Debian's Challenge When Its Developers Drift Away

(phoronix.com)

48 points | by cuechan 5 hours ago

3 comments

  • karteum 1 hour ago
    I am not native english so maybe it's just me, but I think the title is misleading because it suggests that Debian could be struggling with a situation where developers would massively drift away (my first reaction was "what ?? is there really a significant amount of devs that are leaving Debian now, and why ?"), while actually it's more a discussion on how to bring awareness to a team and encourage developers to better communicate with colleagues when they have a life change that would lower their commitment (which can happen to anyone, and in any project), so that the project can better handle when a developer "drifts away".
    • variaga 1 hour ago
      I am a native English speaker, and it's not just you.
  • charcircuit 45 minutes ago
    When Debian is making decisions to abandon social media accounts which give them reach outside of their own bubble from the 90s consisting of mailing lists and irc it is hard to see there be a sustainable future for the project.
    • notepad0x90 7 minutes ago
      I'm confused, are you saying Debian shouldn't abandon social media accounts? Are there people following distros on social media to where it's that relevant?
  • calvinmorrison 30 minutes ago
    Debian's Data Protection Team was established back in 2018 for dealing with European data protection legislation like the GDPR.

    perhaps nobody would waste their life volunteering on such crockery. this is not a task for a developer but a mindless apparatchik

    • jonway 16 minutes ago
      Hahaha

      Dude I play eve online! We compete for these unpaid space jobs where you have to read reports and click a button on a website without even logging into the game.

      Heck I play with at least one ports commit guy from a bsd