Trouble on the Debian Front?

Linux.com is reporting that Matthew Garrett, one of the more active Debian developers, has called some ongoing problems with the Debian project into focus with his resignation. While he didn't hold any actual office, many prominent Debian developers described Garrett as "high profile". From the article: "In his own blog, Garrett relates his gradual discovery that Debian's free-for-all discussions were making him intensely irritable and unhappy with other members of the community. He contrasts Debian's organization with Ubuntu's more formal structure. In particular, he mentions Ubuntu's code of conduct, which is enforced on the distribution's mailing lists, suggesting that it 'helps a great deal in ensuring that discussions mostly remain technical.' He also approves of Ubuntu's more formal structure as 'a pretty explicit acknowledgment that not all developers are equal and some are possibly more worth listening to than others.' Then, in reference to Mark Shuttleworth, the founder and funder of Ubuntu, Garrett says, 'At the end of the day, having one person who can make arbitrary decisions and whose word is effectively law probably helps in many cases.'"

Comments

Garrett

[Cutter7]

Welcome to the light.

Re:difference between anarchy and free-for-all

[Anonymous Coward]

"Smack-tard" is not a word, ass-hat.

Re:Geeks without rules = too many pissing contests

[gardyloo]

Put a group of alpha geeks in a room and start a discussion. Inevitably, they spend more time trying to prove to each other who is the smartest than they do actually pushing forward the discussion. Why is that?

      Is THAT your best attempt at starting a discussion?!? What a freaking IDIOT!!!

Re:difference between anarchy and free-for-all

[Dorsai65]

Is too, butt-munch!

Re:Drop it.

[Paolo DF]

strange: number three result is :"Gates says Linux best OS ever". Really. try it yourself

Re:rulemaking isn't pretty either

[DrXym]

Too many cooks etc

Too many cocks spoil the brothel.