What Fedora, OpenSUSE, and Debian Elections Teach Us About the State of Weak (or Fake) Communities
EARLIER this month we mentioned that Fedora was crumbling in IBM's hands [1, 2]. We cited many reasons or symptoms and took note of Fedora elections, where hardly anyone voted and all but one candidate were assured a seat. It was basically an elimination round where only one of half a dozen candidates would not success or, in other words, be the "loser".
OpenSUSE was unable to find candidates (familiar names have long vanished) and allegedly begged people to step up, even extending the deadline in order to net some candidates [1, 2]. Well, this news update says: "Four candidates are running for three open seats."
So that basically means only one of those candidates won't make it.
In Debian last year they had an election where only one developer stepped up for Debian Project Leader (DPL) and there was an election because another "token candidate" (the partner of a developer, who doesn't have background in technology) ran and lost.
What sort of elections are these? They show a total lack of trust in these communities. █