Re: Can the Debian Project ever fall?

2022-06-07 Thread Jonathan Carter
On 2022/06/07 06:48, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: Thing is, Debian is living in a wonderful environment and "steals" right and left (and is "stolen from"), courtesy of the free software idea. And we're all richer for that! Well, the views of people (or even Debian developers (or even the DPL)) on

Re: Can the Debian Project ever fall?

2022-06-06 Thread tomas
On Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 09:55:40PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 09:37:27AM -0500, Shayan Akbar wrote: > > Hello Debian folks, > > > > As someone who depends on the Debian project a lot in my daily life, I > > cannot seem to let this idea go... Can the linux project fall?

Re: Can the Debian Project ever fall?

2022-06-06 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, 2022-06-06 at 09:37 -0500, Shayan Akbar wrote: > As someone who depends on the Debian project a lot in my daily life, > I cannot seem to let this idea go... Can the linux project fall? The Linux kernel project has been around since 1991 and is supported by a large number of companies and

Re: Can the Debian Project ever fall?

2022-06-06 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 09:55:40PM +0200, Adam Borowski a écrit : > > We are doing well. The RPM world is collapsing > > The popcorn world: Gentoo, Slack, Arch, Alpine -- they do produce quite a > bit of innovation that _is_ relevant, but as for number of users -- naah, > they hardly count. >

Re: Can the Debian Project ever fall?

2022-06-06 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Adam Borowski wrote on 06/06/2022 at 21:55:40+0200: > On Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 09:37:27AM -0500, Shayan Akbar wrote: >> Hello Debian folks, >> >> As someone who depends on the Debian project a lot in my daily life, I >> cannot seem to let this idea go... Can the linux project fall? >> >> How

Re: Can the Debian Project ever fall?

2022-06-06 Thread Adam Borowski
On Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 09:37:27AM -0500, Shayan Akbar wrote: > Hello Debian folks, > > As someone who depends on the Debian project a lot in my daily life, I > cannot seem to let this idea go... Can the linux project fall? > > How does the project maintain itself against the man's intrinsic

Re: Can the Debian Project ever fall?

2022-06-06 Thread tomas
On Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 05:07:50PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 09:37:27AM -0500, Shayan Akbar wrote: > > Hello Debian folks, > > > > As someone who depends on the Debian project a lot in my daily life, I > > cannot seem to let this idea go... Can the linux project fall?

Re: Can the Debian Project ever fall?

2022-06-06 Thread Geert Stappers
On Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 09:37:27AM -0500, Shayan Akbar wrote: > Hello Debian folks, > > As someone who depends on the Debian project a lot in my daily life, I > cannot seem to let this idea go... Can the linux project fall? > > How does the project maintain itself against the man's intrinsic

Can the Debian Project ever fall?

2022-06-06 Thread Shayan Akbar
Hello Debian folks, As someone who depends on the Debian project a lot in my daily life, I cannot seem to let this idea go... Can the linux project fall? How does the project maintain itself against the man's intrinsic need to control and own? How many years can it stay strong and stay a free