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Martin Michlmayr Re-elected Debian Project Leader

Posted by timothy on from the don't-blame-me dept.

jaybonci@d.o writes "Congratulations to Martin Michlmayr on his re-election to Debian Project Leader (his platform). Another year of service, one that will hopefully see the release of Sarge."

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  1. Branden by peripatetic_bum · · Score: 4, Interesting

    can someone explain to me why Branden keeps getting failed to be elected? He seems to one of the stronger proponents of Debian and has one of the most important packages.

    Thank you for your replies

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    1. Re:Branden by peeping_Thomist · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Branden is a lousy politician. He has no sense of diplomacy, and furthermore rubs a lot of people the wrong way. He should never be the public face of Debian.

      But Branden is an important contributor to the project. Pretty much everyone recognizes that and appreciates it, but that respect and appreciation does not translate into votes. There's a political component to being Debian Project Leader that Branden just doesn't have.

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  2. Hopefully? by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Congratulations to Martin Michlmayr on his re-election to Debian Project Leader (his platform). Another year of service, one that will hopefully see the release of Sarge."

    Sarge? Hopefully?!

    I been waitin' six years for the release of Sid !

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    1. Re:Hopefully? by swillden · · Score: 3, Informative

      I been waitin' six years for the release of Sid !

      For those who don't know Debian well enough to get the joke, Sid is the name of the "unstable" distribution, where all new stuff goes. Sid will always be the name of unstable and Sid will never be released. Packages that have lived long enough in Sid without any serious bugs filed against them automatically move into "testing", which is currently called Sarge. When Sarge is ready it will be released and become "stable", at which point a new name will be chosen for "testing".

      Sid, however, will always be Sid.

      For completeness, there's one other distribution "experimental", which is where stuff that's too volatile for Sid goes. Since Sid is actively used by thousands as their standard desktop, it has to be fairly stable, despite the name "unstable". The rule for Sid is that only stable software can be put in it, so that any instability is just in the packaging and relationships with other packages. Experimental (which doesn't have a character name) contains software that is truly of questionable stability.

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