Debian: too free? [LWN.net]

Debian: too free?

Posted Apr 29, 2004 9:16 UTC (Thu) by jdthood (guest, #4157)
In reply to: Debian: too free? by dbharris
Parent article: Debian: too free?

The article is a good summary of the discussion that has been occurring on the debian-devel mailing list. I only quibble with this sentence:

   Anthony Towns has let it be known that the new social contract
   will delay things further.

This omits several condition that AJT added. AJT did say:

   As such, I can see no way to release sarge without having all these
   things removed from the Debian system -- ie main.

but he went on to say:

   So, if the technical committee would like to comment on this issue,
   take the decision out of my hands, or overrule any decision I might
   otherwise make, now would be a good time. Otherwise, if folks want
   to take up a [General Resolution] to do likewise, now is a good
   time to start thinking about it.

The way I read it, AJT is not so much announcing a major delay as he is warning that there will be a major delay UNLESS he is given some way of escaping the restrictions of the newly disambiguated Social Contract for the purposes of releasing Sarge. A General Resolution of the kind he suggests here has already been proposed and seconded.

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