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Debian Project Votes To Postpone Policy Changes

jonoxer writes "A little while ago members of the Debian project voted to make changes to the Social Contract. As previously reported on Slashdot, the end result looked likely to be a delay in the release of Sarge, the next Stable edition of Debian, until 2005. But on Saturday Debian developers voted to postpone the changes until after Sarge releases, effectively affirming that the changes need to be made but making a pragmatic decision to not let the next release be delayed as a result. The official voting page doesn't show the result yet, but it's been semi-officially announced."

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  1. Re:Sarge postponed? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    More like Duke Nukem Forever, yo.

  2. Re:Good News! by BJH · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you meant to say, "When Longhorn comes out, Sun will be worth no more than a chunk of coal" ;)

  3. Ramble on by mcpkaaos · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let's just hope this next edition of Debian is easier to deal with than this article's summary.

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  4. Re:Bad for Debian? by jrockway · · Score: 4, Funny

    > I bet you also think 2+2=3

    For small values of 2, it does!

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  5. Re:Sarge postponed? by Pharmboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is Sarge becoming the Half Life 2 of Linux distros?

    That is silly, there is NO comparing the two. Everyone knows that Half Life 2 WILL be released someday.

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  6. Re:this is excellent news by pyrrhonist · · Score: 4, Funny
    The box only reboots when the power goes out.

    That's way too unstable for me. Don't they support a UPS? Sheesh.

    </satire>

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  7. Re:Out of date? Compared to what? by DavidNWelton · · Score: 2, Funny

    Debian testing does not get security updates.