Re: If Debian wants to grow, let it grow. Or: King James reading Anarchy FAQ
>>>>> "MB" == Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:
MB> Comments?
I find that the suggestions sound really good, but I am in disagreement
about one point:
MB> The solution is that people can offer their own deb packages
MB> without effort, and people can get those without effort. This way,
MB> we can refuse to include packages without censoring them.
[snip]
IMHO, what makes Debian stronger than other distributions, is that we
(developers) feel ourselves as being part of a community. This is exactly
what made me abandon RedHat and come to Debian: our work is not considered
"second class stuff" here. Indeed, our packages are officially recognized
by going through dinstall. Frankly, if Debian is going to imitate RedHat's
contrib, I will really consider leaving the project.
The benefits of the present mode of operation is twofold: on the developers
side, we are happy and feel themselves responsible for the packages. On
the users side, our distribution has a quality guarantee.
>From my point of view, the real issue is not accepting or not stuff in the
Debian repository. I would love to see Debian FTP site becoming a
reference in terms of computer related material on the Internet. This is
only a matter of how much storage space we can get (donations?) and coping
with the eventual work overload onto the FTP site maintainers.
What is really called for is a better way to sort the packages by priority,
such that we are able to build CD images with decreasing degrees of
"relevance". I do not have a clue on how this can be done properly. Maybe
should we do a pool among developers just prior each release?
--
Rafael Laboissiere, Debian developer
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