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Three in Race for Debian Project Leader

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Sam Varghese
Mar 12, 2008

“Three developers are in the running for the post of Debian
project leader (DPL) this year, after nominations closed on March
9. The current leader, Sam Hocevar, is not among the three.

“Steve McIntyre is the seniormost of the three, having joined in
1996; he contested in 2006 and 2007 as well. Raphael Hertzog, who
also ran in 2002 and 2007, has been part of the project since 1998
while Marc Brockschmidt, the youngest of the three, joined Debian
in 2004…”

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