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Re: Now what? On FTP Master division into Archive Ops and DFSG Team

From Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.project
Subject Re: Now what? On FTP Master division into Archive Ops and DFSG Team
Date 2026-01-26 16:30 +0100
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"G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> writes:

>> How did Debian end up like this?
>
> That's an _excellent_ question.  I propose that Debian Developers (and
> Debian Maintainers) spend time thinking for themselves about it.

There are many things involved here, but the social consequences of
having a 'Maintainer:' field for packages, and no central version
control system for development, explains a lot to me.  Group
maintainance is great, but it is a workaround for something else.

/Simon

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Re: Now what? On FTP Master division into Archive Ops and DFSG Team "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> - 2026-01-26 12:40 +0100
  Re: Now what? On FTP Master division into Archive Ops and DFSG Team Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> - 2026-01-26 16:30 +0100
    Re: Now what? On FTP Master division into Archive Ops and DFSG Team "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> - 2026-01-26 21:10 +0100

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