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Debian Delayed by Disenchanted Developers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the look-at-all-that-alliteration dept.

Torus Kas writes "Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 was supposed to be due by December 4 and development is currently frozen. Apparently the saga was triggered by disenchantment towards funding of $6,000 for each of the 2 release managers to work full-time in order to speed up the development. Many unpaid developers simply put off Debian work to work on something else."

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  1. Interesting... by Otter · · Score: 5, Funny
    My first reaction to the headline was to wonder why this is news. If anything, it's "Debian developers pause mailing list flamewar, release software" that would be newsworthy.

    But it's actually a fascinating case of unintended consequences -- hiring some full-time workers seems to have had precisely the opposite effective of the intended. It's a lesson worth considering before deciding that, say, what some third world country really, really needs is millions of laptops dumped on their children.

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    1. Re:Interesting... by An+Onerous+Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      The master was sitting in meditation when a student asked him that question. He said, "Enlightenment comes in two parts. The first part is called 'three roommates', and the second is called 'Ramen noodles'."

      "But what about dating? Cars? Entertainment? Retirement?" the student asked.

      And the master did fling a Ramen noodle at the wall, and it stuck. In this way, the student was enlightened.

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  2. Which part is delayed? by Wee · · Score: 3, Funny
    Is it the "GNU" part or the "Linux" part that is going to be delayed?

    I kid because I love. :-)

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  3. Should be "Disenchanted Developers Delay Debian" by ishmalius · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now -that- is how to write an irritating alliterative headline! ^^

  4. Re:Dumb Editor by wumpus188 · · Score: 1, Funny

    General public, let alone your grandma, is supposed to use Ubuntu. Fuck off.

  5. Re:Should be "Disenchanted Developers Delay Debian by akpoff · · Score: 4, Funny

    An annoyingly alliterative announcement.

  6. The title of parent post should be: by Trails · · Score: 2, Funny

    Alliterative Article Appelation Aggravates Argumentative Arbiter of Arbitrary And Academic Article Arrangement

  7. 12,000$ to kill Linux? by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 5, Funny

    OMG! wait till M$ hears this. All they have to do is to donate some 1000$ to a few developers in each Open Source to project, and all other devlopers will quit because they are jelaous and these few will retire happily using those 1000$ or 2000$ handout. All Open Source projects will grind to a halt! Wow! That is Steve Ballmer's dream. He might actually sit on a chair or two now.

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    1. Re:12,000$ to kill Linux? by LordSnooty · · Score: 2, Funny

      Nah, no-one in the Linux community would ever take the Microsoft shilling... oh, wait...

  8. Re:Dumb editor, but there is an issue. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    So what you're saying is that Debian is for fucked-up smelly hippies who just can't handle the idea that people need money to live? Debian is too "pure" for anyone to get a pittance for their contribution? If you want your work accepted in Debian you'd better be independently wealthy? Oh fine. Sure sounds like the GNU ideal to me.

  9. even MORE alliterated by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Disenchanted Debian Developers Delay Distro"

  10. Re:They have to eat! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, they don't have to eat. They need to diet. If it involves them skipping meals because they don't earn any money coding Debian, so be it. Here is one of the lead developers caught on a webcam (notice how fucking fat he is!)

  11. Re:Dumb Editor by livewire98801 · · Score: 1, Funny

    PC LOAD LETTER?? WTF does THAT mean?

    Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
    Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING
    well, slashdot, its a quote of a guy that was yelling :)

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  12. D'oh! by proxy318 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Delays? A decidedly damnable development. Do I detect disagreement?

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  13. Re:Dumb Editor by HAKdragon · · Score: 3, Funny

    She does if she's a Windows developer...just sayin' is all.

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  14. Re:Dumb Editor by mollymoo · · Score: 2, Funny
    By your trollish and poorly thought-out comment, I would assume that you are not in the majority here.

    You Must Be New Here ®

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  15. Re:Dumb Editor by TheLetterPsy · · Score: 4, Funny

    PC Load Letter, what the fuck does that mean?

  16. Re:apt-get install almost anything by nurb432 · · Score: 5, Funny

    They can just remove all the packages i dont care about. That should reduce it to a manageable level.

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