 285             <script type="text/template">
 286 ## Not all issues are like [`#727708`](https://bugs.debian.org/727708)
 287             </script>
 288         </section>
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 291 ## TC work is
 292
 293 * often more **social** than technical
 294 * about **disagreements** & conflicts
 295 * at the broad **technical** level
 296 * **listening** to what _people_ have to say
 297 * sometimes **taking hard decisions**
 298 * essentially **political**
 299             </script>
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 303 ## Required skillset
 304
 305 * Empathy
 306 * Technical agility
 307 * Mentorship
 308 * Responsiveness
 309 * Social sensitivity
 310 * Cool-headed
 311             </script>
 312         </section>
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 314             <script type="text/template">
 315 # The TC needs more diversity.
 316             </script>
 317         </section>
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 319             <script type="text/template">
 320 ## We need nominees!
 321
 322 * Nominate yourself
 323 * Nominate someone else
 324             </script>
 325         </section>
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 327             <script type="text/template">
 328 # Come talk to us if you have worries, questions, or else!
 329
 330 We're just developers.
 331             </script>
 332         </section>
 333         <section class="bw" data-markdown>
 334             <script type="text/template">
 335 ## We're looking into ways to improve the process
 336             </script>
 337         </section>
 338     </section>
 339     <section>
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 342 # Our current discussions
 343             </script>
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 346             <script type="text/template">
 347 # How quick can the TC be?
 348             </script>
 349         </section>
 350         <section class="bw" data-markdown>
 351             <script type="text/template">
 352 # Time spent on recruitement
 353             </script>
 354         </section>
 355     </section>
 356     <section>
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 359 # Q & A
 360
 361 Open discussion
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 363         </section>
 364         <section>
 365             <h1>Thanks</h1>
 366             <p style="padding-top: 3em;">© 2017 - The Debian Project</p>
 367             <p style="font-family: monospace;"><a href="mailto:debian-ctte@lists.debian.org">debian-ctte@lists.debian.org</a></p>
 368             <p><a href="https://reveal.odyx.org/Debian/201708-Meet-the-Debian-TC.html">https://reveal.odyx.org/Debian/201708-Meet-the-Debian-TC.html</a></p>
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