Debian Delayed by Disenchanted Developers

Torus Kas writes "Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 was supposed to be due by December 4 and development is currently frozen. Apparently the saga was triggered by disenchantment towards funding of $6,000 for each of the 2 release managers to work full-time in order to speed up the development. Many unpaid developers simply put off Debian work to work on something else."

Don't forget...

[SCO$699FeeTroll]

...to pay your $699 licensing fee you cock-smoking teabaggers.

Interesting...

[Otter]

My first reaction to the headline was to wonder why this is news. If anything, it's "Debian developers pause mailing list flamewar, release software" that would be newsworthy.

But it's actually a fascinating case of unintended consequences -- hiring some full-time workers seems to have had precisely the opposite effective of the intended. It's a lesson worth considering before deciding that, say, what some third world country really, really needs is millions of laptops dumped on their children.

Which part is delayed?

[Wee]

Is it the "GNU" part or the "Linux" part that is going to be delayed?

I kid because I love. :-)

-B

Should be "Disenchanted Developers Delay Debian"

[ishmalius]

Now -that- is how to write an irritating alliterative headline! ^^

Re:Dumb Editor

[wumpus188]

General public, let alone your grandma, is supposed to use Ubuntu. Fuck off.

Re:Should be "Disenchanted Developers Delay Debian

[akpoff]

An annoyingly alliterative announcement.

The title of parent post should be:

[Trails]

Alliterative Article Appelation Aggravates Argumentative Arbiter of Arbitrary And Academic Article Arrangement

12,000$ to kill Linux?

[140Mandak262Jamuna]

OMG! wait till M$ hears this. All they have to do is to donate some 1000$ to a few developers in each Open Source to project, and all other devlopers will quit because they are jelaous and these few will retire happily using those 1000$ or 2000$ handout. All Open Source projects will grind to a halt! Wow! That is Steve Ballmer's dream. He might actually sit on a chair or two now.

Re:Dumb editor, but there is an issue.

[Anonymous Coward]

So what you're saying is that Debian is for fucked-up smelly hippies who just can't handle the idea that people need money to live? Debian is too "pure" for anyone to get a pittance for their contribution? If you want your work accepted in Debian you'd better be independently wealthy? Oh fine. Sure sounds like the GNU ideal to me.

even MORE alliterated

[Anonymous Coward]

"Disenchanted Debian Developers Delay Distro"

Re:They have to eat!

[Anonymous Coward]

No, they don't have to eat. They need to diet. If it involves them skipping meals because they don't earn any money coding Debian, so be it. Here is one of the lead developers caught on a webcam [zeropaid.com] (notice how fucking fat he is!)

Re:Dumb Editor

[livewire98801]

PC LOAD LETTER?? WTF does THAT mean?

Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING
well, slashdot, its a quote of a guy that was yelling :)

D'oh!

[proxy318]

Delays? A decidedly damnable development. Do I detect disagreement?

Re:Dumb Editor

[HAKdragon]

She does if she's a Windows developer...just sayin' is all.

Re:Dumb Editor

[mollymoo]

By your trollish and poorly thought-out comment, I would assume that you are not in the majority here.

You Must Be New Here ®

Re:Dumb Editor

[TheLetterPsy]

PC Load Letter, what the fuck does that mean?

Re:12,000$ to kill Linux?

[LordSnooty]

Nah, no-one in the Linux community would ever take the Microsoft shilling... oh, wait...

Re:apt-get install almost anything

[nurb432]

They can just remove all the packages i dont care about. That should reduce it to a manageable level.

Re:Interesting...

[An Onerous Coward]

The master was sitting in meditation when a student asked him that question. He said, "Enlightenment comes in two parts. The first part is called 'three roommates', and the second is called 'Ramen noodles'."

"But what about dating? Cars? Entertainment? Retirement?" the student asked.

And the master did fling a Ramen noodle at the wall, and it stuck. In this way, the student was enlightened.