Debian buries itself in general resolutions

[Posted September 21, 2006 by corbet]

People who have been following the discussions in the Debian Project know that the developers currently have a few outstanding general resolutions to consider - and the small task of getting a new distribution out by the end of the year. Now, it seems that some developers feel that the best way to push things forward is with a new resolution recalling project leader Anthony Towns - apparently for a perceived conflict of interest resulting from his participation in the Dunc-Tank effort. There have been many seconds, but also a counter proposal reaffirming support for Mr. Towns. And, for good measure, there's another resolution calling for a freeze on general resolutions.

Debian buries itself in general resolutions

Posted Sep 21, 2006 15:41 UTC (Thu) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458) [Link] (1 responses)

Debian leader gets involved in raising funds for Debian, and the proposal on the table is to sack him for that... or affirm him, or put an end to proposals?

Somebody has lost the compass here.

Debian buries itself in general resolutions

Posted Sep 21, 2006 15:46 UTC (Thu) by HalloBaum (subscriber, #14304) [Link]

No, it's not a raising funds for Debian but a raising funds (wages) for special selected Debian developers as I understand the current moves.

Debian buries itself in general resolutions

Posted Sep 21, 2006 16:10 UTC (Thu) by AJWM (guest, #15888) [Link] (3 responses)

Is it just me, or is this starting to sound like a Monty Python sketch?

Perhaps Debian should adopt a different naming scheme for releases -- the "dead parrot" version, for example. Or perhaps after cheeses...

Or perhaps after cheeses...

Posted Sep 21, 2006 17:11 UTC (Thu) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523) [Link]

Actually, the shadow (passwd) packages releases in Debian are named after cheeses:

http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/s/shadow/...

Debian buries itself in general resolutions

Posted Sep 21, 2006 19:19 UTC (Thu) by jstAusr (guest, #27224) [Link] (1 responses)

If you were able to see the internal workings of any large organization you would see things like this, I know that is true for the corporations that I have worked for. Criticizing the Debian project because the internal workings are open is just lame, in my opinion. It is understandable that a proposal to pay certain people for their efforts would be controversial.

Debian buries itself in general resolutions

Posted Sep 23, 2006 10:00 UTC (Sat) by k8to (guest, #15413) [Link]

You have a point, but I think it is fair to point out silly things when
they are silly. This collective set of actions is, from a broad,
disentangled view, quite amusing, and pointing that out is fair.

Surmising that Debian is some sort of a joke project overall because some
silly things occur would be an error, of course.