First off, I am not a developer of Debian packages and thus do not know how Bruce Perens manages the distribution. But basically I have two comments.
1. To DC, your first mistake was to post your request to all of the debian lists. The problem with this is that this is a developers' issue, not a users' issue. Thus all those responses sound like they were from users of debian, not the developers. In this case, user's opinions are irrelavent. Who cares if a user likes Bruce Perens as the project leader? They are not the one who must work with him. Developers like you and others are the ones who matter. What do other developers think? Are they having the same problem as you? 2. To the users, it's so pitiful that users of a distribution is so quick to kick out a DEVELOPER just because he disagrees with the leader. As a user, I must laugh at some of the criticisms. Spelling mistakes? Use of initials instead of the full name? These are reasons for ignoring a complaint? It is scary to find out that this type of group can decide who becomes a developer for debian and who doesn't. I should mention that this is not the first time there was disagreement in the Debian project. I remember in the beginning that Bruce and RMS also had a disagreement. Fortunately, that was resolved. I hope this one gets resolved as well. Unlike others, I do see some problems with the distribution and improvements can be made. Dave, I don't know what kind of contributions you make to debian. But if it is in the dpkg program, then I hope you can continue to improve it. If you do branch off into another distribution (great, yet another distribution), then dpkg is the first program you should improve. --jc -- Jimen Ching (WH6BRR) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
