Who maintains RPM? [LWN.net]

Who maintains RPM?

Posted Aug 24, 2006 2:12 UTC (Thu) by robla (guest, #424)
In reply to: Who maintains RPM? by nevyn
Parent article: Who maintains RPM?

Ummm...please. Ubuntu is based on Debian because Mark Shuttleworth is a long time Debian guy, and he writes the checks. I'm sure at least some of the reason /why/ he's a long time Debian guy is because he felt as though Debian was a superior starting point, though I don't pretend to speak for him. Your assessment, however, is highly implausible.

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Who maintains RPM?

Posted Aug 24, 2006 12:35 UTC (Thu) by madscientist (subscriber, #16861) [Link] (1 responses)

Not only that, but Debian is 100% developed, directed, and controlled by volunteers. They have a robust constitution and regular public elections, open to all developers. Anyone in the world can become a Debian Developer. The distribution is completely free AND completely open. Red Hat and Fedora are absolutely inappropriate for serving as the basis for a major new Linux distribution such as Ubuntu.

Who maintains Debian?

Posted Aug 31, 2006 21:31 UTC (Thu) by gvy (guest, #11981) [Link]

> a robust constitution
I've heard differing opinions from Debian folks, regarding "robust".

> Anyone in the world can become a Debian Developer.
Especially if said anyone is to become the first DD in the country. Well here in Ukraine, they've trusted ALT Linux security officer who has signed my key before, and so I've signed the particular person on meeting him (it appeared we've graduated the same university, even). Wonder if this was not the case.

Just to put some sane facts over your mad science. :)