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Anthony Towns Elected New Debian Leader

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the there's-a-new-sheriff-in-town dept.

daria42 writes "Australian developer Anthony Towns has just been elected Debian Project Leader starting 17 April. In his platform for election, Towns said the most important issue for Debian was 'increasing its tempo'. 'We've been slow in a lot of things, from releasing, to getting updates in, to processing applications from prospective developers, to fixing bugs, to making decisions on policy questions, and all sorts of other things,' he said."

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  1. Slowness by CRCulver · · Score: 4, Funny

    As the old saying goes, "Hell freezes faster than Debian Stable". Good to see that Towns intends to take action.

  2. Joke by zaguar · · Score: 5, Funny
    For those who were wondering, voting started in 2001. He was elected today because the commitee wanted to make sure the candidates were 'stable'.

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    1. Re:Joke by wild_berry · · Score: 5, Funny

      You forgot to mention that the candidates were also frozen for bugfixing. Towns has only lost two fingers to frostbite; the debian-privates e-mail list suggests that another candidate lost something more personal and delicate.