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Re: Default desktop for jessie Was: Re: Debian/Wheezy general rant ...



On 5 June 2013 23:02, Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> wrote:
> Svante Signell <svante.signell@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Not everybody agrees to that, there is a split opinion about this.
>> Please lift this discussion a little higher: Which would be the default
>> desktop for jessie?
>
> Because we weren't having enough fun with systemd vs. upstart and the MTA
> discussion.  :)  Maybe if we can start all the flamewars at once, we'll
> get destructive interference!
>
> udev sucks!  Debian should hire a developer to replace all uses of CDBS
> with dh!  Perl should be replaced with Python in essential!  All packages
> need to switch to 3.0 (quilt)!  Native packages should be banned!  No one
> should ever be allowed to NMU anything ever if the maintainer says no!
>
> Did I miss anything?
>

Both Perl and Python should be replaced by C. Abolish concept of
maintainership, simply all DDs have upload rights to all packages
collectively.
All packages must run dh_autoreconf, no more usage of upstream
generated 'configure/config.*/Makefile.in'. Allow source uploads only.
And I want hard candy merchandise with debian swirls.

Regards,

Dmitrijs.

ps. every joke has at least a portion of a joke, the rest might
actually be true.


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