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South African developer Jonathan Carter will be the leader of the Debian GNU/Linux project for the next year, after he defeated the two other contenders in the race, according to the results which were declared on Sunday.
Carter was up against Sruthi Chandran, who was bidding to become the first female leader of the project, and Brian Gupta, a member of the project for the last seven years.
Carter had cited the need for better publicity, getting more feedback to ease up issues that contributors faced and better visibility and transparency about funds received and how they were spent in his election platform.
[...] Debian is one of the few free software projects that holds elections. It has done so since it was set up in 1993 by the late Ian Murdock.
(Score: 5, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2020, @09:58PM (8 children)
... because he promised to feed Poettering to the cannibal pygmies or crocodiles. That's the sort of localization that will add value to Debian.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2020, @10:01PM
Jonathan Carter of Mars.
(Score: 5, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Monday April 20 2020, @10:19PM (1 child)
You really don't like either the pygmies, or the crocs, do you?
(Score: 2) by Bot on Tuesday April 21 2020, @01:53PM
Unfortunately, the most likely outcome is that Poettering sees them circling him and says. OH THIS STRATEGY IS SO PREDICTABLE AND NAIVE, HERE LET ME CODE FOR YOU A BETTER ONE. They will fall for it (some will insist on that, as they are paid by Soros), and while they start eating dirt and rocks because of WONTFIX issues permeating the new strategy, Poettering will leave for new projects.
Account abandoned.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2020, @10:25PM (3 children)
Elections? I thought it was going to be done Thunderdome style.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2020, @11:46PM (2 children)
Carrousel... for a chance at renewal.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 21 2020, @02:32AM (1 child)
I wish someone would make palm crystals. I so wanted to have a flashing red one on my palm the day I retired. Sure, only one other guy where I worked would have gotten the joke, but it still would have been worth it.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday April 21 2020, @01:48PM
I want one of those "Pop-fizz" guns: aim it all you want, you ain't hitting nothing but wall all day long.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 3, Funny) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday April 21 2020, @02:30AM
I'd prefer John Carter of Mars, but if all we can get is a South African I guess he'll have to do.
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