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Social Contract Amendment May Bump Sarge To 2005

Posted by timothy on from the unstable-isn't-generally dept.

An anonymous reader submits "Debian's Release Manager Anthony Towns announced that after the Grand Resolution to amend the Social Contract has been successful (it does not only apply to software any more), vital parts to modern Linux systems, such as important documentation, firmware needed for proper hardware support will have to be removed from the distribution before the next release. Moreover, the upcoming installer will need to be changed. He goes on to say that he does not expect this to happen by the end of this year which means that Sarge will not be released in 2004."

2 of 525 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Debian is fading into irrelevence? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    They're as predictable as they are tiresome. You are correct: they seem to show up in every damn article regardless of the subject.

  2. Another Social Contract Amendment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I predict that the Social Contract will be amended again real soon now to allow Half-Life 2 and Duke Nukem Forever to be shipped with Sarge.