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Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge

From:  tb-AT-becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)
To:  "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso-AT-MIT.EDU>
Subject:  Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge
Date:  28 Apr 2004 09:08:00 -0700
Cc:  debian-devel-AT-lists.debian.org, debian-vote-AT-lists.debian.org, debian-ctte-AT-debian.org

"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@MIT.EDU> writes:

> Personally, I'm still trying to decide myself what is going to happen
> with Debian.  Is it a bunch of fanatics who are more interested in
> philosophy than technology, in which case it is an open question
> whether the next release of Debian stable will happen before or after
> a stable, usable version of the Hurd, or is it something more than
> that?  Only time will tell.

The goal of Debian is to have an excellent free operating system.

All three adjectives: excellent, free, and operating, are
non-negotiable.  We will not sell out the second because you want us
to think it's a disaster if one or two fonts don't meet it.

Thomas


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