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Another query but of more recent vintage is the idea of having yearly elections for choosing DPL. Now while sadly Ian Murdock is not there but am sure there are more than enough people who know and remember why Ian Murdock felt the need to have yearly elections instead of a 2-5 year term. Was it because of Bruce Perens as shared in https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.foundation-documents.html or something else ? <quote=debian handbook> COMMUNITY Bruce Perens, a controversial leader Bruce Perens was the second leader of the Debian project, just after Ian Murdock. He was very controversial in his dynamic and authoritarian methods. He nevertheless remains an important contributor to Debian, to whom Debian is especially indebted for the editing of the famous “Debian Free Software Guidelines” (DFSG), an original idea of Ean Schuessler. Subsequently, Bruce would derive from it the famous “Open Source Definition”, removing all references to Debian from it. → http://www.opensource.org/ His departure from the project was quite emotional, but Bruce has remained strongly attached to Debian, since he continues to promote this distribution in political and economic spheres. He still sporadically appears on the e-mail lists to give his advice and present his latest initiatives in favor of Debian. </quote> If somebody knows, would be interested to know the details. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com EB80 462B 08E1 A0DE A73A 2C2F 9F3D C7A4 E1C4 D2D8
