* Jose Miguel Parrella [2019-04-02 19:24]:
> How do you think motivations and incentives have changed, are
> changing or will change for contributors to Debian in a world where
> distros no longer mean what they used to?
If we can answer questions like those Matthew raised and figure out
what
* Matthew Garrett [2019-04-02 23:22]:
> But upstream development is increasingly diverging from our approach.
...
You do a great job of explaining how upstream and the world around us
has changed in many ways.
While I'm not sure that all changes have been for the best, it's
important to
Hi,
I'm not a candidate but the topic resonates with me and I want to share my
thoughts also because I am in the position to do or fund some work related
to all this.
In Kali, we have software that are close to impossible to package because
they have plenty of dependencies and sometimes even
On 15361 March 1977, Matthew Garrett wrote:
But upstream development is increasingly diverging from our approach.
I think that depends a bit in which area you look.
Many new software ecosystems are based on external code repositories
rather than relying on the distribution, and in several
Thanks for asking these questions. I'm *really* interested to see how
all the candidates respond (if they do)
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Sam Hartman writes ("Re: Q to all candidates: what is the long-term role of
traditional Linux distributions?"):
> Debian is great at giving you all the parts of what you need to do that
> aren't your primary focus.
This is a great answer.
> I think packaging free software even from languages
Hi Matthew
On 2019/04/03 00:22, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> Given these upstream shifts, is attempting to package as much software
> as possible something that actually benefits Debian and our users, or is
> it something that brings us a duplication of effort?
I'm not quite convinced that these
When people hear I'm from Debian, this is the second most common
question I get.
The first is about systemd and gives me a great opportunity to talk
about how Debian works and about how we're a community facing tough
challenges together.
Here's the answer I give on this issue for Debian of
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On 4/2/19 3:22 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> Given these upstream shifts, is attempting to package as much
> software as possible something that actually benefits Debian and
> our users, or is it something that brings us a duplication of
> effort? If
Debian prides itself on shipping large quantities of free software with
a strong level of stability within a release. A huge number of users
around the world rely on Debian as a solid base for their infrastructure
and derivative works, and our packaging policy makes it easier for us to
ensure
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