[$] Possible changes to Debian's decision-making processes

The name Debian brings to mind a Linuxdistribution, but the Debian project is far more than that; it is anongoing experiment in democratic project governance. Debian's processescan result in a lot of public squabbling; one should not lose track,though, of the fact that those processes have enabled a large community tomaintain and grow a complex distribution for decades without the benefit ofan overseeing corporate overlord. Processes can be improved, though; arecent proposalfrom Russ Allbery gives an interesting picture of where the pain pointsare and what can be made better.