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Joey Hess Quits Debian

posted by LaminatorX on Saturday November 08 2014, @11:17AM   Printer-friendly
from the resignationd dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/11/msg00174.html

Joey Hess has apparently left Debian after 18 years, stating that the Debian Constitution is leading Debian in "very unhealthy directions".

 
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  • (Score: 2) by hubie on Saturday November 08 2014, @05:13PM

    by hubie (1068) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 08 2014, @05:13PM (#114070) Journal

    I don't really follow these things, so forgive my ignorance if this is well known, but why is it against common sense to keep out bash-isms and keep it POSIX-compliant? That sounds like a pretty good idea to me.

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  • (Score: 1) by fritsd on Saturday November 08 2014, @07:38PM

    by fritsd (4586) on Saturday November 08 2014, @07:38PM (#114097) Journal

    The counter argument would be "but that involves extra work, and it works fine now, with all the bashisms, so why change it for some abstract notion of compliancy"