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New Debian Project Leader: Branden Robinson

Posted by timothy on from the once-and-future-king dept.

Potato the Lizard writes "The Debian project have announced the results of this year's Debian Project Leader election. The winner is Branden Robinson. Branden's candidate platform may be found here."

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  1. Surprised. by DoubleDangerClub · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm surprised that he didn't outline anything about the actual Debian release system. You would think with all the hype about Ubuntu, he would've said something about the Sarge release (whether it's really going to be pushed or not). I'm still upset that in the end, I don't think Sarge will be the one to save us. Ubuntu will spread out and conquer. It seems. Anyone think different for Debian? Can we really take them seriously at this point with the lack of update pushes?

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    1. Re:Surprised. by mcslappy · · Score: 3, Interesting

      look at the top 10 hits at distrowatch, and count the number that are either debian or based on it. i'd really like to see more cooperation between them, and the eventual release of sarge as a solid base.

    2. Re:Surprised. by jdowland · · Score: 2, Interesting

      If they decided to radically change the debian release process in response to ubuntu, even for the better, sarge would be even more delayed. Better to get it out and work on fixing the process for etch.

      I'm concerned that sarge isn't imminent but at the moment I'm going to wait and see (well, do more than that, do my part with bug reports/fixes etc.)

  2. Branden's a good guy by Deagol · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Or at least he was when I was at Purdue with him ten or so years ago. :)

    It's not like we've maintained any sort of contact over the years, but he was a really good guy when I knew him personally. Smart, eclectic, and funny as hell. Fun to have over for dinner, which was a common occurance back then.

    I don't know whether he keeps tabs on Slashdot (not that he'd know who the hell I was anyway), but a major kudos to a good guy I knew long ago! I'd be lucky to some day earn a fraction of the respect that this guy has.

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