I'd like to quote an article about Matthew Garrett's resignation from the Debian development team as published in
Linux.com:
"In his own blog, Garrett relates his gradual discovery that
Debian's free-for-all discussions were making him intensely irritable
and unhappy with other members of the community. He contrasts Debian's
organization with Ubuntu's more formal structure. In particular, he
mentions Ubuntu's code of conduct, which is enforced on the
distribution's mailing lists, suggesting that it 'helps a great deal in
ensuring that discussions mostly remain technical.' He also approves of
Ubuntu's more formal structure as 'a pretty explicit acknowledgment
that not all developers are equal and some are possibly more worth
listening to than others.' Then, in reference to Mark Shuttleworth, the
founder and funder of Ubuntu, Garrett says, 'At the end of the day,
having one person who can make arbitrary decisions and whose word is
effectively law probably helps in many cases.'"
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