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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.

  3. Re:Debian by lpcustom · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I have to disagree totally. Ubuntu does have newer software for it's main distro. Debian Testing has just as new software cept it works better. For example, Ubuntu is still using firefox 1.0.7. Debian testing is at 1.5. Ubuntu's latest dapper flights are basically Debian Testing with new artwork that says Ubuntu.
    I like a ton of distros but I seem to always come back to Debian. For a bunch of guys that can't get their act together, they still make the others looks bad.

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  4. Worst idea ever? by babbling · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why? I'm a Debian user, and I appreciate how well EVERYTHING works. I'd hate for them to sacrifice the quality of most of the software I use just so they can release twice as often.

    I don't really trust distributions that guarantee a release every 6 months, because I get the impression they must be rushing things. I'd prefer something quality, even if it's usually "behind the pack".

  5. Re:Brandon replaced after only 1 year? by laptop006 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Annual term as DPL, Branden decided not to stand for a second term.

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  6. Re:Brandon replaced after only 1 year? by joeytsai · · Score: 4, Informative

    LWN has a pretty decent interview of Branden, but he's kinda vague about interesting details. Link here.

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