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Debian Core Consortium Releases First Code

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the more-than-just-words dept.

daria42 writes "It looks like the Debian Common Core Alliance announced a while ago is going to make good on its promises: the project has released its first code this week. The release consists of a base installation of Debian 3.1 with the Linux Standard Base and security updates attached. But the project also looks like it has attracted some criticism from within the Debian developer community - with a spoof Web site having already been set up to poke fun at the Alliance."

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  1. Spoof mirror by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Screw the real site, the spoof is what's important: http://www.dccalliance.biz.nyud.net:8090/

  2. link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The story includes a link to the spoof website but not to the actual one. Great reporting.

    The address is http://www.dccalliance.org/ btw.

  3. Re:Department of Redundancy Department? by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Informative

    I believe the full Debian distribution and the DCC are 2 complimentary items.

    From the DCC website:

    What is the "DCC" of the DCC Alliance?

    The DCC is not a Linux distribution; it is a "base" Debian system composed of essential programs or "packages" from Debian GNU/Linux, combined with member additions to attain LSB certification and achieve broad commercial acceptance and support.

    It appears as thought this is the low level never changing set (just up from the kernel), and is similar to a bare Windows release, ie you have to add your own applications.

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    liqbase :: faster than paper
  4. why the spoof site? by digitalderbs · · Score: 5, Informative
    The DCC seems like a good idea to me. From an earlier progeny news article, the DCC mandate is :

    • Assemble a 100% Debian common core that addresses the needs of enterprise business users
    • Maintain certification of the common core with the Free Standards Group open specification, the Linux Standard Base
    • Use the Alliance's combined strength to accelerate the commercial adoption of Debian
    • Work with the Debian project to ensure predictable release cycles and features important to commercial adoption


    This seems very reasonable to me. There's something I'm missing -- Why the resistance and the spoof site?