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Murdock: Debian: Where <strike>Should We</strike>We Should Go From Here<strike>?</strike>

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 14, 2005

“Now what? If you ask me (and you didn’t, but I’m going to tell
you anyway), Debian should have two overarching priorities for the
next release: 1. putting a timed release cycle in place, so what
happened with sarge never happens again; and 2. keeping the growing
family of Debian derivatives united around a common core–namely,
Debian itself. What’s at stake? Bottom line: If we don’t do
something about both of these problems, actual and potential,
Debian will be irrelevant by the time etch is out…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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