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iTWire Monday, 19 April 2021 07:47 Jonathan Carter wins second term as Debian leader
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South African developer Jonathan Carter will continue to lead the Debian GNU/Linux project for a second year, after
winning the election for the position, the results of which were declared over the weekend.
only one opponent, Sruthi Chandran. She contested the elections in 2020 as well, but was unsuccessful that year too.
Debian uses the Condorcet method for deciding its elections and this system is explained thus: Consider all possible two-way races between candidates. The Condorcet winner, if there is one, is the one candidate who can beat every other candidate in a two-way race with that candidate.
iTWire Wednesday, 07 April 2021 09:43 Two developers in race for Debian project leader post
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Two of the three candidates who contested last year s election for the post of Debian project leader are set to fight it out again this year.
last year and is running for re-election, while Sruthi Chandran has opted to take another tilt at becoming the project s first female leader.
Voting began on 4 April and will wind up on 17 April. The new term for the project leader will begin on 21 April.
In her
platform statement, Chandran said she was running because she was concerned about the skewed gender ratios within the free software community.
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