On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:05:18 +0000 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 08:37:44PM +1030, Karl Goetz wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:06:21 +0000 > > Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> wrote: > > > > > Inspired by conversations here, and with various people in person > > > and on IRC, Stefano Zacchiroli and I have set up a new Alioth > > > project called DEX: > > > > > > http://dex.alioth.debian.org/ > > > > One thing thats not immediately obvious to me is what DEX stands > > for? > > This is still somewhat open to debate. :-) Zack and I felt it was > important to establish a name so we could refer to it: something > short, and should probably have at least one "D" in it for "Debian" > or "derivatives". Agreed. > What do folks think of: > > "Derivatives EXchange" > "Debian EXchange" > "Debian dErivatives eXchange" I like the last, but I think of it as Debian DErivatives eXchange, here DEX is the last two words, and its for Debian. > > > The first DEX team is the Ubuntu one: > > > > > > http://dex.alioth.debian.org/ubuntu > > > > > > and a few developers have signed up to it already. We've set a > > > modest initial goal of clearing a queue of (years) old patches > > > from Ubuntu, merging them into Debian where appropriate. We hope > > > to build on that with larger and more ambitious projects in the > > > future, such as reducing the ongoing delta between Debian and > > > Ubuntu. > > > > I'll see if i can get together a team from gNewSense, but it may > > take a while. > > That's great. Let me know if I can help with infrastructure. I probably will! (Trying to get patch-tracker working, with more or less success). thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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