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Story: New Debian Project Leader Takes ChargeTotal Replies: 1
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TxtEdMacs

Apr 26, 2005
7:34 AM EDT 		This is another story I have not read, nor do I intend to for many reasons, hence, if that suffices for you to conclude these comments are uninformed - read no further.

The headline on this story makes much more sense than that exhibited on /. : "Branden Robinson Lays Down the Law at Debian". I know that some models have a supposed dictator at the head of free/open source projects (benign or otherwise), but unless that person is the initiator or the primary developer how does one dictate to volunteers? I think Linus said that leading/controlling a free software project was akin to herding cats.

If the latter has some fraction of veracity, I think someone is passing on the wrong impression. In closed source, one can perhaps fire, reduce pay, or transfer those unworthy, but here in the most democratic of projects a take charge guy has his work cut out for him. I only hope the headlines are misleading, because Debian does have some problems.
incinerator

Apr 26, 2005
8:02 AM EDT 		Indeed, the title is misleading and the article itself is pretty bad, too.

I felt myself much better informed by reading the story from the "source" himself: Branden Robinson released his first DPL Report at http://people.debian.org/~branden/dpl/reports/2005-04-24.htm...

To bad the story even made it to /. labeled as an "interview" (although it isn't and the article doesn't claim it to be one, either).

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