iTWire Monday, 19 April 2021 07:47 Jonathan Carter wins second term as Debian leader Shares South African developer Jonathan Carter. Supplied 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."