Record Low Turnout in Debian Leadership Election

daria42 writes "A record low voter turnout - highlighted by the fact that two-thirds of the candidates have not yet cast their ballot - is marring the Debian Project's ongoing elections for the Debian Project Leader position. Project secretary Manoj Srivastava said yesterday: "At the time of writing, half an hour into the second week of the vote, we have the lowest participation ever in a Debian project leader election seen so far"."

Comments

Some ice for your apathy

[werewolf1031]

we have the lowest participation ever in a Debian project leader election

I hate to say it, but...

Maybe it's because nobody cares anymore? (Not that that's my opinion, just an observation.)

Maybe its debian

[Wizy]

I think it has something to do with the fact that its debian. A lot of the debian users I know have switched to other systems in the last year or so. A lot of them are trying gentoo lately. I have no numbers to back any of that up, just an observation.

Needs to be more up-to date

[RGTAsheron]

They need to push a bit more towards newer technology and less an stability. Personally I've had trouble with it the few times I've tried simply because everything they had on the cd was outdated. I'm not sure if thats just me not understanding the update but...

Re:Oh no

[TheKidWho]

netcraft confirms, debian is dying,

People have left

[N5]

People have left in mass, that is why. The lack of releases have driven people away who want the latest stuff. While most people don't need/want a Gentoo bleeding edge install, they want new releases. When other large distros are releasing every 6 months, people go to greener pastures.

Mabie they need to examine their place in the overall scale of things. Mabie they should focus on what they are best at: providing a base for other distros.

Re:One Meaning:

[voisine]

Leaders?!? We don't want no stinking leaders. We want public servants damit!

Re:Or, we could read the article...

[dAzED1]

did read it, must have missed it, but "stage" really isn't clear. Is "stage" the second week, now that we're 30 minutes into it (as of the writing of this article)? How far into that "stage" was the 315 number last year? Were we in hour 355, only half an hour away from the 2 week mark, and only a full hour away from a week later from now ("now" meaning when the article was written)?

I don't want to know stages. After 1 week and 30 minutes of a 3 week period, how many votes were there last year? Clear answer, please.

And good lord...people are still 2 weeks away from being "tardy." Mayhaps the definition of that word should be researched as well?

But ...

[ggvaidya]

... does that mean George Bush will become the next Debian Project Leader?

Re:Ubuntu's technical project leader goes Debian?

[Eunuchswear]

Nice hook you sneaky little fucker.