Linux.com: Maintainer’s Resignation Highlights Problems in Debian Project

“The resignation of Matthew Garrett, one of the most active
developers in Debian, has drawn attention to some ongoing issues
about how the project operates. Specifically, Garrett’s
announcement on his blog cites a lack of civility and a slowness in
decision-making, and compares Debian unfavorably to Ubuntu, the
Debian-derived distribution which is increasingly attracting the
efforts of many Debian maintainers.

“Garrett did not hold any office in Debian, although he was a
candidate for project leader in 2005. However, he has been
consistently active in policy discussions and an active poster on
the debian-devel and debian-legal mailing lists. In addition, he
has been one of four members of Ubuntu’s technical board, and doing
work on laptop support for Ubuntu. He is described as
‘high-profile’ by Benjamin Mako Hill, another active Debian
maintainer. Steve McIntyre, who is currently acting as assistant to
the Debian Leader says, ‘Most of the Debian Developers are sorry to
see Matthew leave.’ Some, like McIntyre himself, have blogged about
it…”

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